Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.

If ____________ can’t talk to Mark _______ don’t want to talk to ______________.
A) She/ she/ somebody
B) He/ he/ anybody
C) I/ I/ anyone
D) They/ they/ it
E) You/ you/ they

Answer 1

Hint:There are three blanks in the question making it quite difficult to judge the right answer. It is important to repeat the sentence a few times after fitting in each option to make sure the chosen option is appropriate.

Complete answer:
Option A) She/ she/ somebody - ‘If she can’t talk to Mark she don’t want to talk to somebody.’ is an incorrect answer because when these words are filled in the blanks, it makes no sense and is grammatically incorrect.

Option B) He/ he/ anybody - ‘If he can’t talk to Mark he don’t want to talk to anybody.’ is an incorrect answer because when these words are filled in the blanks, it makes no sense and is grammatically incorrect.

Option C) I/ I/ anyone - ‘If I can’t talk to Mark I don’t want to talk to anyone’ is the right answer as it fits the blanks appropriately and is grammatically correct.

Option D) They/ they/ it - ‘If they can’t talk to Mark they don’t want to talk to it.’ is an incorrect answer because when these words are filled in the blanks, it makes no sense and is grammatically incorrect.

Option E) You/ you/ they - ‘If you can’t talk to Mark you don’t want to talk to they.’ is an incorrect answer because when these words are filled in the blanks, it makes no sense and is grammatically incorrect.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘C’.

Note::Options (A), (B), (D) and (E) are incorrect because when the words given in these options are filled in the blanks, are totally irrelevant and do not make sense. Hence these options are incorrect. And moreover, if the speaker is mentioning someone else, that is if ‘he/she’ is being used in a sentence, then ‘don’t want’ will be replaced by ‘doesn’t’ want’. Hence option (C) is the right answer.