Choose the correct form of the adjective to fill in the blank:
Nanaji says that of all the summers he has spent in Nagpur, the summer of 1998 was the ______.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → hottest
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
Complete sentence: Nanaji says that of all the summers he has spent in Nagpur, the summer of 1998 was the hottest. “Of all the summers” picks out one summer from many.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) hotter | the comparative, the form that compares two; used with “than” | Chennai is hotter than Ooty in May. |
| (2) most hottest | a double superlative: “hottest” already means “most hot”, so “most” cannot be added to it | – |
| (3) hot | the positive degree, the plain form; it does not pick one out of many | Be careful, the tawa is still hot. |
| (4) hottest (answer) | the superlative, the form that picks out one from three or more; short adjectives form it with -est | May is the hottest month in Delhi. |