The brochure promised a restful retreat, yet guests reported a schedule that was relentlessly ______.
Which word best completes the sentence above?
Contextual Word Choice
Contextual Word Choice questions are sentence completions: a sentence with a gap and options to fill it. The sentence's own logic — its contrast cues, polarity and natural word pairings — decides which word fits.
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How to think about it
- Read the whole sentence and work out the job the gap has to do.
- Follow contrast and logic cues like 'however', 'although', 'because'.
- Match polarity — does the gap need a positive or negative word?
- Prefer the natural collocation the sentence sets up.
The most common trap
Ignoring a 'however' or 'although' that flips the required meaning.