Question

The old woman spoke kindly _____firmly to the children. (Fill in the blank with the correct conjunction.)​

Answer 1

The correct answer will be "but".

Explanation:

This is because, the adjectives "kindly" and "firmly" are contradicting, hence we have to use a negative conjuction.

The old woman spoke kindly but firmly to the children.

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Answer 2

The correct conjunction will be "but".

• The complete sentence that will form is The old woman spoke kindly but firmly to the children.
• Conjunctions are the words that join two different sentences. An example of conjunctions is but, and, though etc.
• The conjunction"but" is used when two contrasting words are present.
• In the mentioned sentences, kindly states politeness but firmly states orders.