Choose the correct form of the adjective to fill in the blank:
The apple growers of Kinnaur say this was the ______ hailstorm they have seen in twenty years. Hardly a fruit is left on the trees.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → worst
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
Complete sentence: The apple growers of Kinnaur say this was the worst hailstorm they have seen in twenty years. Hardly a fruit is left on the trees. “The ... hailstorm they have seen in twenty years” picks out one storm from all the storms of those years.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) baddest | “bad” does not take -est; its superlative is “worst” | – |
| (2) worse | the comparative, the form that compares two; used with “than” | The road to the mandi is worse than it was before the rains. |
| (3) most bad | “bad” is never compared with “more” or “most”; it has its own forms | – |
| (4) worst (answer) | the superlative, the form that picks one from three or more; “bad” does not take -er and -est but changes its form: bad, worse, worst | That was the worst traffic jam I have ever seen. |