Which word should replace the underlined word? “Marisol played really [good] in the championship game on Saturday.”
Use Standard Grammar, Usage, and Spelling to Edit · TELPAS Grades 6–7 writing. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
Reporting category 2: find and fix an error in a short text. On the real test some of these are typed answers or sentence rewrites. Here they are multiple choice so they can be checked.
The question
Read the sentence. The underlined part has an error.
Marisol played really [good] in the championship game on Saturday. Which word should replace the underlined word?
- wellCorrect answer
- goodly
- more good
- gooder
Why “well” is correct
This tests adjectives and adverbs. "Good" is an adjective that describes a noun (a good game), while "well" is the adverb that tells how someone does something (she played well). Because the word describes the verb "played," it must be "well." Using "good" after an action verb is a very common error in everyday speech.
Why the other answers are wrong
- goodly — "Goodly" is not used to describe how someone does an action.
- more good — "More good" is not standard English; it is not the way to describe how she played.
- gooder — "Gooder" is not a standard English word; the comparative of "good" is "better."
Practice more of this
More writing practice for Grades 6–7, or see the TELPAS practice test for 6th and 7th grade.
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