2025 · Q1
The evening looked ____________ against the stretched out sky.
General EnglishGrammar and usage
- Ared, beautiful and soul-quenching
- Bbeautiful, red and soul-quenching
- Csoul-quenching, beautiful and red
- Dbeautiful, soul-quenching and red
Explanation
English follows a fixed adjective order: opinion comes first, then participial or purpose adjectives, and colour comes last. Here 'beautiful' is an opinion adjective, 'soul-quenching' is a participial adjective describing its effect, and 'red' is a colour. Only option D keeps this order: 'beautiful, soul-quenching and red'. The other options place colour or the participial adjective before opinion adjectives, which violates the standard sequence.