Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word from the options given below:-
The council zeroed in on the ____________ proposal after hours of serious deliberations.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → most promising
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
Complete sentence: The council zeroed in on the most promising proposal after hours of serious deliberations. The council chose the best of several proposals, the one with the greatest chance of success, so the superlative most promising is needed.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) most promising (answer) | Short adjectives take -est (tall → tallest). Longer adjectives take most before them (promising → most promising). | This is the most promising plan we have received so far. |
| (2) promised | Promised is a past participle. "The promised proposal" would mean a proposal that someone had promised, not the best one chosen. | – |
| (3) promise | Promise is a noun or a verb. "The promise proposal" is not English, as the blank needs an adjective. | – |
| (4) most best | "Most" is never added to a form that is already superlative (best, tallest). It is a double superlative: best is already the superlative of good, so "most" cannot be added. | – |