Question

Fill in the blank with the most suitable adjective from the options given below:
This is the ________ novel I have ever read.
a) most interesting
b) more interesting
c) less interesting
d) none of these

Answer 1

Hint: An adjective is a word that expresses an attribute of something. The adjective is the word class that qualifies nouns.

Complete answer:
In the given question, we have to find out which of the options given to us contains the superlative degree of the adjective ‘interesting’ as the sentence indicates that there is no novel that is more interesting than the one “I” is talking about; thus, it means that the adjective will be superlative.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question-
Option (a.), 'most interesting', refers to the superlative degree of interesting. Therefore, option (a.) is correct.
Option (b.), ‘more interesting', refers to the comparative degree of interesting. Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as we need the superlative degree of interesting.
Option (c.), ‘less interesting', refers to the comparative degree of interesting. Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as we need the superlative degree of interesting.
Option (d.), ‘none of these', is incorrect as option (a.) is correct.

Note:
In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of comparative degree. Comparative degree refers to the comparative form of an adjective or adverb. For example, `faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast' and `less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'.