Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:
Kabir’s cousin has joined a ______ course in computer animation at a college in Hyderabad.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → six-month
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
Complete sentence: Kabir’s cousin has joined a six-month course in computer animation at a college in Hyderabad. “Six” and “month” are joined, and together they describe the noun “course”.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) six-month (answer) | a number + noun that describes another noun; the noun stays singular | Papa signed a six-month lease for the new shop. |
| (2) six-months | a number + noun that describes another noun does not take the plural -s | – |
| (3) six-monthly | happening once every six months; it does not give the length of something | The society holds a six-monthly meeting in January and July. |
| (4) six month’s | “month’s” with the apostrophe before s is for one month, but here six months are meant | – |