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Am I
smarter?

Or the
smartest?

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

Roxanne is the __________ member of her

family.
A.
smartest
A.smartest
B.most smartest
C.more smart
D.least smartest

Which
Which choice
choice
Smartest
is
Smartest
is
fills
the
blank
fills
the
blank
the
correct
the
correct
with
the
with
the
superlative
superlative
correct
form
correct
form
form.
form.
of
of smart
smart??

 Forms include -er adjectives and the words

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

 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 the most
gregarious.
Of all of her friends, Yolanda is more gregarious.
What can I
say Im a
people
person!

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

Weissaw
Thomas
made
an Ainon
the difficult
test.
He
thethat
most
happy
student
Professor
Orsinis
He is the most happiest student in Professor Orsinis
class.
class.

Most happy or
happiest not
both!

One-syllable
One-syllable
words
words usually
usually
take
take --er
er or
or --est
est::
Nice
Nice,, nicer
nicer,,
nicest
nicest!!

Two-syllable
Two-syllable
words
words vary:
vary:
lazier
lazier but
but
more
more
handsome
handsome..

Words
Words with
with
three
three or
or more
more
syllables
syllables use
use
more
more,, most
most,,
less
less,, and
and least
least..
For
For example,
example,
more
more
interesting
interesting or
or
least
least
interesting
interesting..

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 balls in
your court .
Show us what
you can do.

My standard poodle Jack is the biggest

biggestofofmy
my two
two dogs.
dogs.
A.
bigger
A.bigger
B.more bigger
C.most big
D.No change is necessary.

Josephs 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
most cautious
cautious
D.No change is necessary.

Raphael, our new roommate, is lazy. Of the

truckload of boxes, Chuck and I had to carry the
heavier ones.
heavier
ones.
A.
heaviest
A.heaviest
B.more heavy
C.more heavier
D.No change is necessary.

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
A.best
B.most great
C.greater
D.No change is necessary.

Directions: In the items that follow, choose

the word or phrase that best completes the
sentence.

Now try
some
different
items.

Roxanne can frost cupcakes __________ than

anyone else in the cake-decorating class.
A.quickest
B.more
more quickly
quickly
C.most quickly
D.quicker

Of all our friends, Thomas is the __________

person we know.
A.more sad
B.sadder
C.saddest
saddest
D.most saddest

No one drives __________ than Grandmother

Ruth.
A.slowest
B.more slowest
C.more slower
D.more
more slowly
slowly

Cameron spent four hours cleaning our tiny

apartment. Now he is __________ than he was
when the place was a pigsty.
A.
less grouchy
grouchy
A.less
B.less grouchier
C.grouchiless
D.the least grouchy

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
worst
D.more terrible

After Mrs. McKnight found 44 errors in his last

essay, Albert decided to proofread his next paper
__________.
A.slower
B.more
more carefully
carefully
C.most carefully
D.carefuller

The End.