In which of the following sentences is the underlined word used as an adjective?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Early in the morning, the still water of the village pond looked like a sheet of glass.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
Adjective:
An adjective describes a noun. In this sentence “still” comes before the noun “water” and tells what the water was like: not moving at all.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: The newspaper printed a still from the new Marathi film on its front page. — Incorrect. “Still” is a noun here. It names a single photo from a film.
Option 2: At ten at night, Kunal was still working on his science model. — Incorrect. “Still” is an adverb here. It tells that the work had not stopped yet.
Option 4: Nothing the nurse said could still the old man’s fears before the operation. — Incorrect. “Still” is a verb here. It is the action of calming his fears.