Question

Fill in the blank with the most suitable adverb of the highlighted or bracketed words.
The exam was ___________ easy. (Surprise).

• A. surprises
• B. surprised
• C. surprisingly
• D. None of these

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

surprisingly

'Adverb' is a word that is used to change or qualify the meaning of an adjective, a verb, a clause or another adverb.

In the given sentence, the adjective is 'easy' and 'surprise' is the modification of the adjective.

Option C - 'surprisingly' is an adverb which describes the adjective 'easy'.

On the other hand, Option A - 'surprise' is an abstract noun.

Option B - 'surprised' is verb form in its past tense, which can not modify the verb.

Therefore, the suitable option to complete the given sentence is : Option C - 'surprisingly'.

The completed sentence, thus, becomes : The exam was surprisingly easy.