Question

Fill in the blanks with the most suitable adjective and adverb.
I can tell that the little boy was _ _ _ _ because he looked at me _ _ _ _.

a)Sad, sadly
b)Sadly, sad
c)Sad, sad
d)Sadness, sadly

Answer 1

Hint: Find the word that describes the boy in the given options and then find the word that qualifies or modifies the adjective.

Complete step by step answer:
For finding the correct answer to the given question let us first find the adjective in the given options. The only adjective that we have is sad. Thus, the first blank would be filed by sad. Now, since there are only 2 options i.e. a and c that have sad in the first blank so the rest two automatically get ruled out. Hence, option b and d are incorrect.

 Now let us look at a and c to find the correct answer. For that we need to look for the adverb. Clearly, option a which has sadly in the second place is correct as sadly is an adverb.

Option c had sad in both places and sad is an adjective. Therefore, option c is invalid.


Note: Take a look at both options even after finding out the correct answer for the first blank as only one of them is correct and not looking carefully enough might lead you to the wrong answer.