Choose the word that best completes the phrase.Las serpientes ____ comer ratones.

“Las serpientes” means “the snakes,” so the subject is plural. The verb preferir changes its stem from e to ie in the present tense, and its plural ellos/ellas form is “prefieren.” Thus the complete phrase is “Las serpientes prefieren comer ratones” (“The snakes prefer to eat mice”).

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