Academic Degree Degree Of Comparison: Grammar 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which sentence uses the comparative degree correctly?
- She is more smarter than her brother.
- She is smarter than her brother. (Correct answer)
- She is the smartest than her brother.
- She is most smart than her brother.
Correct answer: She is smarter than her brother.
One-syllable adjectives form the comparative with '-er', not 'more', so 'smarter than' is correct.
Question 2: Choose the correct superlative form of 'beautiful'.
- beautifulest
- most beautifullest
- the most beautiful (Correct answer)
- more beautiful
Correct answer: the most beautiful
Multi-syllable adjectives form the superlative with 'the most', giving 'the most beautiful'.
Question 3: Which adjective has an IRREGULAR comparative form?
- tall
- cold
- bad (Correct answer)
- fast
Correct answer: bad
'Bad' has the irregular comparative 'worse', not 'badder'.
Question 4: Select the sentence that correctly uses 'as...as' for equal comparison.
- He is as tall than his father.
- He is as tall as his father. (Correct answer)
- He is tall as his father.
- He is more tall as his father.
Correct answer: He is as tall as his father.
The structure for equal comparison requires 'as + adjective + as'.
Question 5: What is the superlative form of 'little' (quantity)?
- littlest
- least (Correct answer)
- lesser
- most little
Correct answer: least
'Little' (quantity) is irregular: little → less → least.
Question 6: Which sentence correctly uses a double comparative?
- The more you practice, the more better you get.
- The more you practice, the better you get. (Correct answer)
- More you practice, better you get.
- The more you practice, the more best you get.
Correct answer: The more you practice, the better you get.
The double comparative structure is 'the + comparative, the + comparative' without stacking 'more'.
Question 7: Which word signals that a superlative is being used?
- than
- more
- the (Correct answer)
- as
Correct answer: the
Superlatives are typically preceded by the definite article 'the' (e.g., the tallest).
Academic Degree Degree Of Comparison: Grammar 2
Which sentence uses the comparative degree correctly?