Q18
EnglishParts of Speech
Insert the correct Adverbial Phrase in the blank space: Only ______ is there a rumble in the sky.
- a.occasionally
- b.swiftly
- c.quite
- d.merrily
Answer: (A) occasionally
'Occasionally' (now and then) is an adverb of frequency and is the only option that sensibly tells how often a rumble is heard in the sky. Note the grammar point: when a sentence opens with 'only + adverbial', the auxiliary comes before the subject ('Only occasionally is there...'). 'Swiftly' and 'merrily' are adverbs of manner that do not fit, and 'quite' is an adverb of degree that needs another word to modify.