Question

Add a suffix to the word ‘beautiful’ from the list given below:
Guru plays the piano beautiful______.
a) Ly
b) Er
c) Less
d)Ness

Answer 1

Hint: Suffixes are added to a word to change their function or meaning, it can be a letter or group of letters which are added at the end of the original word to change its function. So, here you have to use the group of words that adds some meaning and changes the function of the word ‘beautiful’ according to the given sentence.

Complete answer:
 In the study of linguistics, we understand suffix as an affix placed after the stem of a word. For example, the verb read is made into a noun, i.e. reader by adding the suffix –er.
So, we add a suffix to change the meaning or the function of the root word. You must understand that there are different suffixes that are used, some examples of suffixes are: -ly, -ness, -ies, -est etc.
Now, suffixes are used to enrich vocabulary, i.e. if we use the suffix –ist with a word then we have changed the root word into a word that describes a person who performs some or other skills or activity.
Now, if we see the options that we have we will see that –
Ly – is an adverb suffix used to describe the manner by which something is being done. Examples include: bravely – he fought bravely.
Er – is a verb suffix used to explain an action or process or making a word into an adjective comparative word. An example includes: bigger – his house is bigger than hers.
Less – is an adjective suffix used to indicate that there is nothing or without something. An example includes: hopeless – he is hopeless.
Ness – is a noun suffix used to show a state or being. An example includes kindness – his kindness cannot be ignored.
Now, the suffix added to beauty can be – beautiful or beautifully.
So as per the above-given explanations, the correct solution would be an option (a), because we need an adverb to complete the sentence correctly.

Note: The sentence needs an adverb to make some sense and be grammatically correct. Therefore, the use of an adverb suffix would be the best-suited solution for the given question.