Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate answer:
Principal: Mr D’Souza, Annual Day is coming up. I’ve been wondering whom to invite as our chief guest this year. Do you have any suggestions?
Teacher: ___________________________________________________.
A. Who? Me? I haven’t a clue. How would I know anybody important enough?
B. Well, I don’t really know anyone. But I can find out. I’ll ask Mrs Sharma.
C. Why are you making such a fuss, Sir? You’ll find someone. You know so many important people.
D. Oh, there must be a lot of people simply dying to be asked. Should be no problem at all.

Answer 1

Hint: Carefully read the conversation and put the best answer in the blank. So, here an interrogative sentence is used. Interrogative sentences are the sentences that are used to ask a question

Complete step by step answer:
Option A) This is an incorrect answer because option A is too rude for a gentle interrogative question. Hence, option A is incorrect.
Option B) Is the most appropriate answer because option B is a more gentle reply and very good suggestion asked for. Hence, this is the correct answer.
Option C) This is an incorrect answer because option A is too rude for a gentle interrogative question. Hence, option C is incorrect.
Option D) This is an incorrect answer because option A is too rude for a gentle interrogative question. Hence, option D is incorrect.
Principal: Mr D’Souza, Annual Day is coming up. I’ve been wondering whom to invite as our chief guest this year. Do you have any suggestions?
Teacher: Well, I don’t really know anyone. But I can find out. I’ll ask Mrs Sharma.

So, the correct answer is “Option B”.

Note:
In such questions, it is very important to know in which tone the question is asked.As the question asked by the Principal is in a very gentle way and in soft tone so the reply should be in soft tone.