Select the sentences which are grammatically correct.
(A) The paneer tikka from the dhaba near our college tastes good.
(B) After two days of fever, Aarav feels well enough to go back to school.
(C) The new cooler in our drawing room works good even in the May heat.
(D) The tiles in the new kitchen look beautifully under the bright tube light.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) and (B) only
An adverb is a word that tells how, when, where or how much something happens. It can also describe an adjective or another adverb, for example she sings sweetly, very hot.
(A) The paneer tikka from the dhaba near our college tastes good. — Correct.
- “Tastes” is a linking verb here: a verb like seem or look that links the subject to a word describing it.
- So it takes the adjective “good”, which describes the paneer tikka.
(B) After two days of fever, Aarav feels well enough to go back to school. — Correct.
- After the linking verb “feels”, “well” is an adjective that means in good health.
(C) The new cooler in our drawing room works good even in the May heat. — Incorrect.
- “Works” is an action verb, so it needs an adverb to tell how the cooler works.
- “Good” is an adjective. The adverb is “well”.
- Correct form: The new cooler in our drawing room works well even in the May heat.
(D) The tiles in the new kitchen look beautifully under the bright tube light. — Incorrect.
- “Look” is a linking verb here. It links the tiles to a word that describes them.
- So it needs the adjective “beautiful”, not the adverb “beautifully”.
- Correct form: The tiles in the new kitchen look beautiful under the bright tube light.