Kavita is a beautiful girl. The underlined word in the sentence is used as a/an

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The correct option is 3:
The correct option is **Adjective**. In the sentence "Kavita is a beautiful girl," the word "beautiful" modifies, or describes, the noun "girl." An adjective is a word that describes or provides more information about a noun or pronoun. Since "beautiful" tells us *what kind* of girl Kavita is, it functions as a descriptive adjective, placed directly before the noun it modifies, which is a standard position for adjectives in English grammar. Recognizing the role of the word in relation to the noun is key to correctly identifying it as an adjective.

The incorrect option is 1:
**Noun** is incorrect because a noun is a person, place, thing, or idea (like *Kavita* or *girl*). The word "beautiful" is not an entity; rather, it is a quality or attribute used to describe an entity.

The incorrect option is 2:
**Verb** is incorrect because a verb expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being (like *is* in the sentence). "Beautiful" does not convey any action performed by Kavita.

The incorrect option is 4:
**Adverb** is incorrect because an adverb typically modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, and often tells us *how*, *when*, *where*, or *to what extent* something is done. Adverbs usually end in -ly (e.g., *beautifully*), but "beautiful" is modifying a noun, not a verb or another descriptor.