Question

choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word, if necessary. The horse broke her leg when she was only a yearling. A. newborn B. trainee C. foal learning to walk D. youth between 12 and 24 months old

Answer 1

According to search engines, the word underlined is yearling

Answer:

D. youth between 12 and 24 months old      

Explanation:

First, let's define all the options. A newborn refers to a person or animal recently born, of one or more days old, a trainee is someone or an animal being trained for a specific task, a foal is a young horse under one year old, and finally, a yearling is an animal, especially a horse that is between 12 and 24 months old, so D is the correct answer.

Answer 2

Yearlings are horses that are between one and two years old, so I'd go for answer D.