Question

Choose the option that best fills in the blank:
Stand ____ where I can see you.
 a. everywhere
b. up
c. here
d. backward

Answer 1

Hint: The student should go through the options carefully after reading the sentence to understand what the sentence implies. Then the student should put in each option in the sentence to see whether it satisfies the implication. This will help the student in finding the right answer for the given question.

Complete answer:
Let us analyze the options given to us in this question -
Option (a.), 'everywhere', refers to ‘to or in any or all places’. Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as it does not make sense, as someone cannot ‘stand everywhere’ but only in a particular place.
Option (b.), ‘up', refers to ‘being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level’. Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as ‘stand up’ refers to ‘rise to one's feet’ and it is not complying with the context of the sentence here.
Option (c.), ‘here', refers to ‘in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is’. Therefore, option (c.) is correct as it indicates a particular place for the subject of instruction to stand at, which is where the speaker is present.
Option (d.), ‘backward', refers to ‘at or to or toward the back or rear’. Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as it does not make sense since no rear of a particular thing is described in the sentence.

Note:
In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of adverbs. An adverb is a word that modifies something other than a noun. An adverb is the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses.