Question

Choose the correct noun/noun phrase from the alternatives given below:
The statement, ___________, shocked everyone.
A) He died sudden
B) That he died suddenly
C) He died suddenly
D) He dying sudden

Answer 1

Hint:Noun or noun phrase is a word or group of words containing a noun and functioning in a sentence as subject, object, or prepositional object.

Complete answer:
Option A) He died sudden – is an incorrect answer because ‘he died sudden’ is grammatically incorrect and makes the statement meaningless. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option B) That he died suddenly – is the correct answer because ‘that he died suddenly’ is grammatically correct. There are two clauses in the sentence one is ‘The statement’ and another clause is ‘shocked everyone’ ‘that’ works as a connector that joins these two clauses and makes the sentence meaningful. Thus, this is the correct answer.

Option C) He died suddenly – is an incorrect answer because ‘he died suddenly’, shocked everyone is an incomplete sentence. Thus, the use of this option is inappropriate and this is an incorrect answer.

Option D) He dying sudden – is an incorrect answer because ‘he dying suddenly’ is grammatically incorrect and gives meaningless sentence i.e. The statement, he dying suddenly, shocked everyone. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘B’.

Note:From the given options, the correct form of the verb 'sudden' to be used here is suddenly and option B is the most appropriate answer because it completes the sentence meaningfully and uses the correct tense and correct form of verb and other options are wrong.