Question

Choose the option that fills the blank with the most suitable word:

Rita sewed _____ than her mother. [Intermediate]

• A. most skilfully
• B. more skilfully
• C. skillfully
• D. as skilfully

Answer 1

The correct option is B more skilfully

The given sentence is an example of the adverb of comparative degree. An adverb that compares two things becomes a comparative degree of an adverb. 'Skilfully' is an adverb of positive degree. 'More skilfully' is a comparative form of degree. 'Most skilfully' is the superlative form of an adverb. 'As' is used as an adverb for referring to what someone or something does or how they appear.

Thus, option B is the correct answer out of all the options.