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Question 4 • AZ-English Language Arts 9 A-CR

Which of these sentences correctly use the word crude as it is defined? Select three answers.

Answer
A
Despite their hard work, the miners were only able to find a small amount of crude minerals in the mine they were excavating.
B
Kenzo became much more polite and crude after the teacher spoke to his parents about how poorly he had been behaving in class.
C
The architect drew a crude sketch of his designs to give his clients a general idea of what he wanted to build.
D
The audience booed the comedian off the stage because his crude jokes were very inappropriate.
E
The baker decorated the wedding cake with flowers made of sugar that were so crude that they looked like real flowers.

Explanation

Crude can mean unrefined or in a natural, unprocessed state, so A uses it to describe minerals that have not been refined. It can also mean rough or not highly detailed, as in C’s preliminary sketch, or vulgar and offensive, as in D’s inappropriate jokes. B pairs “polite” with “crude” in a way that does not fit the sentence, and E describes flowers that look realistic rather than roughly made.

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