Identify the option that demonstrates the most appropriate usage of an adjective.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → She took a six-week course.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
Compound adjectives with a number:
- When a number and a noun are joined by a hyphen to stand before a noun as one adjective, the noun stays singular: a six-week course, a ten-rupee note, a five-star hotel.
- This sentence: six-week (not "six-weeks") describes the course, so the usage is correct.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: She is senior and most intelligent than her friend. — Incorrect.
- Senior is followed by to, not "than".
- With "than" the comparative is needed: more intelligent, not "most intelligent".
Corrected: She is senior to her friend and more intelligent than her.
Option 2: Meera adopted a Two-years-old girl. — Incorrect. In a compound adjective before a noun the noun stays singular: a two-year-old girl.
Corrected: Meera adopted a two-year-old girl.
Option 3: This tree is to big as the other tree. — Incorrect. Equality is shown with as ... as. "To" is wrong here (and "too big" would not fit with "as").
Corrected: This tree is as big as the other tree.