Question

He shook his head regretfully.(regret)
Use the word given in the bracket and rewrite the sentence.

Answer 1

Answer:

● Correct answer:- He shook his head with regret.

Answer 2

The correct sentence: He shook his head with regret.

• Here, in the given sentence, the word 'regretfully' is an adverb that has been used at the end of the sentence after the object of the sentence.
• An adverb functions the same way as an adjective that is it tells such more about the noun but it is situated after the noun in the structure of the sentence.
• It has been expressed in the given sentence that the person moved his head in a way that showed that he was remorseful about something that had happened.
• Here, we have changed the adverb form to a noun form.
• Hence, the correct sentence is: He shook his head with regret.