Question

Fill in the blanks with the most suitable adverb of the highlighted or bracketed words.
The speaker looks (angry). He is banging the table _______.

a) Angry
b) Angrily
c) Angered
d) None of these

Answer 1

Hint: It is very clear that the blank in the question will be filled by an Adverb of Manner. Adverbs of manner are mostly formed by adding a suffix (usually -ly) to the root word.

Complete answer:

In the given sentence, the speaker is doing an action of banging on the table, we know his mood through the previous sentence and we have to find out the manner in which the action is being carried out. We also understand that the category of adverb to be used is the Adverb of Manner.
Now, we know that adverbs modify the verb and 'Angry' has to be used as the adverb to modify the given verb 'banging'. Basically we have to find out a word which tells us how the table is being banged, as the given statement asks.

The first option is an adjective. It is therefore not the correct answer.
Option b, 'Angrily' is an adverb' which modifies the verb 'banging'. Moreover, this option has the aforementioned hint used as well. Therefore, the appropriate option to complete the sentence is option b.
'Angered' is a verb in the past tense, hence option c is not the correct alternative.

Note: The sentence talks about ‘how’ the table is being banged; try recalling the way we form adverbs of ‘manner’.