Answers and explanations
- Outer. Coming before a noun, the gap clearly needs an adjective there. ‘Outer’ means that something is located on the outside, just like ‘inner’ refers to the opposite.
- Nutritious. Rich in nutrients – elements that are essential for the growth and development of a living organism. A thing to note is that ‘noutritious’ is incorrect – ‘nourishment’ is a different word that has a different root.
- Latter. At this level you have to be familiar with the words used as reference, e.g. ‘the former’ and ‘the latter’, used to point at the first and the last thing mentioned previously. A certain logical leap is what some people might need to connect the words ‘late’ and ‘latter’.
- Argument. The noun form loses the letter ‘e’ from the original verb. Even though it sounds obvious, I see this mistake all the time!
- Elsewhere. The idea is that the time we spend on peeling could be better spent on other things – ‘elsewhere’ shouldn’t be strictly interpreted in the context of place (‘where’ is not necessarily about a location).
- Digestive. This word refers to the system that processes the food we eat and extracts all the nutrients from it. Once again, ‘digesting’ is not a good enough choice – avoid using ‘-ing’ formed words if a ‘real’ form exists.
- Residual. Something that is left after most of it is gone. Probably the most difficult transformation in this particular exercise.
- Thoroughly. An adverb that modifies the verb ‘wash’. Even though the transformation here is trivial, it gives you a nice idea – understanding what the missing word has to modify means winning half of the battle.
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