Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
Yesterday the temperature was 20 degrees below zero. It hasn't been so cold this year. Yesterday was __________ day of the year.

• A. very cold
• B. too cold
• C. such a cold
• D. the coldest

Answer 1

The correct option is D the coldest

A superlative adjective compares three or more nouns. This takes the comparison of nouns to the highest degree. In this sentence, we would be comparing to the highest degree as temperatures of all the days throughout the year has been compared. All the options excluding D are in positive degree.

Option D is correct.