Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
Peter's very ________ at tennis. He won the game.

• A. goodly
• B. well
• C. good
• D. best

Answer 1

The correct option is C good

The adjectives that are used to describe the nature of a subject or a noun or showing the kind or quality of nouns or pronouns are called Adjective of Quality. In the above sentence, the quality of Peter's tennis skills are being taken into consideration. The blank should contain an adjective of quality.

Option A: "goodly" is an adjective which means considerable in size or quantity.

Option B: "well" is also an adjective which means to have good intentions.

Option C: "good" is an adjective of quality which means having the required qualities; of a high standard

Option D: "best" is a superlative degree of adjective which is used when a comparison is done between more than two individuals. In there case there are no comparison.

Option C is correct.