Comparatives & Superlatives · seed 1 · A4, ink-friendly. The answer key prints on its own page for grown-ups.

Comparing Things: -er, -est, more, most

English · Grammar & Punctuation · ages 8-9
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. This soup is good, but Grandma's soup is even _____.

    • best
    • gooder
    • better

  2. What is the superlative form of 'good'?

    • best
    • most good
    • goodest

  3. There is one cat in the room, and nothing is being compared. Which sentence is right?

    • The cat is big.
    • The cat is bigger.
    • The cat is biggest.

  4. What is the superlative form of 'beautiful'?

    • beautifuller
    • more beautiful
    • most beautiful

  5. It was the _____ day of the whole summer. (happy)

    • happiest
    • happier
    • most happy

  6. Which sentence is correct?

    • Mia is the taller girl in her class.
    • Mia is the tallest girl in her class.
    • Mia is the most tall girl in her class.

  7. Which sentence uses a comparative adverb correctly?

    • She sang most carefully than him.
    • She sang more carefully than him.
    • She sang carefuller than him.

  8. Which of these words uses more and most to compare, instead of -er and -est?

    • tall
    • quick
    • slowly

  9. Of all the children in her class, Zara listened _____. (carefully)

    • carefullest
    • more carefully
    • most carefully

  10. Zara wrote: 'My drawing is more beautifuller than yours.' How should she fix it?

    • My drawing is more beautiful than yours.
    • My drawing is beautifuller than yours.
    • My drawing is most beautiful than yours.
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Answer key

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Comparing Things: -er, -est, more, most W1-mt_X1L9DoUwjF-s1

  1. better · Two soups are being compared, and good is irregular. Its comparing form is better.
  2. best · Good is irregular. Its superlative form is best, not goodest.
  3. The cat is big. · Bigger and biggest are for comparing. With nothing to compare, the plain word big is right.
  4. most beautiful · Long words like beautiful use most for the superlative, not an -est ending.
  5. happiest · The whole summer means many days, so use the superlative. Happy is a short word: happiest.
  6. Mia is the tallest girl in her class. · Comparing Mia to her whole class needs the superlative, and tall is a short word: the tallest.
  7. She sang more carefully than him. · Carefully is a long word, so use more in front of it to compare two people.
  8. slowly · Slowly is a long word, so it says more slowly and most slowly. Quick and tall are short words that take -er and -est.
  9. most carefully · Comparing Zara to her whole class means three or more, so use the superlative: most carefully.
  10. My drawing is more beautiful than yours. · Beautiful is a long word, so it uses more in front and never adds -er: more beautiful.
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