Question

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Growing up in Mumbai, Nehal’s childhood was _______ with memories of playing in gardens and nurturing plants.

• A. full
• B. filling
• C. fills
• D. filled

Answer 1

Answer:

D. filled

The sentence requires the past participle form of the verb to function as an adjective describing Nehal's childhood. Filled (Correct): When we say something was "filled with," we mean it was full of a particular quality or thing. Since the sentence refers to the past ("Growing up," "was"), the passive structure "was + past participle" is required. Full: While "full" has a similar meaning, the correct prepositional phrase would be "full of," not "full with." Filling: This is the continuous form (present participle). Saying a childhood "was filling" would imply the childhood itself was performing the action of filling something else, which is logically incorrect. Fills: This is the simple present tense and cannot follow the auxiliary verb "was" in this context.