Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
We had a very ____ time at the football match yesterday.
A)excited
B)excitement
C)exciting
D)excitedly

Answer 1

Hint: Use a non-finite verb and an adjective.

Complete step-by-step answer:

In the given question, we have to fill in the blank with an appropriate word from the given options.
Let us take a look at the given question. Try and find out the verb and noun in the sentence.
The sentence given starts with a verb ‘had’ and after the blank we can find the noun ‘time. Hence, the blank that separates these two words must be both a non-finite verb and an adjective. It must be a non-finite verb, that is, a verb that does not show a tense, as the word ‘had’ is already the verb. Along with this, it must be an adjective as it appears right before the noun and must hence enhance it.
Now, we will go through the given options, one by one.
Option ‘A’, excited, is incorrect as it is the primary verb and this cannot be used along with ‘had’.
Option ‘B’, excitement, is incorrect as it is a noun, but we need an adjective.
Option ‘D’, excitedly is incorrect as it is an adverb, but we need a verb and an adjective.
Hence, the correct answer is option ‘C’, exciting, as it both a non-finite verb and an adjective.

Note: If confused by usage, place all the words and see which word matches the most with the given sentence.