Question

Select the correct abstract noun form of the adjective 'poor':

• A. poorness
• B. poorly
• C. poverty
• D. poorer

Answer 1

Answer:

C. poverty

• Adjective: poor → describes a state or quality.

• Abstract noun: poverty → names the state or condition of being poor.

👉 Example:

• Many people live in poverty.

• (Here, poverty is the abstract noun form of poor.)