Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
My husband's a ________ cook.

• A. worst
• B. badly
• C. worse
• D. bad

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

The adjectives that are used to describe the nature of a subject or a noun or showing the kind or quality of nouns or pronouns are called Adjective of Quality. In this case, the quality of cooking is considered so it is an adjective of quality.

Option A: "bad" is an adjective of quality as it defines the type of cooking

Option B: "worst" is used in case of superlative degree of adjective, when a comparison is done for more than two individuals or things. No comparison is being made here.

Option C: "badly" is an adverb

Option D: "Worse"is used in case of comparative degree of adjective, when a comparison is done between two individuals or things. No comparison is being made here.

Option A is correct.