Question

Fill in the blank with a correct adjective or an adverb:
The bride was very _____ dressed.
A. Pretty
B. Prettily
C. Prettiful
D. Prettiness

Answer 1

Hint: First to understand what the adjective and adverb are: Adjectives are the set of words that are used to modify a noun or a pronoun. For example: tasty, breezy, sharp, silky, yummy and etc. Adverb is a word or expression that modifies a verb, adjective, clause, preposition or sentence. For example: gently, quiet, the, there and etc.
Complete step by step answer:
In this question we need a word to describe the way the bride was dressed. As ‘dressed’ is a verb and the word that describes the verb is called an adverb. Hence, we need an adverb to fill in the sentence.
Option A) Pretty – is an incorrect answer because the word ‘pretty’ is an adjective not an adverb. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option B) Prettily – is the correct answer because the word ‘prettily’ is an adverb which is used to explain the way the bride was dressed. Hence, this is the correct answer.
Option C) Prettiful – is the wrong answer because the word ‘prettiful’ does not exist. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option D) Prettiness – is an incorrect answer because the word ‘prettiness’ is the noun not an adverb. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
The bride was very prettily dressed.
Note: In such a type of question it is very important to understand the adjective and the adverb. As we now know what the adverb and adjectives are to understand this in a more correct way let’s understand with an example: Akshara is beautiful – here, Akshara is the noun and beautiful explains how she is (how she looks) so, beautiful is an adverb. Adverbs are the words that describe the action words or verb. Let’s take another example: Shivam fought bravely – here, Shivam is a noun and fought is a verb and bravely describes how he fought. Thus, bravely is an adverb.