Choose the correct form of the adjective to fill in the blank:
Of all the taxi drivers at the station, Joseph Uncle is ______. In twenty years, his car has not had a single scratch.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → the most careful
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
Complete sentence: Of all the taxi drivers at the station, Joseph Uncle is the most careful. In twenty years, his car has not had a single scratch. “Of all the taxi drivers” picks one driver out of many.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) the most careful (answer) | the superlative, the form that picks one out of three or more; short adjectives take -est (tall, tallest), but longer ones like “careful” take “the most” | Of all the students in our class, Priya is the most careful with her notes. |
| (2) more careful | the comparative, the form that compares only two | Be more careful with your spelling than last time. |
| (3) the carefulest | “careful” does not take -est; this form is never correct | – |
| (4) most carefully | an adverb form: tells how an action is done | Nani threads the needle most carefully. |