Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank in the given sentence:
Rafiq Chacha’s tailoring shop is one of the ______ in Bhopal, and before Eid people book their stitching weeks in advance.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → most popular shops
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
Complete sentence: Rafiq Chacha’s tailoring shop is one of the most popular shops in Bhopal, and before Eid people book their stitching weeks in advance. “One of the” picks one shop out of a group of shops.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) most popular shops (answer) | the superlative (the form that picks out one from many) and then a plural noun; “popular” is a long adjective, so its superlative is “most popular” | Goa is one of the most popular places for a winter holiday. |
| (2) most popular shop | after “one of the”, the noun must be plural, because the shop is one of many shops | Sharma Sweets is the most popular shop in our market. |
| (3) most popularest shops | a double superlative: “most” and -est cannot be used together | – |
| (4) popularest shops | “popular” is a long adjective; it never takes -est | – |