Identify the sentence which has the correct use of the underlined word.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Lead is the heaviest of all metals.
Degrees of comparison:
- Positive (heavy): used with as ... as to show that two things are equal.
- Comparative (heavier): compares two things and is followed by than.
- Superlative (heaviest): compares one thing with all the others in a group; it takes the and is often followed by of or in.
- Option 1 uses the superlative correctly: the heaviest of all metals.
Example: Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: He is as heaviest as Solomon. — Incorrect. "As ... as" takes the positive degree: as heavy as Solomon.
Corrected: He is as heavy as Solomon.
Option 3: Tony is not a heaviest boy in the class. — Incorrect. A superlative takes the, not "a": not the heaviest boy in the class.
Corrected: Tony is not the heaviest boy in the class.
Option 4: Rohit's bag is heaviest than all other bags. — Incorrect. Than follows the comparative: heavier than all other bags.
Corrected: Rohit's bag is heavier than all other bags.