Question

Complete using the most appropriate option:

Please pack these things very carefully. I don't want them to get ________.

• A. damaged
• B. hurt
• C. stolen
• D. healed

Answer 1

The correct option is A damaged

Option A: 'Damaged' means 'an injury or harm that has reduced its value or usefulness'.

The meaning is relevant to the given sentence: the speaker wants 'these things' to be packed and secured so that they don't get damaged or harmed.

Hence option A is correct.

Option B: 'Hurt' means 'to suffer mental or physical pain'. 'Hurt' relates more to emotions and humans. It does not relate to lifeless objects: 'these things' cannot be 'hurt'.

Option C: 'Stolen' means 'to be taken away without permission or right'.

Option D: 'Healed' means 'to recover or be restored to health'.

These words do not complete the sentence in meaning: packing those things wouldn't prevent them from getting 'stolen' or 'healed'.

Hence options B, C and D are wrong.