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Which sentence uses the comparative form correctly?
A) This is the more good restaurant in town.
B) This restaurant is gooder than that one.
C) This restaurant is better than that one.
D) This restaurant is the best of the two.
This restaurant is better than that one. (Better is the correct comparative of good)
Choose the correct option:
Of all the students, John did __________ on the test.
A) the best
B) better
C) more good
D) gooder
the best (Best is the superlative of good; the is required)
What is a dangling modifier?
A modifier that is not clearly connected to any word in the sentence.
Choose the correct comparative form of “friendly”. a) friendlier b) more friendly c) both a and b
both a and b
How should this be corrected? “Of the two books, this one is the most interesting.”
change most to more
Choose the correct superlative form:
Mount Everest is __________ mountain in the world.
A) higher
B) most high
C) the highest
D) more high
the highest (Highest is the correct superlative of high)
Which sentence uses the superlative incorrectly?
A) This is the least expensive option available.
B) She is the most intelligent person I know.
C) He is the taller player on the team.
D) That was the worst meal I've ever had.
He is the taller player on the team. (Should be the tallest because three or more players are implied)
How should this sentence be corrected? “Walking to school, the rain started.”
a) Walking to school, I felt the rain start. b) Walking to school, the rain was starting. c) Walking to school, the rain started by me.
Walking to school, I felt the rain start.
What is the superlative form of “good”?
better
Which sentence avoids a dangling modifier? a) Running quickly, the finish line was crossed. b) Running quickly, she crossed the finish line. c) Running quickly, the race was won.
Running quickly, she crossed the finish line.
Which sentence is correct?
A) She runs more faster than me.
B) She runs faster than me.
C) She runs the fastest than me.
D) She runs fast than me.
She runs faster than me. (Faster is correct; no double comparative)
Fill in the blank correctly:
My new phone is __________ than my old one.
A) more efficient
B) most efficient
C) the most efficient
D) efficienter
more efficient (More efficient is the comparative of two-syllable adjectives ending in -ent)
What is a misplaced modifier?
A modifier that modifies the wrong word because of its position.
Which sentence uses “less” correctly? a) She is less taller than him. b) She is less tall than him. c) She is least tall than him.
She is less tall than him.
Which sentence places the adjective clause correctly? a) The dog barked at the mail carrier that was in the yard. b) The dog that was in the yard barked at the mail carrier. c) That was in the yard, the dog barked at the mail carrier.
The dog that was in the yard barked at the mail carrier.
Fill in the blank with the correct form:
This is __________ movie I have ever seen.
A) the more boring
B) the most boring
C) boringer
D) more boring
the most boring (Most boring is the superlative of two-syllable adjectives)
Choose the sentence with the correct irregular comparative/superlative:
A) His health is getting more bad.
B) His health is getting worse.
C) His health is getting the worst.
D) His health is getting baddest.
His health is getting worse. (Worse is the irregular comparative of bad)
Which sentence has a misplaced modifier? a) She almost drove the kids to school every day. b) She drove the kids to school almost every day. c) Almost, she drove the kids to school every day.
She almost drove the kids to school every day.
Which is the correct form for comparing more than two things?
superlative
Identify the misplaced modifier: “He saw a rabbit on the way to the store.”
on the way to the store
Identify the correct comparative sentence:
A) Today is more hot than yesterday.
B) Today is hotter than yesterday.
C) Today is the hottest than yesterday.
D) Today is hot than yesterday.
Today is hotter than yesterday. (Hotter is correct for one-syllable adjectives ending in a consonant-vowel-consonant)
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
A) This dress is more beautiful than that one, but the blue one is the most beautiful.
B) This dress is beautifuler than that one, but the blue one is the beautifullest.
C) This dress is more beautiful than that one, but the blue one is more beautiful.
D) This dress is most beautiful than that one, but the blue one is the most beautiful.
This dress is more beautiful than that one, but the blue one is the most beautiful. (Correct use of comparative more beautiful and superlative the most beautiful)
Which sentence correctly places the modifier? a) I found a watch walking to the store. b) Walking to the store, I found a watch. c) I found walking to the store a watch.
Walking to the store, I found a watch.
Which sentence contains a clear comparison? a) She likes pizza more than Mark. b) She likes pizza more than Mark does. c) She likes pizza more than Mark likes.
She likes pizza more than Mark does.
Which sentence is correct? a) Of all the students, she is the smarter. b) Of all the students, she is the smartest. c) Of the two students, she is the smartest.
Of all the students, she is the smartest.