Question

Which sentence is an example of the word "indicative"?
Question 16 options:


Mr. Kane was not in his office because he left school early for a dentist's appointment.


If the door was closed and the lights were out, that meant Mr. Kane was not in his office.

Answer 1

Answer:

The second sentence.

Explanation:

Indicative means that something serves as a sign or evidence as to something else. In this instance, "the door was closed" and "the lights were out" are both indicators that Mr. Kane is not in his office.

The first sentence is not an example of the word indicative because there is no indicators to tell us that Mr. Kane is not in his office. We don't need evidence that he is not there because we already know that he had a dentist appointment.