Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Which word in the sentence 'Eight small gray squirrels jumped between the round tree trunks' describes the color of the squirrels?

• Round

• Gray

• Small

• Eight

What is the correct way to compare two people using the adjective 'young'?

• More young

• Most young

• Younger

• Youngest

If an adjective ends with a single vowel and a consonant, what should you do before adding 'ER' or 'EST'?

• Add 'Y' to the end

• Change the vowel to 'I'

• Double the consonant

• Add 'LY' to the end

How do you form a comparative adjective for a word like 'pretty' that ends in 'Y'?

• Add 'ER' directly

• Change 'Y' to 'I' and add 'ER'

• Add 'EST' directly

• Double the 'Y'

What word should be used to compare three or more nouns when the adjective has two or more syllables?

• ER

• Most

• More

• EST