Question

Gordon gently persuaded his grandfather to play checkers.

Which word best replaces the underlined phrase but keeps the original meaning of the sentence?

coaxed
begged
asked
told

Answer 1

First to make sure you can actually get the correct answer, we have to actually know what the words mean. Although you probably already got the answer since I'm answering 2 days late 😐

Answer 2

"Gordon (gently persuaded) his grandfather to play checkers."





Coaxed: "Gently and persistently persuade (someone) to do something."



Begged: "Ask (someone) earnestly or humbly for something."


Asked: "say something in order to obtain an answer or some information."

and

"request (someone) to do or give something."


Told: "Communicate information, facts, or news to someone in spoken or written words."


As you can see answer option 1.) Coaxed "Gently and persistently persuade (someone) to do something" in the meaning even states the words in the underlined phrase.

(Gently and persistently Persuade someone)-(gently persuaded his grandfather)


So (Coaxed) would be the best answer choice to re-place the phrase due to the fact the the definition even matches the phrase and would still keep the original meaning of the phrase itself.