Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word-
Yesterday the temperature was 20 degrees below zero. It hasn’t been so cold this year. Yesterday was _______ day of the year.
a) Very cold
b) Too cold
c) Such a cold
d) The coldest

Answer 1

Hint: We have to use the superlative degree of the word “cold” to answer the question. From the sentence, it can be understood that they are talking about the day when the temperature had been the lowest this year. Superlative degrees are the maximum degree: hot-hottest, good-best, bad-worst.

Complete answer:
The correct answer is option d since it uses “coldest” which is the superlative degree of the word ”cold”. Cold, colder, coldest are the three degrees. We are comparing all the days of the year and yesterday was the coldest.
Option a is wrong because “very cold” implies that the temperature was very cold but some other day there was a similar temperature. When we use “coldest” it means no other day had such a low temperature.
Option b is wrong because “too” is just a synonym of “very” and thus it is rejected on the same grounds.
Option c is wrong because “such a cold” shows that it was very cold. What we have to prove is that no other day was as cold as yesterday. There has to be a comparison among more than 2 things and in this case, we are comparing all the winter days this year.

Note:
It is always helpful to know the superlative degrees of words. It is also important to read and understand the context of the sentence. Every option placed in the sentence makes the sentence grammatically correct. However, the answer will be wrong if the context is misinterpreted.