Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:
Of the three routes to the airport, the one along the river is ______ crowded, though it is also the longest.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → the least
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
Complete sentence: Of the three routes to the airport, the one along the river is the least crowded, though it is also the longest. “Of the three routes” picks out one route from three.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) less | compares only two things and is followed by “than” | This road is less busy than the highway. |
| (2) the lesser | smaller or less important; it comes before a noun, not before another adjective | Missing the bus was the lesser evil. |
| (3) the least (answer) | “least” is the opposite of “most”: the lowest amount of a quality, when one thing is picked out from three or more | Of all the fruits in the basket, the guava was the least ripe. |
| (4) the less | “the less” + adjective picks out one of only two things | Of the two buses, the second one was the less crowded. |