Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
“Good Morning!”
“___________”

a)Good morning!
b)Thank you!
c)Cheers!
d)Sleep well!

Answer 1

Hint: Each salutation has a different and specific reply, but most of them are repeated as a reply.

Complete step-by-step answer:

We greet people with the phrase Good Morning, when we meet them for the first time in the day, particularly before noon. After 12pm, we greet others using the salutation Good Afternoon.
When we meet someone for the first time in a day, both of us will naturally greet by saying Good Morning, hence option a is the correct answer.

We say Thank you to someone when we want to acknowledge help from them and not in response to a greeting, so option b is incorrect.
Cheers is not really a greeting or a salutation. It is an expression or an exclamation used to express the joy of celebration, with this inference, option c is not the correct alternative, because it is not in any manner a response to a greeting.

Option d is wrong because we always wish someone to sleep well just before we are departing for the day, this phrase is used mostly in the continuance of the greeting Good Night.

Note: Some greetings are restrictive of time (which means that they can be used only during a specific time of the day only) like Good Evening or Good Night etc., we must ensure that these should not be substituted with other words.