Question

A wise and experienced manager will assign a job to whom ever is best qualified.

• A. A wise and experienced
• B. manager will assign
• C. a job to whom ever is
• D. best qualified

Hint:

Superlative adjectives like 'best' normally need the definite article 'the' before them.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

This question checks whether a superlative form is used correctly inside a sentence. The full sentence reads: 'A wise and experienced manager will assign a job to whom ever is best qualified.' It is split into four parts, and you have to find which part carries a grammar slip, or mark 'No error' if the sentence is clean.

1. A wise and experienced: This opening phrase is a plain pair of adjectives describing the manager. Nothing is wrong here.
2. manager will assign: The subject 'manager' and the future verb 'will assign' agree correctly. No issue in this part.
3. a job to whom ever is: This stretch of the sentence sets up the clause that follows and reads smoothly on its own.
4. best qualified: 'Best' is a superlative, and superlatives almost always need the definite article 'the' in front of them, the way we say 'the tallest player' or 'the fastest runner'. Written on its own as 'best qualified' the phrase is missing that 'the', so it should read 'the best qualified'.

The error sits in the fourth part, 'best qualified', because the superlative 'best' is left without its article. Adding 'the' gives the grammatically complete phrase 'the best qualified', so the correct choice is option (d).

Let's summarize:

• A superlative adjective such as best, tallest, or most qualified is normally preceded by 'the'.
• Parts (a), (b), and (c) of the sentence are grammatically sound and do not need any change.

So the answer is option (d), best qualified, since it drops the article that a superlative form needs.