Choose the best form of the verb given in the bracket to complete the sentence:When we heard the good news, we were ____________. (delight) A. Delight B. Delighted C. Delighting D. Delightful

The correct answer is: delighted.

• Delight is a noun that means “great pleasure or enjoyment”.
• Delighted is the past tense and past participle of the verb delight. It means “feeling or showing great pleasure or enjoyment”.
• Delighting is the present participle of the verb delight. It means “causing great pleasure or enjoyment”.
• Delightful is an adjective that means “causing great pleasure or enjoyment”.

In the sentence “When we heard the good news, we were delighted”, the word “delighted” is the past tense and past participle of the verb “delight”. It means “feeling or showing great pleasure or enjoyment”. The sentence is about how the people felt when they heard the good news. They felt great pleasure or enjoyment, so the word “delighted” is the correct answer.