Question

crude
crude krūd adj
from latin crudus

1. the quality of being unchanged from the original state
2. the quality of being primitive or uncultured
3. the quality of being blunt or offensive
4. the quality of being rough in execution

which sentence correctly uses the word crude as it is defined? choose three correct answers.
despite their hard work, the miners were only able to find a small amount of crude minerals in the mine they were excavating.
kenzo became much more polite and crude after the teacher spoke to his parents about how poorly he had been behaving in class.
the architect drew a crude sketch of his designs to give his clients a general idea of what he wanted to build.
the audience booed the comedian off the stage because his crude jokes were very inappropriate.

Explanation:

• For the first sentence: "crude minerals" fits the definition "the quality of being unchanged from the original state".
• For the third sentence: "crude sketch" aligns with "the quality of being rough in execution".
• For the fourth sentence: "crude jokes" matches "the quality of being blunt or offensive". The second sentence is incorrect as "polite" and "crude" are contradictory.

Answer:

• First sentence: "Despite their hard work, the miners were only able to find a small amount of crude minerals in the mine they were excavating."
• Third sentence: "The architect drew a crude sketch of his designs to give his clients a general idea of what he wanted to build."
• Fourth sentence: "The audience booed the comedian off the stage because his crude jokes were very inappropriate."