Question

Choose the word which best completes the given sentence.

They said on the news that __________ of Scotland was covered in snow.

• A. Each
• B. Half
• C. Entire
• D. Any

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Half

Option A) is used to refer to every one of two or more people of things but here there is only one thing being spoken of i.e Scotland and hence this option is wrong.

Option C) entire could have been used but the blank is followed by 'of' and entire cannot be followed by 'of' and so this options is also incorrect.

Option D) any if used in the sentence gives incomplete information and so is incorrect.

Option B) half is the correct answer as it gives the correct amount of meaning and detail of how much of Scotland is covered in snow.