Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:
Mr Sethi, the new owner of the bookshop near our college, is ______ than the old owner. He lets students read in the corner for free.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → more generous
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
Complete sentence: Mr Sethi, the new owner of the bookshop near our college, is more generous than the old owner. He lets students read in the corner for free. “Than” compares the new owner with “the old owner”.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) generous | the positive degree, the plain form; it does not compare, so it cannot be used with “than” | Our neighbour is a generous man who helps everyone. |
| (2) more generous (answer) | the comparative, the form that compares two; a long adjective like “generous” takes “more” instead of -er | Nanaji is more generous than anyone else in our family. |
| (3) the most generous | the superlative: picks out one from a group of three or more | Of all the donors, Mr Khanna was the most generous. |
| (4) generouser | long adjectives like “generous” do not take -er | – |