Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
If you are going to keep eating those cookies, you are going to ________ your dinner.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. miss.
The sentence is:
'If you are going to keep eating those cookies, you are going to ________ your dinner.'
Here, the sentence suggests that eating too many cookies will affect your ability or desire to eat dinner. The word that best fits this meaning is 'miss' — meaning you won't feel hungry for or end up skipping your dinner.
Let’s look at why the other options are incorrect:
mute – means to silence or make quiet. It does not relate to the idea of skipping or not eating dinner.
allow – means to permit. This doesn’t fit the context of the consequence of eating too many cookies.
cheer – means to make happy or encourage. Again, it doesn’t logically connect with the consequence of overeating cookies.