Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement. The hotels were heavy booked for the festival in Banaras. (a) were heavily booked (b) are heavy booked (c) were heavily booking (d) No substitution required

Options

A. were heavily booked
B. are heavy booked
C. were heavily booking
D. No substitution required

Answer

A

Explanation

Heavy is usually used as an adjective. Here Heavily is used as an Adverb. Heavily means in a heavy manner and the sentence states that hotels were fully occupied.