Fill in the blank with the appropriate adverb out of the options given below:
I have never heard of this _____.
(A) forward
(B) backward
(C) yesterday
(D) before
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (D)
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.
Before, used as an adverb, means at an earlier time, until now. With "never" and the present perfect it says that something has not happened at any time up to the present: "I have never heard of this before."
Complete sentence: I have never heard of this before.
(A) forward — Incorrect.
- Forward means towards the front.
- It shows direction of movement, not time.
Example: The soldiers marched forward.
(B) backward — Incorrect.
- Backward means towards the back.
- It also shows direction, not time.
Example: He took a step backward in surprise.
(C) yesterday — Incorrect.
- Yesterday names a definite past time, and a definite past time takes the simple past, not the present perfect: "I heard of it yesterday", not "I have never heard of this yesterday".
Example: We met him yesterday.
(D) before — Correct.
- It completes the sense of "never ... up to now".