He is ____ (boring) teacher I've ever met.
✅ the most boring ❌ the boringest
- It’s common to use superlative adjectives with the present perfect and ever: The most … I have (ever) seen/done, etc.
It was the best day ____ my life.
✅ of ❌ in
- After superlatives we normally use in after names of places or groups and organisations (in the city, in the world, in my class, in the company, etc.), and we normally use of for periods of time or a number of people (of the year, of my life, of my brothers, of the students, etc.).
You look much ____ (thin) than the last time I saw you.
✅ thinner ❌ thiner
- We add -er and -est to make the comparative form of one-syllable adjectives or adverbs. We double the last consonant if the adjectives or adverbs end in consonant-vowel-consonant (hotter, thinner, fatter, etc.).
We had a really good time. It was ____ pity that you couldn't come.
✅ such a ❌ such
- Use such a + countable singular noun + (that)
Why is heroin ____ hard drug to fight?
✅ such a ❌ such
- We use such a + (adjective) + countable singular noun + (that)…
I've got so ____ (work) to do that I don't know where to start.
✅ much work ❌ many works
- Use so much + uncountable noun + (that)…
They are organizing a Christmas party for ____ .
✅ the elderly ✅ old people ❌ the old people
- We can use the + adjective (without noun) when we a referring to certain groups of people in general. For example, when we want to talk about people who are deaf, we can say the deaf, as an alternative to deaf people.
These shoes are ____ uncomfortable. I can't wait to take them off.
✅ rather ❌ pretty
- Rather is often used to add intensity to a negative idea.
- Pretty is not suitable because it is rarely used in negative contexts.
- The meaning of fairly is too weak for this context; it adds little intensity to the adjective.