Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable word :
She is a good anchor and famous for her _________ communication skills.
a)Effective
b)Dominating
c)Fixed
d)Worthless

Answer 1

Hint: To answer the question, one needs to understand the context of the sentence, whether the intent of the sentence is positive or negative and lastly, the meanings of the words given in the options. It is a positive toned statement and the adjective being used to describe the female’s skills must also be positive.

Complete step-by-step answer:
First one needs to figure out the context of the sentence. Since, she has been established a good anchor, so she would be famous for something positive only. In this context, we can only use positive meaning words here. Now, we define the words given in the options and see which one fits in the context. Option a, effective, means productive, constructive or successful, which is the word that fits best in the context, seeing that one’s communication skills need to produce the results that it is meant to, it is the correct option.

Option b, dominating, means controlling or commanding, which is too strong a word for the given context, hence is incorrect.

Option c, fixed, means firm or rooted, which is irrelevant to the sentence, it is an incorrect option as well.

 Option d, worthless, means useless or value-less, which is a negative-meaning word and as we have discussed, this sentence has a positive tone, it is incorrect as well. Hence option a is the correct answer.

Note: One must be very clear about the context of the sentence, it would certainly help in eliminating options and then it is also important to understand the tone of the sentence.