Question

Select the most appropriate degree of comparison to fill in the blank. Many ornithologists believe that the northern mocking birds are __________ wild birds in the jungle.

• A. the noisy
• B. noisy
• C. the noisiest
• D. noisier

Answer 1

Answer:

C. the noisiest

• The sentence compares mocking birds to all other birds in the jungle. This requires the superlative degree: "the noisiest."