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Question : Directions: In the following question, the sentence given with a blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four.

My mother is _____ fifty.

Option 1: hardly

Option 2: somewhere

Option 3: close

Option 4: in


Team Careers360 14th Jan, 2024
Answer (1)
Team Careers360 17th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: hardly


Solution : The first option is the correct choice.

The adverb hardly , which means barely, fits perfectly in the sentence, implying that the speaker's mother is not yet fifty.

The options close and in are grammatically incorrect in the sentence and are incorrect to use. Around is an informal way and does not go contextually with the sentence.

Therefore, the complete sentence is, "My mother is hardly fifty".

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