Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.
I backed three horses. Night Star ran _______. The Sun ran ________ and Wind ran the ______.
a) Bad/badly/worst
b) Badly/worse/worst
c) Good/better/best
d) Well/best/better

Answer 1

Hint: An adjective is a word that expresses an attribute of something. An 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 contain the positive degree, the comparative degree, and the superlative degree respectively for the blanks in the sentence, as three horses are being compared.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question-
Option (a.), 'Bad/badly/worst', refers to ‘badly’ for the second blank which is not a comparative. Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect.
Option (b.), ‘Badly/worse/worst', refers to ‘badly’ for the first blank which is not in the positive degree. Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect.
Option (c.), ‘Good/better/best', is correct as it contains the positive degree, the comparative degree, and the superlative degree respectively for the blanks, as is needed.
Option (d.), ‘Well/best/better', refers to ‘best’ for the second blank, which is not comparative, and ‘better’ for the third blank, which is not superlative. Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect.

Note:
In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of degrees of adjectives. A positive degree refers to the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution. A comparative is the comparative form of an adjective or adverb. For example- ‘faster’ is the comparative of the adjective `fast’. A superlative degree refers to the superlative form of an adjective or adverb. For example- `fastest' is the superlative of the adjective `fast'.