Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Students of St. Xavier’s ______ away all the prizes.

bore

The most appropriate option to fill in the blank is bore.

The verb bear can mean to carry or to support. In this case, the sentence is saying that the students of St. Xavier's bore away all the prizes. This means that the students of St. Xavier's carried away all the prizes.

The other options are not correct.

• Bearing is the present participle of the verb bear. It cannot be used in this sentence because it is not a verb that takes a direct object.
• Borne is the past participle of the verb bear. It can be used in this sentence, but it would mean that the prizes were carried by someone else.
• Bears is the third person singular present tense of the verb bear. It cannot be used in this sentence because it does not take a direct object.