In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the option corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the 'No error' option.
The students were / exceptionally quite today / when the teacher came.
The error lies in part 2.
The sentence uses the adverb 'quite', which means to a certain level; which is incorrect here. Given the context, the correct word here should be the adjective 'quiet', which means making no noise.
Therefore, the correct answer is option 2.
Correct sentence - The students $were exceptionally quiet today when the teacher came.$