2015 · Q113
"What did you think of the film?" " ________ I didn't like it very much."
EnglishFill in the Blanks
- ATo be honest
- BBeing honest
- CTo be fair
- DIn honesty
Explanation
The speaker is about to give a candid, unfavourable opinion of the film. 'To be honest' is the standard discourse marker for introducing one's true opinion frankly. 'Being honest' is ungrammatical as a sentence opener here, 'to be fair' introduces a balancing point rather than candour, and 'in honesty' is not idiomatic. Hence option (A) is correct.