Fill in the blank (collocation with “countryside”) “He lives near a lovely ______ of countryside.” Select the noun that best fits.

Given data

• Noun needed to quantify/describe an area of countryside.

Concept/ApproachThe standard collocation is “a stretch of countryside.”

Option analysisstretch — correct collocation.street — a road in a town/city; wrong domain.streak — a line/mark; doesn’t fit area/landscape.strand — a beach or filament; unnatural here.

Final Answerstretch