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Degree Am I smarter? Or the smartest?

This presentation covers appropriate comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs.

A degree item on an objective test might look like this. . .

Sample Item Roxanne is the _____ member of her family. A. smartest B. most smartest C. more smart D. least smartest Which choice fills the blank the correct with the superlative correct form. of smart? Smartest is

Comparative • Forms include -er adjectives and the words better, worse, more, and less. • Use with two items. Between those two friends, Yolanda is tallest. taller. Not the tallest! Use -er when you have only two!

Superlative • Forms include -est adjectives and the words best, worst, most, and least. • Use with three or more items. Of all of her friends, Yolanda is more the most gregarious. What can I say — I’m a people person!

Do not use a double comparative or superlative! We saw that Thomas made an A on the difficult test. He is the mosthappiest happy studentin inin. Professor. Orsini’s class. Most happy or happiest — not both!

Know the correct forms. One-syllable words usually take -er or -est: Nice, nicer, nicest! Two-syllable words vary: lazier but more handsome. Words with three or more syllables use more, most, less, and least. For example, more interesting or least interesting.

Quick Test, Part 1 Directions: In the items that follow, choose the option that corrects an error in the underlined portion. If no error exists, choose “No change is necessary. ” The ball’s in your court. Show us what you can do.

Item 1 My standard poodle Jack is the biggestofofmy my two dogs. A. bigger B. more bigger C. most big D. No change is necessary.

Item 2 Joseph’s parents have three sons. Joseph is the most daring while Jason is the more cautiousofof the three. A. B. C. D. cautiouser more cautiouser most cautious No change is necessary.

Item 3 Raphael, our new roommate, is lazy. Of the truckload of boxes, Chuck and I had to carry the heavier ones. A. heaviest B. more heavy C. more heavier D. No change is necessary.

Item 4 Professor Zuromski read my essay in front of the entire class. Obviously, I am the better writer among her many students. A. B. C. D. best most greater No change is necessary.

Quick Test, Part 2 Directions: In the items that follow, choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Now try some different items.

Item 5 Roxanne can frost cupcakes _____ than anyone else in the cake-decorating class. A. B. C. D. quickest more quickly most quickly quicker

Item 6 Of all our friends, Thomas is the _____ person we know. A. B. C. D. more sadder saddest most saddest

Item 7 No one drives _____ than Grandmother Ruth. A. slowest B. more slowest C. more slower D. more slowly

Item 8 Cameron spent four hours cleaning our tiny apartment. Now he is _____ than he was when the place was a pigsty. A. B. C. D. less grouchy less grouchier grouchiless the least grouchy

Item 9 David smiled and bowed; Glen offered a single red rose; and Fred farted and picked his nose. Of the three of us, poor Cheryl certainly has the _____ date. A. B. C. D. worse more worst more terrible

Item 10 After Mrs. Mc. Knight found 44 errors in his last essay, Albert decided to proofread his next paper _____. A. B. C. D. slower more carefully most carefully carefuller

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