Question

grammar questions they tried to ____ the painting
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Answer 1

Answer:

they tried to lift the painting

Answer 2

Complete Question:

They tried to ____ the painting. (steel/steal)

They tried to steal the painting.

• Fill in the blanks questions consists of a blank space in a sentence that needs to be filled to make a meaningful sentence.
• The blanks are generally filled with correct verbs, tenses, articles, pronouns, or the already given options.
• The correct option for the blank is - steal
• The term refers to taking something without permission.
• For example:

1. He was accused of stealing the bike
2. The goal of the gang was to steal the diamond

• Whereas the other term steel refers to a variant of a metal. The term steel does not fit into the sentence.
• In the given question, some people have tried to take a painting with them, which means tried to steal it.
• Thus, the correct sentence is - They tried to steal the painting.

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