Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank:
The weather office had predicted nothing heavier than light showers, ______ the low-lying wards of the city were under knee-deep water by midnight.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → yet
Complete sentence: The weather office had predicted nothing heavier than light showers, yet the low-lying wards of the city were under knee-deep water by midnight. Only light showers were predicted. Even so, the low areas were flooded by midnight.
| Option | Meaning and use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) yet (answer) | after a comma, it means but in spite of that. It joins two facts when the second is not what the first leads us to expect | Sita studied very little, yet she topped the class. |
| (2) so | shows the result of what is said before it | The lift was not working, so we took the stairs. |
| (3) for | after a comma, it means because. It gives the reason for what was just said | Amma lit the lamp early, for guests were expected at six. |
| (4) despite | means in spite of, but it is followed by a noun or an -ing word, not by a full part with its own verb | Despite the traffic, the ambulance reached the hospital in ten minutes. |