Choose the option that best combines the two sentences into one simple sentence:
Nobody was hurt in the fire at the cloth godown. It was fortunate.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Fortunately, nobody was hurt in the fire at the cloth godown.
Joining with one adverb that comments on the whole sentence:
- The second sentence only tells how we feel about the first. It can become one adverb at the start: “fortunate” becomes Fortunately.
- The adverb is followed by a comma, and the rest of the sentence stays the same.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: Fortunate, nobody was hurt in the fire at the cloth godown. — Incorrect. The option says “Fortunate,”. “Fortunate” is an adjective. To comment on the whole sentence, we need the adverb “Fortunately”.
Option 3: Fortunately that nobody was hurt in the fire at the cloth godown. — Incorrect. The option says “Fortunately that”. “Fortunately” is an adverb, so it cannot be followed by a “that” part.
Option 4: It was fortunate, nobody was hurt in the fire at the cloth godown. — Incorrect. The option joins two full sentences with a comma alone. It is still two sentences, not one simple sentence.