Question

Select the correct text in the passage.

Based on your knowledge of word parts, which sentence uses the word partition correctly?

1. Richard pulled his partition on over his shirt and examined himself in the mirror to make sure the colors matched.

2. Becky stood behind the partition that separated the audience from the people backstage and waited for her cue to enter.

3. Carol knew that the partition of egg and milk would separate quickly, so she hurried to add it to the mixing bowl.

4. Kevin wondered why they were partitioning the entire town for signatures when the amendment would easily pass.

Answer 1

2. Becky stood behind the partition that separated the audience from the people backstage and waited for her cue to enter. its easy (copy and paste)

Answer 2

The word partition refers to the act of dividing any space into two parts or more.

In the above sentences, the sentence which uses the word partition correctly is 2. Becky stood behind the partition that separated the audience from the people backstage and waited for her cue to enter.

In the above sentence, the words partition separates the two spaces, space of audience with that of space of people backstage.

Other sentences do not confine with the proper use of word partition because it relates the division of object and not spaces. Hence, sentence two is correct.