Average heartbeat________ when a person is younger or when the activity he is doing is more vigorous.
Any idea what word to use to fill in the above blank?
is higher
elevates
heightens
rises
climbs
accelerates
(maybe even "surges")
races
To determine the word that fills the blank, we need to consider the context given: "Average heartbeat _____ when a person is younger or when the activity he is doing is more vigorous." The missing word should describe what happens to the average heartbeat in these situations.
In this case, when a person is younger or engaging in more vigorous activity, their heartbeat generally increases. Therefore, the appropriate word to fill the blank would be "increases."