Answer:
The right option that fill the blanks in each case is:
- La salsa es mejor que el merengue.
- Bruno Mars es menor que Paul McCartney.
- No hay tantos libros en la biblioteca de la escuela como en la biblioteca de la universidad.
Explanation:
The translation of the sentences is:
- The salsa is better than the merengue.
- Bruno Mars is younger than Paul McCartney.
- There aren't as many books in the school library as in the university library.
Within the sentences the three types of comparatives are used: comparisons of superiority, inferiority and equality, whose grammar order is regularly as follows:
- Comparison of superiority: Noun + verb "ser" + más + adjective + que + noun.
- Comparison of inferiority: Noun + verb "ser" + menos + adjective + que + noun.
- Comparison of equality: Noun + verb "ser" + tan + adjective + como + noun.
However, in each of the sentences irregular adjectives or irregular comparative means were used, which are explained below:
- The word "bueno" in its form for comparison of superiority is "mejor" so, the word "más" from the grammar structure is not used.
- The word "joven" in its form for comparison of inferiority is "menor" so, the word "menor" from the grammar structure is not used.
- When the sentence doesn't start by noun but the word "hay", regularly is used the words "tanto, tanta, tantos, tantas", in change of the word "tan" from the grammar structure.
