Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
There was ___ in my suitcase so I could carry it without ___ effort.

• A. something/no
• B. nothing/any
• C. anything/some
• D. nothing/some
• E. some/any

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

nothing/any

Indefinite pronouns refer to persons or things we do not know.

The given sentence indicates to some thing in the suitcase.

The given sentence is a negative sentence. So, the negative indefinite pronoun 'nothing' must be used. We can thus eliminate options A,C and E as incorrect options.

'Any' is used in negative sentence and 'some' is used in positive sentences.

Since the given sentence is a negative sentence, 'any' must be used.

Hence the complete sentence must be- There was nothing in my suitcase so I could carry it without any effort.

Thus option B is the correct answer.

Options A,C,D,E are incorrect.