soal b.ing Comparative and Superlative

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs

Practice

Write the comparative form of the following.

1. often _____________________
2. old _____________________
3. empty _____________________
4. lousy _____________________
5. dark _____________________
6. important _____________________
7. late _____________________
8. slow _____________________
9. careful _____________________
10. supportive_____________________

Write the superlative form of the following.

11. graceful _____________________
12. ugly _____________________
13. rare _____________________
14. reasonable _____________________
15. successful _____________________
16. gradual _____________________
17. recent _____________________
18. hard _____________________
19. frequent _____________________
20. soon _____________________

 
Complete the chart.

Word	Part of Speech	Comparative Form	Superlative Form
21. red	adjective	redder	reddest
22. tame		tamer
23. kindly			kindliest
24. seriously	adverb
25. hot
26. young
27. rapidly
28. calculating
29. cautiously

Multiple Choice

30. Which sentence is written correctly?
    a. Nathan was most courageous than his friend, Colin Whitefield
    b. Nathan was the most courageous boy in the settlement.
    c. Weasel was the less courageous than any of the government agents.
    d. Pa was the most courageous man of the two.
31. Which of the following sentences is NOT correct?
    a. Nathan had the most cunning plan to capture Weasel.
    b. Ezra was more cunning than Pa.
    c. Job was the most cunning animal in the barn yard.
    d. Duffy and Win were more cunninger than Miz Tizz.
32. Which of the following sentences is NOT correct?
    a. Job was less afraid of Weasel than all of the other animals.
    b. Nathan is the most fastest runner of all the boys.
    c. Molly was the sassiest one of the bunch.
    d. Ezra was braver than Weasel in fighting evil.
33. Challenging Activity
    Below are some situations that appeared in the book Weasel. Read each one and think about the best and worst description of each. After each situation write a description. The word list below may help you.

modern ugly tiny clean dull picturesque historical exciting noisy peaceful vast lively delicious unappetizing fantastic disgusting enormous scary terrifying friendly worry sick brave frightening

·         seeing Ezra making blue biscuits and eating them
best __most delicious tasting blue biscuits_ worst ___most disgusting looking biscuits__

·         Nathan learning that Weasel was a real personbest ________________________________ worst ________________________________

·         Molly and Nathan seeing their sick Pa in Ezra's wegiwabest ________________________________ worst ________________________________

·         Nathan being captures by Weaselbest ________________________________ worst ________________________________

·         Learning about Daniel Boonebest ________________________________ worst ________________________________

·         Going to the fiddle contestbest ________________________________ worst ________________________________

-----------Key-----------

1. more often
2. older
3. emptier
4. lousier
5. darker
6. more important
7. later
8. slower
9. more careful
10. more supportive

11. most graceful
12. ugliest
13. rarest
14. most reasonable
15. most successful
16. most gradual
17. most recent
18. hardest
19. most frequent
20. soonest

Word	Part of Speech	Comparative Form	Superlative Form
21. red	adjective	redder	reddest
22. tame	adjective	tamer	tamest
23. kindly	adjective	kindlier	kindliest
24. seriously	adverb	more seriously	most seriously
25. hot	adjective	hotter	hottest
26. young	adjective	younger	youngest
27. rapidly	adverb	more rapidly	most rapidly
28. calculating	adjective	more calculating	most calculating
29. cautiously	adverb	less cautiously	least cautiously

30. b
31. d
32. b
33. answers will vary.