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 Degree
Degree

Am I Or the
smarter? smartest?
 This
presentation
covers
appropriate
comparative
and
superlative
forms of
adjectives
and adverbs.
A
A degree
degree item
item on
on an
an objective
objective
test
test might
might look
look like
like this
this ......
 Sample
Sample Item
Item

Roxanne is the __________ member of her

family.

A.
A.smartest
smartest
B.most smartest
C.more smart
D.least smartest Which
Which choice
choice
Smartest
Smartest is
is
fills
fills the
the blank
blank
the
the correct
correct
with
with the
the
superlative
superlative
correct
correct form form of
of
form.
form.
smart
smart??
 Comparative
Comparative
• Forms include -er adjectives and the words
better, worse, more, and less.
• Use with two items.
Between those two friends, Yolanda
Yolanda is taller.
is tallest.

Not the tallest!

Use -er when you
have only two!
 Superlative
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
Yolanda is the most
is more
gregarious
gregarious. .

What can I
say — I’m a
people
person!
 Do not
Do not use
use aa double
double
comparative
comparative or
or superlative!
superlative!

We saw that Thomas made an A on the difficult test.

mosthappiest
He is the most happy student
student in
in Professor
Professor Orsini’s
Orsini’s
class.

Most happy or
happiest — not
both!
 Know
Know the
the correct
correct forms.
forms.

One-syllable
One-syllable
words
words usually
usually
take --er
take or --est
er or est::
Nice
Nice,, nicer
nicer,, Words
Words with
with
nicest
nicest!! three
three oror more
more
syllables
syllables use
use
more
more,, most
most,,
less and least
less,, and least..
Two-syllable
Two-syllable For
For example,
example,
words
words vary:
vary: more
more
lazier
lazier but
but interesting
interesting or or
more
more least
least
handsome
handsome.. interesting
interesting..
 Quick
Quick Test,
Test, Part
Part 1
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
Item 1
1
My standard poodle Jack is the biggest
biggestofofmy
my two
two dogs.
dogs.

A.bigger
B.more bigger
C.most big
D.No change is necessary.
 Item
Item 2
2

Joseph’s parents have three sons. Joseph is the

most daring while Jason is the more
more cautious
cautiousofof
the three.

A.cautiouser
B.more cautiouser
C.most cautious
D.No change is necessary.
 Item
Item 3
3

Raphael, our new roommate, is lazy. Of the

truckload of boxes, Chuck and I had to carry the
heavier ones.
heavier ones.

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

A.best
B.most great
C.greater
D.No change is necessary.
 Quick
Quick Test,
Test, Part
Part 2
2

Directions: In the items that follow, choose

the word or phrase that best completes the
sentence.

Now try
some
different
items.
 Item
Item 5
5

Roxanne’scan
Roxanne decorated
frost cupcakes
cake is __________
the _____ of than
all the
anyoneinelse
cakes the store.
in the cake-decorating class.

A.appealing
quickest
B.more appealing
quickly
C.most appealing
quickly
D.Most
quicker
appeal
 Item
Item 6
6
Of all our friends, Thomas is the __________
person we know.

A.more sad
B.sadder
C.saddest
D.most saddest
 Item
Item 7
7
No one drives __________ than Grandmother
No one wants to drive in a __________ road.
Ruth.
A.dangerous
A.slowest
B.more dangerous
B.more slowest
C.Most dangerous
C.more slower
D.Not dangerous
D.more slowly
 Item
Item 8
8

Cameron spent four hours cleaning our tiny

apartment. Now he is __________ than he was
when the place was a pigsty.

A.less grouchy
B.less grouchier
C.grouchiless
D.the least grouchy
 Item
Item 9
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.worse
B.more worse
C.worst
D.more terrible
 Item
Item 10
10

After Mrs. McKnight found 44 errors in his last

Mrs. McKnight is__________ in sewing clothes
essay, Albert decided to proofread his next paper
than Mrs. Bryant .
__________.
A.careful
A.slower
B.more careful
B.more carefully
C.most careful
C.most carefully
D.carefuller
D.carefuller
The End.