Question

Replace the noun in the given sentence with a corresponding adjective.
The play was a delight to watch.
a) Delighted
b) Delightable
c) Delightful
d) Delightic

Answer 1

Hint: Here, ‘delight' is a noun which means – great pleasure. For example, the little girls squealed with delight.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to replace the underlined noun(delight) with a corresponding adjective. Many adjectives are formed from a base of a different class with a suffix (e.g. -less, -ous). Adjectives can also be formed from other adjectives, especially by the negative prefixes (un-, in-, and non-). The most common suffixes are -al, -ent, -ive, -ous, -ful, -less.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct option :
Option ‘a’ is Delighted. It is not an adjective, and also is in the past tense, which is not needed in the provided sentence. So, this is an incorrect option.
Option ‘b’ is Delightable. It is not a word and doesn’t have a meaning. This word doesn’t exist in the dictionary.
Option ‘c’ is Delightful. It is an adjective which means – causing delight; charming. It is the perfect option for the given blank.
Option ‘d’ is Delightic. It is not a word and doesn’t have a meaning. This word doesn’t exist in the dictionary.
As we have analyzed all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct answer. Here, the adjective for the noun ‘delight’ is ‘delightful’. The complete sentence would be – The play was delightful to watch. Hence, option ‘c’ is the correct option.

Note:
 An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or a noun phrase. It cannot be used with the noun or the noun phrase. So, in the given sentence, we cannot use ‘a delight' and ‘delightful’ together.