Adjectives for Comparison

Definition: A comparative adjective _________.

• is used to compare three or more people or things.

• applies to one person or thing.

• is used to compare two people or things.

Definition: A superlative adjective _________.

• is used to compare three or more people or things.

• applies to one person or thing.

• is used to compare two people or things.

Definition: A positive adjective _________.

• is used to compare three or more people or things.

• applies to one person or thing.

• is used to compare two people or things.

Which sentence is the correct comparative form of the adjective "happy"?

• She is more happy than her sister.

• She is happier than her sister.

• She is the most happy than her sister.

• She is happyer than her sister.

Complete the sentence with the correct superlative form of the adjective "tall":

"Mount Everest is the ____ mountain in the world."

• taller

• tallest

• most tall

• talliest

Which sentence is the correct comparative form of the adjective "good"?

• This book is gooder than that one.

• This book is more good than that one.

• This book is better than that one.

• This book is the goodest than that one.

Identify the correct superlative form of the adjective "bad":

"This is the ____ movie I have ever seen."

• badder

• baddest

• worse

• worst

What is the correct comparative form of the adjective "fast"?:

"A cheetah is ____ than a lion."

• fast

• faster

• fastest

• more fast

What is the correct superlative form of the adjective "beautiful"?:

"She is the ____ girl in the class."

• more beautiful

• most beautiful

• beautifullest

• beautifuler

What is the correct superlative form of the adjective "old"?:

"He is the ____ person in the village."

• older

• oldest

• most old

• oldiest