Fill in the blank with the correct adverb clause:
The hostel mess served such spicy rajma ______.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → that nobody could finish it
Adverb clause of result:
- An adverb clause of result tells what happened because of something. After so or such, the clause begins with that.
- Complete sentence: The hostel mess served such spicy rajma that nobody could finish it.
- “Such spicy rajma” is followed by its result: nobody could finish it.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: because nobody could finish it — Incorrect. After “such” with a noun, the clause must begin with “that”. “Because” opens a clause of reason, not a clause of result.
Option 3: than nobody could finish it — Incorrect. “Than” comes after a comparing word such as “spicier”. There is no comparing word in this sentence.
Option 4: that nobody to finish it — Incorrect. This has no proper verb. “To finish” does not show tense, so this group of words is not a clause.