Check vs. charge the battery?

[Hieupt]

English Grammar Error, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #5 "Talk about it later", question 7

Before you try to start that car, there's one important thing you have to do and that is to load the battery.

(a) try to
(b) have to
(c) load
(d) battery

English Grammar Error, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #5 "Talk about it later", answer 7

Before you try to start that car, there's one important thing you have to do and that is to charge the battery.

Correct entry: charge
The error was: (c) load

You have found the error but your entry is incorrect.
Before you try to start that car, there's one important thing you have to do and that is to check the battery.
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Why "charge" here? How about "check"?
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Thank you very much,
Hieu Phan.

P/s: Please just correct if I'm wrong somewhere!

[Mister Micawber]

I suppose that 'check' is possible, but it is not very likely. The speaker obviously knows that the car won't start, and s/he also knows why, so 'checking' is unnecessary.
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Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's

[Hieupt]

I assumed that the driver was reading the start-up procedure, so "check" sounds like an advice, rather than "charge" for troubleshooting scenario for the "can not start" case.
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Thank you very much,
Hieu Phan.

P/s: Please just correct if I'm wrong somewhere!

[Mister Micawber]

Try not to assume too much with one-sentence quizzes.
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Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's