Choose the most appropriate adjective.
Of all the workers in the shop, Jerzy is surely ________.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → the least competent
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 workers in the shop, Jerzy is surely the least competent. “Of all the workers” compares one person with all the others in a group.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) the less competent | the comparative: it compares only two people, but here Jerzy is compared with all the workers | Of the two brothers, Amit is the less talkative. |
| (2) the least competent (answer) | the superlative: competent means able to do a job well, and Jerzy has the smallest amount of this skill | Of the three cooks, Ramesh is the least competent at making rotis. |
| (3) the competentest | -est is added only to short adjectives (tall, tallest): “competentest” is not a word | – |
| (4) None of the above | – | – |