Question

Bollywood and reality television shows have made dance glamorous. Identify "glamorous" in the given sentence.

• A. noun
• B. verb
• C. adverb
• D. adjective

Hint:

See which word in the sentence "glamorous" is describing.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

The sentence follows the pattern "have made X Y", where "dance" is the object and "glamorous" describes the state that "dance" has been brought into. We check each part of speech option against this structure.

1. noun: "Glamorous" does not name a person, place, or thing in this sentence, so it cannot be a noun.
2. verb: The main verb here is "have made". "Glamorous" shows no action of its own, so it is not a verb.
3. adverb: An adverb would modify the verb "made" and usually answer how something was done. "Glamorous" is not describing the manner of making, it is describing the resulting quality of "dance", so it is not an adverb.
4. adjective: "Glamorous" describes the noun "dance", telling us what quality dance has gained. A word that describes a noun is an adjective, and this fits the sentence perfectly, since "made dance glamorous" means dance was turned into something glamorous.

Since "glamorous" tells us the quality that "dance" has been given, it is describing a noun, which makes it an adjective.

Let's summarize:

• In the pattern "made + object + quality", the quality word describes the object and works as an adjective.
• "Glamorous" describes "dance", so it is an adjective, not an adverb or a verb.

So "glamorous" is an adjective in this sentence, making option (d) the correct answer.