Question

Fill in the blank with suitable noun:
What you heard was not __________.
a. Completely true
b. The complete truth
c. True
d. Only true

Answer 1

Hint: To convert a verb into a noun, we add a determiner like ‘every’, ‘a’ or ‘the’.

Complete answer:
A verb is an action word. It describes the act of doing something in a sentence. 'True' is the verb given for the sentence.
One of the ways of changing a verb into a noun is to add a determiner. A determiner is a modifying word that determines the kind of reference a noun or noun group has, like 'the' or 'a' before a verb, which usually signifies the following word will be a noun.
Taking the notes from the hint given, we see that we will have to first of all cancel out the options without any determiner. With this analogy, we see that only option b is correct as it has a determiner attached before the verb and hence the phrase is a noun.
Option ‘a’, is not the correct answer as it does not contain any determiner and has an adverb i.e. ‘completely’.
Option b, ‘The complete truth’ is the correct answer as we have a noun+determiner in the option (‘the’ being the determiner and ‘complete’ is the noun).
‘True’, option c, is simply a verb and therefore cannot be considered to be a suitable alternative.
Option d again is not the correct answer as there is no determiner attached with the word, hence the word is not converted to a noun.

Note: While all the options might seem relevant when substituting the blank since the question specifically asks for a noun, we consider the rules of conversion.