Question

I was __________ of my mistake and wished to apologise. (conscience, conscious)​

Answer 1

I was conscious of my mistake and wished to apologise.

Why 'conscious' is the correct option

• The word 'conscience' is a noun whereas the word 'conscious' is an adjective.
• Based on this the sentence above, we know that we need to fill in the blank with an adjective to describe the pronoun 'I'.
• As 'conscious' is an adjective, hence it will be the correct option to fill in the blank.