One by one, the students in the classroom next to the science lab began looking up and ______ deeply and quickly covering their noses. Something was going wrong in the science lab, and the smell was beginning to _____ the other classrooms in the hall.

Question

What are the answers for the blanks 1: inspire, respite, or respire blank 2 : permeate, percolate, or pierce

Answer 1

For blank 1, the correct answer is respire. The sentence would read: "One by one, the students in the classroom next to the science lab began looking up and respiring deeply and quickly covering their noses." This fits the context of students reacting to a bad smell.

For blank 2, the correct answer is permeate. The sentence would read: "Something was going wrong in the science lab, and the smell was beginning to permeate the other classrooms in the hall." This also fits well since "permeate" indicates that the smell is spreading through the air.

So the complete sentences would be: "One by one, the students in the classroom next to the science lab began looking up and respiring deeply and quickly covering their noses. Something was going wrong in the science lab, and the smell was beginning to permeate the other classrooms in the hall."