Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No Improvement.

These flowers smell sweetly and are sold at high prices in the market.

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SSC GD Previous Paper 15 (Held On: 18 Feb 2019 Shift 1)

Answer 1

The correct answer is 'These flowers smell sweet'.

Key Points

The word 'sweetly' is inappropriate.
Here, the smell of the flowers are being described. So, an adjective should be used instead of an adverb.
The word 'sweet' should replace 'sweetly'.
Hence, option 4) is the answer.

Correct sentence: These flowers smell sweet and are sold at high prices in the market.

Additional Information

An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun.