Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
These exercises are _____ in the exam.
a- The difficulties
b- The most difficult
c- The difficult
d- Most difficult

Answer 1

Hint: Adjectives are those words that describe nouns or pronouns. Degrees of comparison of adjectives are used to describe different qualities of people, things, animals, and places.

Complete answer:
 As given in the hint, there are three degrees of comparison-
1) Positive degree- It is used to lay emphasis on a particular quality or trait of someone or something. For example- She is a tall girl.
2) Comparative degree- It is used to show a comparison between two people on the basis of a particular quality or characteristic. For example- She is taller than her.
3) Superlative degree- It is used to show a comparison between two or more people on the basis of a particular trait. For example- She is the tallest girl in her class.
In the given question- We can conclude that these exercises are the most difficult in the exam. Here, we have used the superlative degree because we are comparing specific exercises with all the other exercises.
Now, let’s examine the given options-
Option a- ‘The difficulties’ is an incorrect option because we need to use ‘most’ in the superlative degree.
Option b- ‘The most difficult’ is the correct option because we are comparing specific exercises with all the other exercises.
Option c- ‘The difficult’ is an incorrect option because we need to use ‘most’ in the superlative degree.
Option d- ‘Most difficult’ is an incorrect option because we need to use ‘the’ with the specific quality. The correct answer is Option ‘b’.

Note:
Keep in mind, many adjectives form their comparative and superlative degree by adding more and most to the base word. For example- More beautiful, most humble, etc.