Select the most appropriate option to replace the underlined part of the sentence. If no improvement is needed, choose ‘No improvement’.
The water in the pond behind our farm is not deep enough for the buffaloes to sit in during the summer.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → No improvement
Position of “enough”:
- “Enough” comes after an adjective or an adverb.
- Here “deep” is an adjective describing the water. So deep enough is already correct.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: enough deep — Incorrect. “Enough” comes after an adjective, not before it.
Option 2: deeply enough — Incorrect. After the verb “is”, an adjective is needed to describe the water. “Deeply” is an adverb. Example: Arav did not think deeply enough before he answered the question.
Option 3: so deep enough — Incorrect. “So” and “enough” both show degree. Only one of them can be used.