Question

Choose the response that could improve the sentence by substituting the italicized portion.

The milk tastes bitterly.

• A. tastes sour
• B. tastes bitter
• C. tastes sourly
• D. NO CHANGE

Answer 1

The correct option is A tastes sour

Option A is the correct answer because to taste sour means to taste acidic or unpleasant. Milk turns sour because of the presence of lactic acid.

The given construction or option D and option B are incorrect because milk cannot and does not taste bitter. Coffee tastes bitter but milk does not.

Option C is incorrect because the adverb 'sourly' means in a way that is unfriendly or easily annoyed.