Fill in the blank in the following sentence with the most appropriate option:
Of all the students Gautam was the ________ when the mid-sem results were announced.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → least worried
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 students Gautam was the least worried when the mid-sem results were announced. "Of all the students" compares Gautam with the whole class, and "the" is already there, so the least worried fits.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) few worried | Few is used before plural countable nouns (few students). It cannot describe the degree of an adjective like "worried". | Few students were absent today. |
| (2) least worried (answer) | When one person is compared with all the others of a group, the superlative is used, with the: the most / the least + adjective. | Of all the players, Riya was the least worried before the final. |
| (3) less worried | Less worried is comparative. It compares two and is followed by "than", not by "of all". | Gautam was less worried than his brother. |
| (4) more worried | More worried is also comparative and needs "than". | She was more worried than her friends. |