Fill in the blank in the given sentence with the correct word from the options given below:-
Agra is ______ from here than your hometown.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → farther
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun, for example a tall tree, the food is tasty.
Complete sentence: Agra is farther from here than your hometown. "Than your hometown" compares two distances, so the comparative farther is needed.
| Option | What it tells | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) far | Far is the positive degree. It cannot be followed by "than". | My school is not far from here. |
| (2) farther (answer) | When two things are compared, the adjective takes the comparative degree, followed by than. "Far" has an irregular comparison:
| Chennai is farther from Delhi than Jaipur is. |
| (3) more further | Further is already a comparative, so "more further" is a double comparative. | We walked further along the beach. |
| (4) very far | Very only strengthens the positive degree. It makes no comparison and cannot be followed by "than". | He lives very far from the city. |