A contraction is a shortened form of a word. Only one of the words you’ve underlined is a contraction (haven’t). Contractions are words like: didn’t, couldn’t, hadn’t, I’m, I’ve, etc.
A verb phrase consists of a ‘helping’ verb which comes before the main verb. Helping verbs include words like is, are, were, was, be, been, have, had, do, did, can, could, will, would, etc.
So the verb phrase for question 4 would be ‘They had feared’ or ‘They’d feared’ - ‘had’ is the helping verb, which comes before ‘feared’, the main verb.
The closest to the meaning of election in the passage is D. right or power to make a choice.
Even though your question is not complete, I believe this is an easy question. An election is the right to make a choice. An election simply means the way through which people can choose someone that will represent them. An election does not necessarily have to relate to politics.
An election can take place among workers in an organization. Election gives us the power to make choices. When there is an election, we make a choice and choose our preferable candidate.
In conclusion, the correct option is that an election is a right or power to make a choice.
Snow is not much different but when it snows its much colder and everything freezes and snow is soft and white and can be fluffy of sticky and good for making things like snowmen but it can be very difficult too it makes the roads slippery and hard to drive in!
