Question

Fill in the blanks with the most suitable choice of words:
My bag was very ________ and it was raining very _________.
A) heavy, heavy
B) heavily, heavily
C) heavy, heavily
D) heavily, heavy

Answer 1

Hint: A sentence is said to be meaningful only when the grammar rules are appropriate. An adjective is the part of speech that puts emphasis on the noun and modifies it. An adverb is the word that modifies a verb prior to it. Adverbs are of five kinds: adverb of degree, adverb of manner, adverb of place, adverb of frequency and adverb of time.

Complete answer:
In the above sentence, two clauses are joined together. In the first blank, we’ve to tell how the bag was, since the bag is a noun, we’ve to find an appropriate adjective for it. In the second blank, we’ve to tell how it was raining, that means we’ve to find an appropriate adverb for this action.

Option A) “heavy, heavy”, In the first blank the adjective “heavy” which means something carrying weight, fits in well, but for the second blank we require an adverb of manner, hence “heavy” doesn’t fit in well in the second blank. Therefore, this option is incorrect.
Option B) “heavily, heavily”, this is an adverb of manner, it does compliment the second blank, but it is not appropriate for the first blank. Hence, this option is invalid.
Option C) “heavy, heavily”, the first one is an adjective “heavy” which is appropriate to describe the bag and the other one is an adverb “heavily”, that perfectly describes how it is raining. Hence, this option is correct.
Option D) “heavily, heavy”, the first one is an adverb, but we require an adjective for the description of bag. Hence, this option becomes invalid.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘C’.

Note: An adjective is a word that gives a description of a noun or a pronoun. For example: The flowers are beautiful. Here, “beautiful” is an adjective that best describes the noun “flowers”.
An adverb is a word that gives a description of the action performed (verbs). For example: She talks sweetly. Here, “sweetly” is an adverb of manner that compliments the verb “talks”, that is how she is talking.