Rearrange the given phrases to form a sentence with superlative degree of comparison:
of all the metals | Iron | is the | most useful.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Iron is the most useful of all the metals.
Superlative degree:
- It compares one thing with all the others of its group.
- Pattern: Subject + verb + the most + adjective + of all + group
- Subject: Iron
- Verb with the article: is the
- Superlative adjective: most useful
- Group: of all the metals
- The given phrases in this order: Iron → is the → most useful → of all the metals.
Example: Mount Everest is the highest of all the mountains in the world.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Iron of all metals is the most useful. — Incorrect.
- It drops "the" from the given phrase "of all the metals".
- The phrase comes between the subject and the verb, which breaks the normal order.
Option 3: Of all the metals most useful is the iron. — Incorrect.
- "The iron": a metal named in general takes no article.
- "most useful" loses its "the", so the superlative is incomplete.
- The order of subject and verb is turned around.
Option 4: Iron is of all the metals the most useful. — Incorrect.
- "Of all the metals" splits the verb "is" from "the most useful".
- The given phrase "is the" is broken up.