In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘ no improvement’.
The nurse in the hospital is a very affectionately lady and she listens to everyone very patiently.
A. Is the very affectionately lady
B. Is a very affectionate lady
C. Is a more affectionate lade
D. No improvement
Sol:
‘Affectionately’ is an adverb and here to qualify a noun ‘lady’ we need an adjective so the correct form ‘affectionate’ will be used, replace ‘affectionately lady’ with ‘affectionate lady’.