Fill in the blank with the correct adverb clause:
Dadi wrote the bus route on a small card ______.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → so that she could find her way home
Adverb clause of purpose:
- An adverb clause of purpose tells with what aim something is done. It begins with so that or in order that and often has can, could, may or might.
- Complete sentence: Dadi wrote the bus route on a small card so that she could find her way home.
- Dadi wrote the route down with an aim: to find her way home. “So that she could find her way home” shows this aim.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: so as she could find her way home — Incorrect. “So as” is followed by “to” + a verb, not by a subject and verb. Example: She left early so as to catch the bus.
Option 2: in order to that she could find her way home — Incorrect. The option joins “in order to” and “that”. A clause of purpose begins with “in order that”, without “to”.
Option 3: so that could she find her way home — Incorrect. The option says “could she find”. That is question word order. Inside the clause the subject comes before the verb: “she could find”.