The fire-fighting team reached the venue quickly and extinguished the fire, _________ saving many lives. (a) therefore (b) hence (c) thereby (d) then
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Answer:
The fire-fighting team reached the venue quickly and extinguished the fire, thereby saving many lives.
(c) thereby
Explanation:
An adverb is a word which tells something about the verb. It tells about the quality, place, time, degree of the verb. It answers the questions like when, in what way, how, where and to what extent. In the above sentence, the word 'thereby' is an adverb.
The answer is Option (c) - thereby.
The fire-fighting team reached the venue quickly and extinguished the fire, thereby saving many lives.
Explanation:
The word ‘thereby’ is used to indicate as a result of a certain action. Here, the action is the timely arrival of the fire-fighting team and putting out the fire. Because of this action, many lives were saved.