Adjective and Adverb Use

Adjective and Adverb Use

Showing Comparison with Modifiers

• There are three levels or degrees of comparison.

• positive-no comparison is made

• superlative-indicates n extreme especially when comparing three or more person or things.

• comparative-two persons or things are compared

Absolute Comparative and Superlative of Adjectives(Non Gradable Adjectives)

• adjectives represent concepts that are so final and ultimate that they cannot be compared.

• Examples:absolute,digital,gorgeous, ridiculous,alive,enormous,hilarious,superior, terrible

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A kremlin is a _______ area in a Russian city.

• secure

• securer

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The name Kremlin is _______ than the Russian word Kreml,from which the name comes.

• more recognizable

• most recognizable

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The _______ kremlin is in Moscow.

• famousest

• most famous

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Moscow's Kremlin has a _______ history of government than one might think, dating back to the 1100s.

• long

• longer

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The czars ruled from the Kremlin from the mid-1500s to 1712 and the Communists established perhaps an even______ government there in 1918.

• repressiver

• more repressive

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It was ______ expensive restaurant I've ever been to.

• more

• the more

• most

• the most

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The Mona Lisa is one of the ______ paintings in this museum.

• more beautifuler

• most beautiful

• beautifuler

• most beauty

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This is the ______ book in the store.

• worse

• most bad

• badest

• worst

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Enclosed within the ___________ walls of the Kremlin are towers, palaces, and cathedrals.

• massive

• more massive