Question

Fill in the blank with a correct adjective or an adverb:
He was shouting _____ at me.

a)loud
b)to loud
c)louding
d)loudly

Answer 1

Hint: Adverb is the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses; it is a word that modifies something other than a noun. Example- She walked slowly.

Complete answer:

In the given question, we need a word to describe the way he was shouting. Since, 'shouting' is a verb, the word that describes it is called an adverb. Hence, we need an adverb to fill in the blank.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question:
Option (a.), 'loud', refers to an adjective and not an adverb.
Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect.

Option (b.), ‘to loud', is grammatically incorrect since the marker 'to' is used with a basic infinitive verb. An adjective is often accompanied by 'too' instead of 'to'. Also, since we need an adverb, we can't use 'to loud' here.
Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect.

Option (c.), ‘louding', refers to a word that does not exist.
Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect.

Option (d.), ‘loudly', refers to an adverb that can be used to describe the way he was shouting.
Therefore, option (d.) is correct.

Note: In this question, you need to understand where an adverb is used and where an adjective is used to correctly select the right option.
Some synonyms of the word ‘loud’ are- noisy, tumultuous, blaring, booming, deafening, roaring, thunderous, blasting.