Verbal - "Make A Word"

Example

(cope [soap] fads)

(fete [????] snug)

On the answer sheet you are given five words to choose from.
A feet B gent C guns D gets E teen
You need to ask yourself the question, “Where did the letters in the middle of the first set of words come from?” You can use this information to work out which letters to use to make the missing word.
Where did the “s” in “soap” come from?
It comes from the last letter of “fads”.
So the first letter of the missing word must be “g”, the last letter of “snug”.
You can eliminate answer options “A” and “E”, because they do not begin with “g”.
Where did the “o” in “soap” come from? It came from the second letter of “cope”.
So the second letter of the missing word is “e”, the second letter of “fete”.
You can now eliminate answer option “C”.
Where did the “a” in “soap” come from? It came from the second letter of “fads”. So the third letter of the missing word is “n”, the second letter of “snug”.
You can now eliminate answer option “D”.
The correct answer must be answer option “B”, “gent”.
You do not have to find the last letter because there is only one correct answer.