Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate words.
A: ___ languages can her aunt _____?
B: 2 languages.
a) how many / speak
b) how much / speak
c) what / use
d) what / speak

Answer 1

Hint: An adverb is a word that modifies something other than a noun. An adverb is the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to find out which of the options given to us has an adverb for countable nouns in the first blank (language is a countable noun), and a verb for the second blank such that both the answers are contextually correct.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question-
Option (a.), ' how many / speak', refers to ‘how many’ which means ‘What number’. Therefore, option (a.) is correct as ‘languages’ is a countable noun.
Option (b.), ‘how much / speak', refers to ‘how much’ which means ‘What quantity.’ Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as ‘languages’ is not an uncountable noun.
Option (c.), ‘what / use' and Option (d.), ‘what / speak ' refer to ‘what’ which is to ask the names of the languages here. Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect since B replies with the number of languages, and not the names, and thus ‘what’ is not contextually correct.

Note:
 In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of verbs. A verb is a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence. A verb is the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence.