Question

Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. My next pet, Ari, was a pigeon. He became convinced that he was not a bird at all and refused to ____ 1 ___. If he wanted to get on a table or a chair, he stood below it, cooing until someone picked him up. He would even try to come ____ 2____ walks with us. This, however, we had to stop for, _____ 3____ you carried him on your shoulder or else you let him walk behind. If you let him walk, you had to slow down your own ______ 4_____ to suit his, for should you get too far ahead, you would find him running after you, cooing frantically, his chest pouted out with ______5_____. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

• A. neither
• B. either
• C. never
• D. ever

Answer 1

Answer:

B. either

• . Correlative Conjunction Rule: In English grammar, the word "either" is used to present a choice between two possibilities. It is almost always paired with the word "or." 2. Logical Context in the Passage: The sentence describes two specific ways the owners had to handle the pigeon during walks: Possibility 1: You carried him on your shoulder. Possibility 2: (OR else) You let him walk behind. Since the passage explicitly uses the word "or" later in the sentence, the blank must be filled with "either" to complete the grammatical pair.