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    Question

    Fill in the blanks with a suitable word from the options.

    A couple of weeks before the dramatic colours of autumn

    begin to appear, a layer of cells starts to grow where the leaf ___________ joins the branch.
    A stock Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B stalk Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C stuck Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D stork Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The word ‘stalk’ means ‘the main stem of a plant, or the narrow stem that joins leaves, flowers, or fruit to the main stem of a plant’. Stock- a supply of something for use or sale. Stuck- to cause something to become fixed, for example with glue or another similar substance. Stork- a large bird with long legs, a long neck, and a long beak that walks in water to find its food A couple of weeks before the dramatic colours of autumn begin to appear, a layer of cells starts to grow where the leaf stalk joins the branch.

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