Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable option.
All the children were very punctual, and _____ was late.
A) Anybody
B) Everybody
C) Nobody
D) Somebody

Answer 1

Hint: Opposite word is a word that expresses a meaning that is completely different from the meaning of another word. For example: beautiful: ugly, narrow: wide and etc.

Complete Answer: The word 'punctual' means 'to be on time'. It's the opposite of 'late' i.e. to arrive later than a fixed time. In this sentence, it is written all the children so our answer should be opposite of “all” (all the children).

Let us look into the given options
>Option A) Anybody is an incorrect answer because anybody means any person, it doesn't matter who. This word does not complete the sentence in meaning (and also not the opposite of all the children).
>Option B) Everybody has an incorrect answer because everybody means 'all people'. It refers to all the children: if all the children were on time 'punctual', they cannot be 'late'.
>Option C) Nobody is the correct answer because nobody means NO person. It agrees with the sentence because 'all the children' being punctual means that 'none of them was late'. Hence option C is correct.
>Option D) Somebody is an incorrect answer because somebody means some person. As it's mentioned that 'all' of the children were on time, it isn't logical to say that someone was late. Hence, this is an incorrect option.

Hence option ‘C’ is the correct answer.

Note: In such questions it is very important to understand the proper fit of the answer. Like in this sentence it is clearly given that punctual is the opposite of late then all the students opposite is no student. So the correct answer is: All the children were very punctual, and NOBODY was late.