Adverbs that Compare

(1) My parents were acting most strangely than ever.

What change needs to be made in sentence 1?

• Change most strangely to more strangely

• Change most strangely to more stranger

• Change strangely to stranger

• Change strangely to strangelier

(2) My sister was behaving more suspiciously of all.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?

• Change suspiciously to suspicious

• Change more suspiciously to most suspicious

• Change more suspiciously to most suspiciously

• Make no change

(3) She was treating me more politely than usual.

What changes, if any, should be made in sentence 3?

• Change more to most

• Change more politely to most polite

• Change politely to polite

• Make no change

(4) Luckily, I am the smarter member of my family.

How does sentence 4 need to be changed?

• Change smarter to smartest

• Change smarter to more smart

• Change smarter to most smart

• Change smarter to smartiest

(5) I easily fooled my sister into believing that I knew the secret.

What change, if any, needs to be made to sentence 5?

• Change easily to more easily

• Change easily to most easily

• Change easily to easier

• Make no change

(6) Most finally I figured out why everyone was acting so strange-we got a new puppy.

What is the correct way to write sentence 6?

• Most finally, I figured out why everyone was acting so strangely-we got a new puppy!

• Finally, I figured out why everyone was acting so strangely-we got a new puppy!

• Finally, I figured out why everyone was acting so stranger-we got a new puppy!

• More finally, I figured out why everyone was acting so strangest-we got a new puppy!