Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:
The longer the passengers waited at the station without any news of the train, the ______ they became.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → angrier
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
Complete sentence: The longer the passengers waited at the station without any news of the train, the angrier they became. The first part already has “the longer”, so the second part also needs a comparative.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) angry | the plain form: it does not compare, so it cannot match “the longer” | The angry customer asked to see the manager. |
| (2) more angrier | a double comparative: “angrier” already means “more angry”, so “more” cannot be added to it | – |
| (3) angriest | the superlative: it picks out one from a group of three or more. This pattern needs the comparative in both parts | Of all the players, Sunil was the angriest about the umpire’s call. |
| (4) angrier (answer) | the comparative. In “the + comparative ..., the + comparative”, two things grow or change together, and both parts take “the” + the comparative form (-er or more) | The more Rohan lost at carrom, the angrier he got. |