Question

Select the suitable adverb of place in the sentence given below:
I am going to Mumbai, my uncle lives_________.
a) Anywhere
b) There
c) Everythere
d) Nowhere

Answer 1

Hint: The statement specifies that he is going to that place where his uncle lives and that place is Mumbai.

Complete answer:
An adverb of place specifies the location where the action of the verb is carried out.

Option a is incorrect. ‘Anywhere’ can be an adverb and means in any place or to any place; as a pronoun, it means any place. The option doesn’t satisfy the motive of the question. So, option a is the incorrect option.

Option b is correct. ‘There’ is an adverb, a pronoun and an interjection. As an adverb of place, ‘there’ specifies that particular which is earlier talked about in the sentence. In the stated sentence, ‘there’ represents Mumbai where his uncle lives.

Option c ‘Everythere’ is also incorrect. No such word exists in English Language.

Option d is also incorrect. ‘Nowhere’ means not in any place. The given statement is actually specifying a particular place and that place is talked about in later part of the sentence. But this word does not conform with the meaning of the sentence and hence is not suitable.

Note: The answer should conform with the meaning of the sentence.