Question

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank from the given alternatives.
Sara lives in the __________ district.
A) eastern
B) fastest
C) boredom
D) northern

Answer 1

Hint: In the given question, we need to find the correct adjective to fill in the blank space. Firstly, know the meaning of the adjective – It is a word that qualifies a noun or noun phrase. For example- She wore a beautiful top. Here, Beautiful is an adjective which is describing the noun ‘top’.

Complete answer:
According to the question, we have to fill in a word that will describe the district. In other words, the appropriate word tells the quality of the district. The question is indicating a place so we have to find the qualities regarding the place.

Let’s examine options now:
Option(A) eastern- This is the correct answer. Eastern is related to place, it is conveying the direction of the district. The place has a characteristic of geographical location and eastern is specifying it. Therefore, it is a suitable choice.

Option(B) fastest- This is an incorrect answer. As fastest indicates speed which means anything moving fast. But the district is a place which is immovable in nature. Hence, it is not fit for the blank space.

Option(C) boredom- This is an incorrect answer. Boredom is related to emotions. It indicates a feeling of getting bored but a district is a place, it doesn’t have a characteristic of feelings and emotions. So, it is not an appropriate choice.

Option(D) Northern-This is the correct option. Northern is indicating a physical location of the district. A district is a place and the north tells us the direction of a district. So, It is qualifying the district appropriately.

Therefore the correct answers are ‘A’ and ‘D’.

Note: Students sometimes get confused between adverbs and adjectives. Remember, Adverbs describe verbs whereas adjectives qualify nouns. Another small trick to crack these questions is use the method of trial and error to find the correct option.