Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
A: _____ did you go yesterday?
B: I went to a restaurant.
A) Where
B) Why
C) When
D) What

Answer 1

Hint: The first statement in the question is an interrogative statement i.e. a sentence that asks a question, unlike other sentences which make a statement, deliver a command or express an exclamation. Such sentences can be identified by the inversion of the subject and predicate.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have two statements. The first is an interrogatory sentence in which we need to fill the blank with an interrogatory word. The second sentence is the reply to the interrogatory question. Therefore, we must analyze what the reply is, in order to choose the appropriate interrogatory word.

Let us look into the given options:
Option A) Where – This interrogatory word is used when we want to know about a place or location of something or someone. For e.g. Where did you hide my phone? We can see that the object in the ‘reply sentence’ is a noun of place, a restaurant. Therefore, we can fill the blank with ‘where’. Therefore, this option is correct.
Option B) Why – This word is used when we want to know a reason or a purpose for action. For e.g. Why did you go yesterday? This has to be answered with a reason, for e.g. Because, it was the only non-working day for me. In the reply given in the question, we do not have such a reason. Therefore, this option is wrong.
Option C) When – This word is used when we want to know the time of occurrence of an action. For e.g. When did you go to the restaurant? Its reply would include a time, date, day etc. For e.g. I went to the restaurant on Friday. In the reply given in the question, we are not given a time. It is just focused on the place. Thus, this option is incorrect.
Option D) What – This word is used when we want a noun of the object as an answer. For e.g. What did you bring for me? What is that? What shall we eat? All these questions can be answered with a noun. For e.g. A pizza. The statement in the question does not provide an answer. Thus, this option is also wrong.

Thus, the correct answer is Option (A) Where did you go yesterday?

Note: Interrogative words such as ‘where, when, why, what’ can also be used as adverbs in regular sentences that are not interrogative. For e.g.
- I cannot remember the place where I left my jacket.
- He comes to meet me only when he has a bad day.
- The reason why I did that is not important.
- I did exactly what my mother told me to do.