Fill in the blank with correct Adverb:-
Valery runs the _____ of the three of us.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → fastest
An adverb is a word that tells how, when, where or how much something happens. It can also describe an adjective or another adverb, for example she sings sweetly, very hot.
Complete sentence: Valery runs the fastest of the three of us. Valery is compared with "the three of us", so the superlative is needed.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) fastest (answer) | Fast is both an adjective and an adverb, and it forms its degrees with -er and -est: fast, faster, fastest. The comparative compares two. The superlative compares three or more. "More" or "most" is never added to a form that already ends in -er or -est. | Of all the boys in the class, Arjun swims the fastest. |
| (2) more faster | It is a double comparative (more + -er), and a comparative cannot compare three people. | – |
| (3) faster | The comparative compares only two. Here there are three. | – |
| (4) most fastest | It is a double superlative (most + -est). | – |