use the sentence to answer the question. the leader's infectious laugh spreads good cheer throughout his team, creating a jovial and amiable atmosphere. how does adding -ous to change infect to infectious change the word's part of speech?

Question

a. it changes the verb infec to an adjective, infectious
b. it changes the verb infec to an adverd, infectious
c. it changes the adjective infect to a noun, infectious
d. it changes the noun infect to an adjective, infectious

Answer 1

The correct answer is: a. it changes the verb infect to an adjective, infectious.

Adding -ous to "infect" transforms it into "infectious," which describes a characteristic (in this case, the ability to spread).