Fill in the blank in the given sentence by choosing the correct option.

The old woman walked carefully with her heavy load ______ she should fall.

The correct answer is lest.

Key Points

• ​Some conjunctions given below are used in a pair known as correlative conjunctions:
  • Whether...or, either...or, lest...should, so...that, neither...nor, not only...but also, though...yet, etc.
• For example:
  • He likes not only milk cake but other sweets.
  • He likes not only milk cake but also other sweets.
• The conjunction 'lest...should' is used to prevent something undesirable or to avoid the risk of anything.
• According to the rule and the example is given above, 'lest' will be used in the blank part of the sentence.​
   

​Correct Sentence: The old woman walked carefully with her heavy load lest she should fall.

​Additional Information

• ​​​​​The conjunction 'so...that' can be used instead of 'too...to' as given below:
  • She is too clumsy to handle glassware carefully.
  • ​She is so clumsy that she can't handle glassware carefully.

• नीचे दिए गए कुछ संयुग्मों का उपयोग correlative conjunctions के रूप में जाना जाता है:
  • Whether...or, either...or, lest...should, so...that, neither...nor, not only...but also, though...yet, etc.
• उदाहरण के लिए:
  • He likes not only milk cake but other sweets.
  • He likes not only milk cake but also other sweets.
• संयोजन  'lest...should' का इस्तेमाल किसी अवांछनीय चीज को रोकने या किसी भी चीज के जोखिम से बचने के लिए किया जाता है।
• नियम और ऊपर दिए गए उदाहरण के अनुसार, वाक्य के खाली हिस्से में 'lest'  का इस्तेमाल किया जाएगा।