Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:
Kiran Mausi is ______ than rude; she cuts our calls short only because she runs her bakery all alone.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → more busy
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
Complete sentence: Kiran Mausi is more busy than rude; she cuts our calls short only because she runs her bakery all alone. Kiran Mausi’s being busy is compared with her being “rude”, two qualities of the same person.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) busier | the comparative, the form that compares two different people or things | The bank is busier on Saturdays than on Tuesdays. |
| (2) more busy (answer) | more + the plain adjective + “than” compares two qualities of the same person; the -er form is not used, even with a short adjective | Our new principal is more busy than unfriendly. |
| (3) busiest | the superlative: picks out one from a group of three or more | Dhanteras is the busiest day of the year for jewellers. |
| (4) most busy | “most” makes a superlative, and a superlative is not used with “than” | – |