Tom: ”You must have had a very good time on holiday.” Peter: “__________, it was a disaster. Everything went wrong.”
- A. By tradition
- B. In short
- C. On the condition
- D. On the contrary
The best option to fill in the blank is D. On the contrary.
Here’s why:
- Tom assumes Peter had a good time, but Peter wants to contradict that assumption.
- A, B, and C are transitional phrases that introduce additional information, but they don’t convey the contrasting idea Peter wants to express.
- On the contrary explicitly states that the opposite of what Tom said is true.
Therefore, D. On the contrary is the most logical and grammatically correct option to complete the sentence.