Choose the correct option and rewrite the sentence according to the instruction given after each.
There is a slight difference between the two shades. (Use: 'different')
Topic: Transformation — noun to adjective
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Pick an option and check your answer. The full worked answer is below either way.
Answer
(b) The two shades are slightly different..
The instruction is to use the ADJECTIVE "different" in place of the NOUN "difference", which changes the whole shape of the sentence: noun form: There is a slight DIFFERENCE between the two shades. adjective form: The two shades are slightly DIFFERENT. Note that the adjective "slight" must also become the adverb "SLIGHTLY", because it now modifies an adjective rather than a noun. That double change is the point of the question.
Option (a) keeps the noun "difference" and so ignores the instruction entirely. Option (c) is not English. Option (d) says "different... different", which is redundant.
THE PATTERN worth learning: when a question asks you to swap a noun for its adjective, the accompanying adjective usually becomes an adverb.
The two shades are slightly different..