Question

Fill in the blanks using the superlative degree of the adverb:
Hari jumped _____ of all.
a) Longest
b) long
c) longer
d) most longest

Answer 1

Hint: Degrees of comparison are positive, comparative and superlative. A positive degree is used when we are only talking about one person or thing; a comparative degree is used when we are comparing two objects or persons and a superlative degree is used when we are comparing one thing or person on one hand against many on the other hand. In the given question, we can understand that we are comparing Harry against all the other contestants.

Complete answer:
Option a is the correct answer because superlative degrees use the words most or a word which ends in the suffix -est. The superlative degree of the word long is longest and therefore option a is the correct answer.
Option b is the wrong answer because long is a positive degree of comparison and we cannot use a positive degree of comparison when we are comparing one person against a lot of people.
Option c is wrong because longer is the comparative degree of the word long.
Option d is wrong because we cannot use the word most as well as a word that ends in the suffix -est in the same sentence.

Note:
Always make sure to check how many people are being compared because the number of people and objects being compared is the key to answer a question related to degrees of comparison.