Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Fill Blanks

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank and make a grammatically correct sentence.

I tried to contact her two or three times but ________ time there was no reply.

Options:

each

both

all

any

Correct Answer:

each

Explanation:

The most appropriate option to fill in the blank is each.

The sentence is about the speaker trying to contact someone two or three times, and each time there was no reply. The word "each" is the most appropriate word to use because it accurately describes the speaker's attempts to contact the person. The speaker tried to contact the person two or three times, and each time they did not get a reply.

The other options are not as appropriate.

  • Both means two things. It does not make sense in this context, because the speaker tried to contact the person two or three times, not just two times.
  • All means every one of a group. It does not make sense in this context, because the speaker did not try to contact the person all of the times that they could have.
  • Any means one or some of a number of things. It does not make sense in this context, because the speaker tried to contact the person two or three times, and there was no reply each time.