Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Of the three brothers, Arjun drives ________.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → most carefully
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: Of the three brothers, Arjun drives most carefully. Arjun is compared with his two brothers. That makes three people.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) carefully | the positive degree: it makes no comparison, but “of the three brothers” asks for one | Arjun always drives carefully. |
| (2) more carefully | the comparative degree: it compares only two, usually with “than” | Arjun drives more carefully than his elder brother. |
| (3) most carefully (answer) | the superlative: it compares three or more (adverbs ending in -ly use more and most to compare) | Of all the drivers in our colony, Mr Sharma drives most carefully. |
| (4) much carefully | “much” does not make a comparison with a plain adverb: it goes before the comparative form (much more carefully) | – |