Complete the sentence: The team captain performed ____ during the championship game; as a result, she earned the most valuable player award.

• A. Well
• B. Good
• C. Nicely
• D. Efficiently

Answer: (A)

This question tests choosing the right adverb to describe how someone performed a verb. The sentence needs an adverb that completes “performed ____,” conveying the quality of the captain’s play. The natural, idiomatic choice is well, because “performed well” smoothly communicates that she played at a high standard and contributed strongly to the game.

Good is an adjective and can’t modify a verb in standard usage—you’d say someone did well rather than did good. Nicely is also an adverb, but it doesn’t fit the strong, performance-focused sense of earning an MVP; it feels less about overall performance and more about mannerisms. Efficiently emphasizes speed or economy of action, which isn’t the intended emphasis for an MVP award in a championship game. So the best fit is the adverb that most directly reflects quality of performance, which is well.