Question

Insert a suitable attributive adjective in the given sentence.
The girl gave out a scream.

a)The girl gave out a bloodcurdling scream.
b)The girl gave out a scream bloodcurdling.
c)The bloodcurdling girl gave out a scream.
d)None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: Attributive adjectives are usually placed before a noun.

Complete step-by-step answer:

 Attributive adjectives are adjectives that come before a noun. As in, they modify a noun.
So, in order to identify the correct option, we will have to identify the different parts of speech in the given sentence.

‘The’ and ‘a’ are articles, ‘girl’ and ‘scream’ are nouns and ‘gave out’ is a verb.
This means that the adjective ‘bloodcurdling’ should come before the nouns ‘girl’ or ‘scream’.So, this narrows our options down to option ‘a’ and ‘c’.

Let’s have a look at the meaning of bloodcurdling. Bloodcurdling is defined as ‘causing or expressing terror or horror’. This meaning fits the noun ‘scream’ better because screams are generally associated with terror or horror, unlike the noun ‘girl’ which is not generally associated with terror or horror.

So, the correct answer is option ‘a’.

Note: Try to identify the meaning of the given adjective and figure out it’s placing in the sentence.