Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
I lost my glasses. I looked for it _______________ , but couldn't find it.
A) Anywhere
B) Everywhere
C) Somewhere
D) Everything

Answer 1

Hint: Make sure that you are aware of the meanings of all the given words in the options. They seem to be the same, but there exists a thin line among all of them. so , choose wisely. When you look for something that is lost, you look for it in every nook and corner of the place.

Complete answer:
Let us analyze the given options
Option A: ‘Anywhere’ indicates to places referring to one or more and not necessarily all the places. Hence, if we choose this option, we won't be sure if we have searched for the glasses in every nook and cooker of the place. Therefore, this would be incorrect to choose.
Option B: ‘Everywhere’ refers to all the places i.e. every nook and corner has been checked. Therefore, this is the correct answer.
Option C: ‘Somewhere’ refers to a specific place but not all. Therefore, this would be incorrect to choose.
Option D: ‘Everything’ is a pronoun. But here, w2e have to use an adverb, because we are describing the act of ‘looking’ in the given sentence. Therefore, we are looking for an adverb. Hence, this would be incorrect to choose.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘B’.

Note:Adverbs are those words which describe the way in which the given verb is being performed. An easy way to spot an adverb is those words which end with -ly such as carefully (not always). Whereas, pronouns are those words which are used in place of a noun. They function exactly like the nouns. For example: he/ she/ they/ us/ their.