Choose the most appropriate pair to fill in the blank. Though Neetika…

The correct answer is Option (3) → funny, funnier

An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.

Degrees of comparison:

• An adjective has three degrees:
  • positive (funny) — describes without comparing.
  • comparative (funnier) — compares two, and is followed by "than".
  • superlative (funniest) — picks one out of a group, and is used with "the".
• First blank: the adjective before "jokes" compares nothing, so it takes the positive form funny.
• Second blank: "Nisha is ... than Neetika" compares two people with "than", so it takes the comparative funnier.
• Complete sentence: Though Neetika is known to crack some funny jokes but Nisha is funnier than Neekita.

Why the Other Options are Incorrect?

Option 1: funnier, funniest — Incorrect.

• "Some funnier jokes" uses a comparative where nothing is compared.
• "Funniest" is a superlative: it needs "the" and cannot be followed by "than".
  Example: She is the funniest girl in the class.

Option 2: funniest, funny — Incorrect.

• "Some funniest jokes" is wrong, because a superlative needs "the".
• The positive form "funny" cannot pair with "than".

Option 4: quite funny, more funnier — Incorrect. "Quite funny" fits the first blank, but "more funnier" is a double comparative. "Funnier" already means "more funny".
Example: Her second joke was even funnier (not "more funnier").

Contrast: the positive form (funny) only describes, the comparative (funnier) compares two with "than", and the superlative (funniest) picks one out of a group with "the".