Question

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option:

Your English is much ___ now. You have made ___ mistakes this time.

• A. best / least
• B. better / fewer
• C. the best / less
• D. good / few
• E. best / the least

Answer 1

The correct option is B better / fewer

The Comparative Degree denotes the existence of a higher degree of the quality than the positive. It is used when two things (or two sets of things) are compared.

The format for comparative degree is '<adjective> + er than' or 'more/less <adjective> than'.

In above question there are two statements which indicate comparison to a time in the past as 'now' and 'this time' are used.

'Good, better and best' and 'less/few, lesser/fewer and least' are the positive, comparative and superlative forms respectively.
Hence option B is correct.