2021 · Q92
Each of the following sentences has a word or phrase Bold. Read the sentences carefully and find which part of speech the Bold word is. Indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
It was the **most beautiful** painting.
EnglishWord Classes
- AAdjective
- BAdverb
- CNoun
- DPronoun
Explanation
The bold phrase is 'most beautiful', which directly modifies the noun 'painting' — it functions as an attributive adjective phrase (superlative). It does not modify a verb, adjective, or adverb (which would make it an adverb), and it is not a noun or pronoun. The stored key (b) is therefore wrong and is corrected to (a) Adjective; the official key's parallel item keys the same phrase as an adjective.