English Grammar Test

'Later' is used with time and 'latter' is used with position. 

Usage of article 'the' demands superlative degree. News is a function of time, and the superlative degree of time is 'latest'.

The correct answer is 'last' (refers to position).

'Later' and 'latest' indicate the time reference. 'Latter' indicates the sequence. But the sentence here indicates something that the subject will not like to do. So, it is the 'last' thing he will do.

'Latter' is used to indicate the postion of a city in a sentence.

For comparison we use 'older'. 'Elder' is used in cases of relations.

'Later' is used for referring to time as in afterward. Use 'latter' when referring to the second of two persons or things mentioned previously. Here it refers to the second part of the book.

'Older' is a comparative term, 'elder' is used in cases of relations.

 'Eldest' and 'elder' are used to show relation.

 'Eldest' and 'elder' are used to show age in terms of relation.  Aricle 'the' needs to be followed by the superlative degree.

'Older' is a comparative word and is always followed by preposition 'than'.

'Older' and 'oldest' are used in the context of objects, buildings, etc. 

Here, 'next' is used with reference to position. Next house means the adjacent house. 

Here, 'nearest' means closest (in distance).  Article 'the' needs to be followed by superlative degree.

'A few' describes the quantity in a positive way (some), and 'few' represents it in a negative way (hardly any). Hence, the sentence requires 'a few'.

 The sentence implies that not many people can hope to achieve perfection. This means 'few' must be used as it is a case of negative connotation.

Here, the key word is 'all', which qualifies 'the few'. 'The few' means 'few but all'.

 'Farther' is the comparitive form of 'far' (with reference to physical distance), 'further' is the comparitive form of the 'far' when meaning much.

Here, 'further' means additional. 'Farther' is used to refer the physical distance.

 The difference in use of 'further' and 'farther' is that 'farther' is used for physical distances, whereas 'further' is used for more.

 Here, the sentence implies that whatever little he spoke was all meaningful. 'The few' is the correct usage.

The sentence has a positive element. Hence, 'a few' is used.

Usage of article 'the' in the sentence demands superlative degree, and option 3 provides the same.

 Here, we are talking in reference to the physical distance. Hence, the answer is 'farther'.

'Few' signifies a negative element (i.e. hardly any), whereas 'a few' denotes positivity.