Choose the correct option to fill in the blank in the given sentence:
Over the noise of the crowd, the announcement at Howrah station was barely ______, and many passengers missed the change of platform.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → comprehensible
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
Complete sentence: Over the noise of the crowd, the announcement at Howrah station was barely comprehensible, and many passengers missed the change of platform. The blank comes after “was barely” and describes the subject, “the announcement”. The crowd was noisy, so people could hardly make out what was said.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) comprehensive | an adjective, but it means complete, covering every part | The guidebook gives a comprehensive list of hotels in Darjeeling. |
| (2) comprehension | a noun: understanding | The last question was beyond the comprehension of most of the class. |
| (3) comprehensively | an adverb: tells how an action is done | India won the Test series comprehensively. |
| (4) comprehensible (answer) | an adjective: clear enough to be understood | The doctor explained the report in plain words that were comprehensible to Dadi. |