Question

The problem was … we expected. A) seriouser than; B) serious than; C) more seriously than; D) seriously than; E) more serious than.

Answer 1

The problem was more serious then we expected.

Answer 2

The correct answer is E) more serious than.

To understand why this is the correct answer, let's break down the sentence and analyze the different options.

"The problem was... we expected."

In this sentence, we are comparing the seriousness of the problem to our expectations. We need to use the comparative form of the adjective "serious" to indicate that the problem was more serious than what we expected.

Let's go through the options:

A) seriouser than - "Seriouser" is not a word in English. The correct comparative form of "serious" is "more serious."

B) serious than - This option is missing the comparative form "more." It should be "more serious than."

C) more seriously than - This option uses the adverb "seriously" instead of the adjective "serious." We need to compare the seriousness of the problem, not how seriously we expected it.

D) seriously than - This option uses the adverb "seriously" but again, we need to compare the seriousness of the problem, not how seriously we expected it.

E) more serious than - This option correctly uses the comparative form "more serious" to compare the seriousness of the problem to our expectations.

Therefore, the correct answer is E) more serious than.