Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word
He runs __________ than David.
A) Better
B) Slowly
C) Well
D) Very fast

Answer 1

Hint: The statement reflects the use of the degree of adjective. The degree of an adjective is used to express the intensity of an adjective used in a sentence. The degree of an adjective is of three types: Positive degree of an adjective, Comparative Degree of adjective and Superlative Degree of Adjective.

Complete answer:
Let us analyze the given options:
A) Better: Option A is correct. This is because the sentence reflects a comparison between the subject and David. The use of ‘than’ in a sentence reflects comparison. Therefore, the comparative degree of an adjective is correct in the blank and ‘better’ is the comparative form of ‘good’.
B) Slowly: Option B is incorrect. This is because the sentence reflects the use of a degree of comparison as there is a comparison between the subject and David. But ‘slowly’ is an adverb, not an adjective.
C) Well: Option C is incorrect. This is because the sentence reflects the use of the degree of comparison as there is a comparison between the subject and David. But ‘well’ is not an adjective but an adverb of a degree.
D) Very fast: Option D is also incorrect. This is because of the same reason that the sentence reflects the use of a degree of comparison as there is a comparison between the subject and David. The use of ‘than’ reflects it. But ‘very fast’ is an adverb of manner. Therefore, it is incorrect as an answer to fill the blank.

Therefore the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note: There is a difference between adverb and adjective. Adverbs are used to describe a verb or adjective. Whereas, an adjective is used to describe a noun or pronoun. The adverb has a type called adverb of degree, whereas every adjective has an intensity to describe the noun or pronoun that is called degree of adjectives.