I. On May 20, 1818, the British explorer Sir Stamford Raffles, reported the finding of a giant flower (a) Sumatra. It was named Rafflesia (b) him. Measuring almost a metre across and weighing (c) to eleven kilograms, the Rafflesia is (d) world's largest flower. It is (e) called ‘Stinking Lily' (f) of the unpleasant smell it emits. (g) people who have been fortunate to see it, inform that they were overcome (h) its beauty. Fill the gaps with correct answer

The words which can be best used to complete the given sentences are:

Based on the given sentence, we can see that there are different sentences which are given and they are meant to give an idea about the Rafflesia flower which is the world's largest flower.

Therefore, there are different transition words which are used to complete the missing columns in the sentences as they describe the flower and the circumstances surrounding it.

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Answer and Explanation:

Even though this question has no options, it is still possible to answer it by using context clues. The missing words are prepositions or conjunctions that can be guessed according to what each sentence is about and according to the words surrounding them. Let's fill in the blanks, then:

On May 20, 1818, the British explorer Sir Stamford Raffles, reported the finding of a giant flower (a) in Sumatra. It was named Rafflesia (b) by him. Measuring almost a metre across and weighing (c) up to eleven kilograms, the Rafflesia is (d) the world's largest flower. It is (e) also called ‘Stinking Lily' (f) because of the unpleasant smell it emits. (g) Yet people who have been fortunate to see it, inform that they were overcome (h) by its beauty.

What we used and why:

by --> to express the agent of the passive voice in the sentences

in --> to state a location, such as a continent, or a country

up (to) --> to talk of the limit or maximum number of something (in this case, the weigh)

the (world's) (largest) --> to indicate a superlative

also --> to complement or add information

because --> to express a reason

yet --> to express contradiction

answer: gfdhfghfghfghfg

explanation:

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