Fill in the blanks given in List-I with the appropriate words given in List-II
| List-I Sentences | List-II Words |
| (A) I aimed well but____ could not achieve a presentable goal. | (I) hardly |
| (B) Our parents were _______overprotective towards us. | (II) unfortunately |
| (C) My teenage daughter,____believes me when I tell her of the kind of sheltered life I lived in our times. | (III) always |
| (D) She ____thinks I am making it up although she never openly says so. | (IV) probably |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A) – (II), (B) – (III), (C) – (I), (D) – (IV)
An adverb is a word that tells how, when, where or how much something happens. It can also describe an adjective or another adverb, for example she sings sweetly, very hot.
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| A. I aimed well but unfortunately could not achieve a presentable goal. | II. unfortunately | A sentence adverb that comments on the result: it was bad luck that a good aim did not succeed. "But" points to this disappointing outcome. |
| B. Our parents were always overprotective towards us. | III. always | An adverb of frequency (at all times): it describes the parents' lasting habit. |
| C. My teenage daughter hardly believes me when I tell her of the kind of sheltered life I lived in our times. | I. hardly | An adverb of degree with a negative sense (almost not): the daughter can scarcely believe stories of such a sheltered life. |
| D. She probably thinks I am making it up although she never openly says so. | IV. probably | An adverb of probability (very likely): the speaker can only guess her thoughts, because "she never openly says so". |