Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank in the given sentence:
My new phone’s camera works ______ in dim light than my old one did, so I have stopped using it at night.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → worse
An adverb is a word that tells how, when, where or how much something happens. It can also describe an adjective or another adverb, for example she sings sweetly, very hot.
Complete sentence: My new phone’s camera works worse in dim light than my old one did, so I have stopped using it at night. The clue is “than my old one did”, so two cameras are compared. “I have stopped using it at night” shows the new camera does the job badly.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) worse (answer) | more badly: the middle form of the irregular badly – worse – worst, used to compare two with “than” | Our team played worse in the second half than in the first. |
| (2) better | the comparative of well: in a finer way | Kavya sings better than her elder sister. |
| (3) worst | the superlative form: it compares three or more and is used with “the”, not with “than” | Of all the bowlers, Rohan bowled the worst in the final. |
| (4) more worse | “worse” is already a comparative; adding “more” makes a double comparative, which is wrong | – |