Choose the option that best completes the sentence using an appropriate…

Concept

An adverb modifies a verb by specifying such ideas as manner, time, place, degree, or frequency.

In sentence completion, the surrounding purpose or result clause helps identify the manner that best fits the intended meaning.

Application

The phrase “to meet the submission deadline” presents urgency and a limited amount of time. The blank therefore needs an adverb of manner that directly expresses speed: “She typed the report quickly to meet the submission deadline.”

Contrast

• “Neatly” emphasizes tidy or orderly presentation.

• “Accurately” emphasizes freedom from errors.

• “Quietly” emphasizes low sound or disturbance, which is unrelated to the deadline stated here.

Cross-check

Ask which question the blank answers. Here it explains how she typed while trying to meet a deadline; “quickly” supplies the direct speed meaning signalled by that purpose clause.

Result

The best completion is “quickly.”