Degree Of Comparison: Grammar Flashcards
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Which adjective CANNOT form a comparative with '-er'?
Answer: comfortable
'Comfortable' is a multi-syllable adjective and must use 'more comfortable', not 'comfortabler'.
Identify the sentence that uses the superlative correctly in context.
Answer: Among all students, Jake is the tallest.
Superlatives are used when comparing three or more items; 'among all students' signals more than two.
What is wrong with 'She is more prettier than her sister'?
Answer: It incorrectly doubles the comparative
'Prettier' is already in the comparative form, so adding 'more' creates a double comparative error.
Which sentence correctly compares two actions using adverbs?
Answer: She runs faster than him.
'Faster' is the correct comparative adverb form of 'fast', used with 'than' to compare two actions.
Which option is the correct comparative for 'little' when referring to size?
Answer: littler
When 'little' refers to physical size (not quantity), its comparative form is 'littler'.
Choose the sentence that correctly uses a comparative with a noun.
Answer: She has more patience than him.
Comparative structures with nouns use 'more + noun + than'.
What does the structure 'less...than' express?
Answer: The comparative degree of inferiority
'Less...than' is the comparative of inferiority, showing one thing has a lower degree of a quality than another.