The report was highly ___ of the government's approach. (CRITIC)
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. critical
- Step 1: Work out which part of speech the gap needs. Step 2. An adjective follows 'highly' and takes 'of': 'critical'. Answer: critical. Why not the others: 'Critic' is a person, 'criticise' a verb and 'criticism' a noun.
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