In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
An old man lived in the village. He was one of the (1) ______ unfortunate people in the world. The whole village was tired (2) ______ him; he was always gloomy, he (3) ______ complained and was always in a bad mood. The (4) ______ he lived, the more vile he was becoming and the more (5) ______ were his words.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
An old man lived in the village. He was one of the (1) ______ unfortunate people in the world. The whole village was tired (2) ______ him; he was always gloomy, he (3) ______ complained and was always in a bad mood. The (4) ______ he lived, the more vile he was becoming and the more (5) ______ were his words.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.
lengthy
lengthy
longer
longer
longest
longest
long
long
Correct Answer:
longer
longer
this is a specific case of using comparative adjectives
the + comparative degree...... the + comparative degree
in this both the adjectiv should be in comparative degree only
eg: the higher you go the cooler it is.
similarly the longer he lived, the more vile he was.
so option B is the correct answer here.