Question

Fill in the blanks with suitable degrees of the given adjectives.
a. She is as ________________ as I expected. (sincere)
b. This plan is the ___________ of the two. (bad)
c. Shreya is ______________ than any other singer. (melodious)
d. The mango is the ______________ fruit. (sweet)
e. Shreya is one of the _________________ singer. (versatile)​

Answer 1

a. She is as sincere as I expected.  

b. This plan is the worst of the two.  

c. Shreya is more melodious than any other singer.  

d. The mango is the sweetest fruit.  

e. Shreya is one of the most versatile singer.  

Explanation:

• There are three degrees of comparison in English grammar that relates to the adjective and adverbs.

• In the positive degree, there is no comparison, it just shows us that quality exists.

• In the comparative degree, the comparison is between the two things that show which has greater quality and which one has lesser quality.

• In the superlative degree of comparison, the comparison is between more than two things, it shows which has the greatest or the least quality .

Answer 2

Answer:

Sincere

worst

more melodious

sweetest

most versatile

Explanation:

a) it is a positive adjective because she is not being compared with other things or being claimed to be the most of the adjective used.

b) it is being claimed as the most of the adjective used, so a superlative adjective is used.

c) Shreya is being compared with any other singer, so a comparative adjective should be used. Also, there is a “than” behind the adjective, and since only comparative adjectives use the the word “than” behind, it indicates a comparative adjective should be use.

d) When you look at the sentence, there is a “the” in front of the adjective used, which is commonly used in front of a superlative adjective, so the word “the” is an indicator that a superlative adjective should be used in the sentence.

e) Referring to the previous explanation, we can see the word “the” in front of the adjective. This shows that a superlative adjective can be used in the sentence. When you compare that with the adjective in positive and comparative forms, you can tell that it sounds queer and unsmooth, so that can clear your suspicions for the other two forms.