Point out the sentence in which the underlined word is an adverb.

The correct answer is A. In "To eat and drink temperately," the word temperately is an adverb. It describes how the action of eating and drinking is done, so it modifies the verb phrase. The adjective form, "temperate," appears in C, where it describes the person ("be temperate"). The noun "temperance" appears in B, and "temperature" in D is a different word altogether.

Here is how the other options fail:

• B: "Temperance" is a noun meaning moderation, the subject of the sentence.
• C: "Temperate" is an adjective, since it qualifies "to be" as a state of the person.
• D: "Temperature" is a noun meaning degree of heat or body heat. It has nothing to do with moderation, and the sentence uses "intemperately" elsewhere, which is a different word from the one tested.

The core concept is word class: the same root can be a noun, adjective or adverb, and the test is what the word does in the sentence. This connects to the English section of Prelims and to précis and expression skills in Mains.

Trap: candidates pick the option that looks most like an adverb by its "-ly" ending or meaning. Check the function of the underlined word in its sentence rather than its spelling.