Direction: Pick out the most appropriate word from the words given below each…

The correct answer is ravishingly.

In the sentence 'The actress is ______ beautiful', 'beautiful' is an adjective that describes the actress.

We need an adverb before 'beautiful' to show the degree or manner of beauty, and 'ravishingly' is the adverb form of 'ravishing'.

So the correct sentence is: The actress is ravishingly beautiful.

'Ravishing' is an adjective, and 'ravished' and 'ravish' are verb forms, so they cannot correctly modify the adjective 'beautiful' in this position.

Key facts about adverbs:

• An adverb can modify a verb, as in 'She sings loudly'.

• An adverb can modify an adjective, as in 'She is very tall'.

• An adverb can modify another adverb, as in 'The show ended too quickly'.

• An adverb can modify a whole sentence, as in 'Fortunately, I had brought an umbrella'.