Question

Fill in the blank with most appropriate word-
I’ll be back in touch _ _ _ _ _ _ soon _ _ _ _ _ _ possible.
a) As
b) Like
c) Like/as
d) As/as

Answer 1

Hint: For such questions, you must read the given sentence carefully. The sentence has two parts, the main clause, “I'll be back in touch”, and the subsequent phrase with two blanks.

Complete answer:
There are two blanks given in the sentence. The two blanks have the word “soon” between them. Now, you have to find out all the phrases which have ‘soon' in them. One of the famous phrases with ‘soon’ in it is ‘as soon as'. This phrase also acts as conjunction many times, to show that something happens immediately. In the given sentence, the phrase will act to connect the clause and phrase and bring out the complete meaning of the sentence.
Now, met us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer :
Option ‘a’ is: As. This is an incorrect option as it contains only the conjunction for the two blanks in the sentence, and only one is provided here. So, we will eliminate this option.
Option ‘b’ is Like. This is also an incorrect option because two blanks need to be filled and not one.
Option ‘c' is Like/as. This option cannot be used in the given sentence because it would render the sentence and make it grammatically incorrect.
Option ‘d’ is As/as. This is the correct option as it will make the phrase “as soon as”, which connects the main clause of the sentence to the subsequent phrase and conveys the sense of the time.
As we have analyzed all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct answer. Here, the most appropriate word to be filled in the blank is – as/as. The complete sentence would be - I'll be back in touch as soon as possible. Hence, option ‘d’ is the correct option.

Note:
You must connect the given sentence with already existing phrases, like ‘as soon as'. This way it will get easier for you to do such questions.