Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
It took us ______ time to get here than usual.

• A. little
• B. long
• C. a lot
• D. less

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

The correct answer is Option C.

LESS means a smaller amount of. It took them smaller amount of time to get there than usual.

From the word THAN in the sentence we know that there is a comparison being made. The comparison is being made between the time taken to reach somewhere. The speaker says that it took him less time than usual to reach that place.

LESS is the comparative degree expressing word from the given options. Thus LESS is the correct answer.