Choose the correct form of the adjective to fill in the blank:
It was the ______ match our school team has ever played: we won by one run off the very last ball.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → closest
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
Complete sentence: It was the closest match our school team has ever played: we won by one run off the very last ball. “Has ever played” compares this match with every match the team has played.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) closer | the comparative, the form that compares two | The second half of the game was closer than the first. |
| (2) close | the positive degree, the plain form; it does not compare at all | The sack race ended in a close finish. |
| (3) closest (answer) | the superlative, the form that picks one out of three or more; it usually comes after “the” | Ranchi is the closest big city to our village. |
| (4) most closest | a double superlative: “closest” already means “most close”, so “most” cannot be added to it | – |