The Super twenty just__1___ their first baseball game of the new season; I…
2024
The Super twenty just__1___ their first baseball game of the new season; I believe there is much to be 2_ about. Although they lost, it was against an excellent team that had won the championship last year. The Super twenty fell behind early but___3___ excellent teamwork and____4__ back to tie the game. The team had 15 hits and scored 8 runs, which was excellent! Unfortunately, they made 5 fielding errors, which kept the other team in the lead the entire game The game ended with the umpire ___5__ a bad call, and if the call had gone the other way, The Super twenty might have actually won the game. It wasn't a victory, but I say The Super twenty look like they have a shot at the championship, especially if they___6__ to improve.
Fill in the blank 2 with most suitable word
- A.
excitement
- B.
excited
- C.
excite
- D.
was excited
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Correct answer: B
Answer: excited
Explanation: The sentence 'I believe there is much to be excited about.' uses the adjective 'excited' after 'to be' in the common idiom 'to be excited about', meaning there are many things that will make them feel excited.
Using the noun 'excitement' would require a different structure: 'I believe there is much excitement about the game.' You cannot say 'to be excitement about'.
The verb 'excite' (base form) does not fit after 'to be'. To use this verb correctly you could write 'many things will excite them.'
The phrase 'was excited' is a past-tense clause and cannot fill this blank after 'to be' (it would create 'to be was excited about'), so it is ungrammatical here.