Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank in the given sentence:
When the lights suddenly went out in the cinema hall, the ______ children clung to their parents.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → frightened
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
Complete sentence: When the lights suddenly went out in the cinema hall, the frightened children clung to their parents. The blank comes right before the noun “children”.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) afraid | an “a-” adjective, like asleep and alone: used only after a verb, never before a noun | My little sister is afraid of thunder. |
| (2) frightened (answer) | an adjective that can stand before a noun | The frightened puppy hid under the cot. |
| (3) fear | a noun: names the feeling | Ravi has a fear of high places. |
| (4) fearfully | an adverb: tells how an action is done, not what a person is like | The new boy looked fearfully at the big dog at the gate. |