Question

choose the best replacement for the underlined part of the sentence
simon is often jeered off as a clown who doesn't contribute to the company, but he proved himself last week.

Answer 1

I really don't know

Explanation:

don't know

Answer 2

Simon is often jeered off as a clown who doesn't contribute to the company, but he proved himself last week.

Simon is often mocked as a clown who doesn't contribute to the company, but he proved himself last week.

• The best replacement for the underlined word 'jeered' is mocked.
• It means to talk about someone with mockery loudly in a given situation.
• Here, Simon was mocked for being useless for the company but he proved his usefulness to the company last week.