Question

Fill in the blank with the most suitable adverb of the highlighted or bracketed word.
There was a (serious) accident on the road yesterday. A car hit a boy who was ______ injured.

• A. serious
• B. seriously
• C. seriousness
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is B seriously

'Adverb' is a word that is used to change or qualify the meaning of an adjective, a verb, a clause or another adverb.

In the given sentence, the verb is 'injured' and 'serious' is the level / details of his injury.

Option B - 'seriously' is an adverb which describes the verb 'injured'.

On the other hand, Option A - 'serious' is an adjective which can modify a noun, but not the verb.

Option C - 'seriousness' is noun form of the adjective 'serious' which cannot modify a verb.

Therefore, the suitable option to complete the given sentence is : Option B - 'seriously'.

The completed sentence, thus, becomes : A car hit a boy who was seriously injured.