Question

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank from the given alternatives.

I have always ________ her easy-going attitude towards life.

• A. Envy
• B. Envied
• C. Enviable
• D. Envious

Answer 1

The correct option is B Envied

Option B is the correct answer because “envied” is the simple past or past participle of “envy” which means to desire a quality that belongs to someone else. Hence it is correct because “have always envied” Ian the perfect past form which means that she used to and still envies that quality.

Option A is incorrect because it is not the verb form of envy.

Option C is incorrect because the one who gets envied is “enviable”, not the who envies, hence incorrect. It is an adjective and we need a verb in this context.

Options D is incorrect because “envious” means to be jealous or to desire the quality, but it used only if it’s followed by an “of”. “I have always been envious of” would be correct.