Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
Around sixty bands in colourful ______ took part in the Notting Hill Carnival.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Costumes.
Meaning of the given words:
- Costumes: A set of clothes worn by an actor or performer for a particular role’.
- Apparels: clothing, especially outerwear
- Dressing: a piece of material used to cover and protect a wound
- Clothing: clothes collectively.
Explanation:
- The blank is preceded by an adjective, thus requiring a noun.
- Both ‘clothing’ and ‘apparel’ are mass nouns and do not have a plural form, so their usage in plural form is incorrect. This eliminates options 2 and 3.
- ‘Dressing’ (stuffing/bandage) as a noun does not fit in the given context. Only ‘costumes’ fits in the sentence both contextually and grammatically.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.