Question

Select the most appropriate option to complete the sentence:

I listened, but I had no idea what he was_______ about.

• A. saying
• B. telling
• C. talking
• D. discussing

Answer 1

The correct option is C talking

The correct answer is Option C.

One listens when someone is talking.

We use the word SAYING when one is talking about something or someone in his own words.

TELLING is used when one is talking about something or someone in the words of someone else.

DISCUSSING takes place between two or more people.

Here the speaker is listening but he has no idea of what he was TALKING about.

Thus TALKING is the correct answer.