Question

Complete the sentence with the correct degree of the adjective-
I made a painting yesterday. It was good, but not ______ as yours.
a)As good
b)Good
c)Better
d)Best

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given sentence and understand what it means. Now go through the options and choose the one which best fits the context of the sentence. Keep in mind that here, a comparison is made between two things.

Complete answer: In the given question, we have to find out the correct degree of the adjective. To describe, quantify, modify or identify nouns/pronouns, adjectives are used or reused. Adjectives have their own degrees called degrees of adjectives or degrees of comparison that compare one thing/person to another.
Here, the degrees of comparison is of the word ‘good’. Its positive degree is good, the comparative degree is ‘better’ and superlative degree is ‘best’. The sentence contains ‘it was good' which means that the given sentence compares two things: the speaker’s painting – “I made a painting...It was good” and the listener’s painting – “as yours”.
Option ‘a’ is as good. ‘As’ in ‘as good’ presents a comparison. It completes the sentence in meaning and grammar. Also, ‘as...as’ is a pair of conjunctions that are used in sentences in the positive degree. And ‘good’ is a positive adjective.
Option ‘b’ is good. This is an incorrect option as it doesn’t show any particular comparison.
Option ‘c’ is Better. We have to use ‘as’ before making comparisons, in the given sentence. Because here, ‘but’ is being used.
Option ‘d’ is best. This is also an incorrect option because the speaker doesn’t think that his painting is the best, in fact, he thinks that his painting is better than that of the other person.
Hence, the option ‘a' is the correct option.

Note: We use as + adjective/adverb + as to make comparisons when the things we are comparing are equal in some way:
The world’s biggest bull is as big as a small elephant.