Comparatives Superlatives Advanced

Respuesta correcta: A) better

• A) betterCorrect! The comparative of 'good' is the irregular form 'better', so it needs no 'more' at all.
• B) best'Best' is the superlative, which would rank his essay against all the others, not only against Sofia's.
• C) goodestNo English word 'goodest' exists: the irregular series is only good, better and best.
• D) more good'More good' is not used, because 'good' is irregular and never takes the intensifier 'more'.

Respuesta correcta: C) the fastest

• A) more fast'More' builds the comparative of a long adjective, so it can never stand in front of the short adjective 'fast'.
• B) the most fast'The most' marks a superlative, but 'fast' has one syllable and takes the suffix -est instead of 'most'.
• C) the fastestCorrect! A superlative among more than two items takes 'the' plus the -est form: the fastest of the five runners.
• D) the most fastest'The most' and the suffix -est are two separate systems, and combining them counts the degree of comparison twice.

Respuesta correcta: B) as good as

• A) as good than'Than' introduces a real difference, so it cannot appear inside the frame that marks two equal qualities.
• B) as good asCorrect! Equality of two things is built with the fixed pair 'as + adjective + as' and no 'than' at all.
• C) as much good as'As much' goes with measured nouns such as 'money', not with the adjective 'good', which needs the bare form.
• D) so good as'So ... as' expresses equality only in negative clauses, as in 'not so good as', never on its own.

Respuesta correcta: D) Her bike is cheaper than mine.

• A) Her bike is cheaper of mine.The frame 'of' belongs to the superlative 'the cheapest of the group', and it needs the article and a group.
• B) Her bike is more cheap than mine.'More' is used with long adjectives, so it cannot join the short adjective 'cheap', which builds its -er form alone.
• C) Her bike is the cheaper than mine.A comparative cannot be introduced by 'the'; only the superlative 'the cheapest of ...' is shaped that way.
• D) Her bike is cheaper than mine.Correct! 'Cheap' is a short adjective, so it takes the suffix -er and 'than'; 'more cheaper' applies two systems at once.

Respuesta correcta: A) earlier

• A) earlierCorrect! 'Early' turned into an adverb of manner, and the comparative of that adverb is 'earlier', not 'more early'.
• B) more early'More early' treats the adverb as a long adjective, but 'early' keeps the short pattern and needs the -er form.
• C) earliest'Earliest' is the superlative, so it would need 'the' plus a group, while this sentence compares only two options.
• D) the earliest'The earliest' is a superlative form, and a superlative can never be linked to 'than', which marks a difference of two.

Respuesta correcta: B) the faster

• A) the fastThe base form cannot open the second half; the correlative pair requires the comparative form 'faster' there.
• B) the fasterCorrect! The double comparative repeats the structure: 'the more + clause, the + comparative + clause'.
• C) fasterThe form is right, but the pair needs 'the' before it in the second half just as it does in the first.
• D) the fastest'The fastest' is a superlative, which would rank her against every runner in the country, not two habits.

Respuesta correcta: D) much more expensive

• A) a little cheap'A little' weakens the degree of a difference, but the adjective must still keep its -er form: 'a little cheaper'.
• B) slight cheaperOnly 'slightly' can stand in front of a comparative, and 'slight' without the ending cannot modify one at all.
• C) many more cheap'Many' counts separate plural items such as buttons, so it cannot measure the degree of an adjective comparison.
• D) much more expensiveCorrect! 'Much' measures a large degree, and 'expensive' is a long adjective that needs 'more' before the base form.

Respuesta correcta: A) muddier

• A) muddierCorrect! A consonant plus 'y' changes to 'i' plus '-ier' in the comparative, so 'muddy' becomes 'muddier'.
• B) more mud'Mud' is a noun in this sentence, so it cannot carry a comparative; the adjective 'muddy' is what needs the form.
• C) muddiest'Muddiest' is a superlative and cannot be linked to 'than', which only ever introduces a comparison of two.
• D) the muddiest'The muddiest' would need a group of named trails, and ending it with 'than' contradicts the superlative it already is.

Respuesta correcta: C) most hard-working

• A) most hard-working of'Of' can only follow a superlative that already carries 'the', as in 'the tallest of the group', and never follows 'one of'.
• B) much hard-working'Much' measures the degree of a single comparative such as 'much better', but 'one of the' needs a superlative instead.
• C) most hard-workingCorrect! After 'one of the' comes 'most' and a plural noun: 'one of the most hard-working students' in the program.
• D) the most hard-workingThe article would be doubled, because 'one of the' has already supplied it: 'one of the the most' is impossible.

Respuesta correcta: B) the better

• A) the best'The best' is a superlative, which needs a group wider than the two posters lying on her desk in front of the class.
• B) the betterCorrect! A pair is compared with the comparative plus 'of the two': the better of the two posters she received.
• C) the more good'More' never combines with 'good', and in any case a pair of items is handled by the comparative, not by 'more'.
• D) the most good'Most' cannot modify a two-syllable adjective, and the phrase 'the most good' is not accepted English at all.

Respuesta correcta: C) three times as much as

• A) three times bigger than'Bigger than' adds a second comparison on top of the ratio, so the sentence would claim far more than the tonnage shows.
• B) three times more than'Times more than' multiplies twice by implication; English uses 'times as ... as' when it wants to state an exact ratio.
• C) three times as much asCorrect! 'Tons' is uncountable, so the base form is repeated inside the equality frame: three times as much as.
• D) the three times ofA bare 'the' introduces a superlative with one winner, and 'times of' has no second item to compare with here.

Respuesta correcta: A) as much as

• A) as much asCorrect! Money is measured with 'much' inside the equality frame, so 'as much as' is the pairing that fits here.
• B) as far as'Far' measures distance or length, so 'as far as' belongs to a journey and not to an amount that was paid.
• C) as many as'Many' counts separate plural items such as tickets, while the sum of money in this sentence cannot be counted.
• D) as long as'Long' measures time or length, so it cannot describe the price of a bus ticket in any comparison.

Respuesta correcta: D) It is the most crowded beach in the country.

• A) It is the most crowded beach of the country.After a superlative a location takes 'in', because 'of' would require a named group of items and not a place.
• B) It is the most crowd of the beaches in the country.'Crowd' is a noun, so 'most' cannot modify it; the superlative has to be built from the adjective 'crowded'.
• C) It is most crowded beach in the country.Dropping 'the' removes the comparison itself, since only the definite form claims that this beach ranks above the rest.
• D) It is the most crowded beach in the country.Correct! 'In' names the place where the group is found, and the definite article comes before the superlative in the country.

Respuesta correcta: B) fewer

• A) less'Less than' compares an amount that cannot be counted, but students are counted one by one in both cohorts.
• B) fewerCorrect! Students is a countable plural noun, so its comparative is 'fewer than' rather than 'less than'.
• C) many fewer'Many' counts plural items and cannot measure the degree of a comparison the way 'far fewer' or 'much fewer' does.
• D) the fewest'The fewest' is the superlative, and it would need a group wider than the two cohorts of students named here.

Respuesta correcta: C) Her semester in Canada was far more exciting than the one in Spain.

• A) Her semester in Canada was the more exciting than the one in Spain.A comparative cannot be introduced by 'the', and 'more exciting than' is already complete, so both elements are wrong.
• B) The course in Quebec is cheaper and the most demanding than ours.Only one half can be comparative: 'cheaper' works, but 'the most demanding' is a superlative and rejects 'than'.
• C) Her semester in Canada was far more exciting than the one in Spain.Correct! 'Far' measures the degree of a long comparative, and 'than' is the only marker 'more exciting' needs.
• D) The Quebec course is the cheapest of the two than the local program.The frame 'the cheapest of the two' already compares the options, so adding 'than' duplicates the comparison marker.

Respuesta correcta: D) This route is faster than the one to Alajuela.

• A) This route is the faster than the one to Alajuela.The article 'the' belongs to the superlative, so it must disappear once the sentence turns into a comparison of two.
• B) This route is more fast than that to Alajuela.'Fast' is a short adjective, so it takes the -er form rather than 'more', and 'that' cannot stand after 'than' alone.
• C) This route is as fast than the one to Alajuela.Equality uses the double 'as' frame, which replaces 'than' completely instead of combining with it in one sentence.
• D) This route is faster than the one to Alajuela.Correct! Two routes are compared, so 'the fastest' becomes 'faster than' and the article drops away.

Respuesta correcta: B) not as high as

• A) not as high'Not as high' leaves the comparison unfinished, because the clause still needs the closing 'as' and the second term.
• B) not as high asCorrect! Negated equality keeps both halves of the pair: not as high as, with one 'as' on each side of the adjective.
• C) no higher'No higher than' works with countable nouns such as 'no higher than ten', but a measured test value takes the 'as' frame.
• D) not higher asThe word 'as' cannot be stranded at the end, since the pair 'as ... as' always keeps one 'as' on each side of the adjective.

Respuesta correcta: C) slightly bigger, a bit bigger, much bigger, far bigger

• A) much bigger, far bigger, slightly bigger, a bit biggerThe order jumps from 'much' to 'far' and then falls back to the weakest modifiers, so the rising scale is broken in the middle.
• B) a bit bigger, much bigger, slightly bigger, far biggerPlacing 'much' before 'slightly' breaks the rising order, and 'far' has to stay at the strongest end of the scale.
• C) slightly bigger, a bit bigger, much bigger, far biggerCorrect! Intensity rises from slightly to a bit, then to much and finally to far, so the list reads from weak to strong.
• D) far bigger, slightly bigger, a bit bigger, much biggerStarting with 'far' reverses the request, because the question asks for the weakest degree before the strongest one.

Respuesta correcta: A) Karl's time is better than Pedro's, and Ana ran the fastest of the three.

• A) Karl's time is better than Pedro's, and Ana ran the fastest of the three.Correct! 'Better than' is the irregular comparative of 'good' for two runners, and 'the fastest of the three' uses the superlative group correctly.
• B) Karl's time is more better than Pedro's, and Ana ran the fastest of the three.'Better' is already comparative, so adding 'more' creates the double form 'more better', which is never correct.
• C) Karl's time is better than Pedro's, and Ana ran the most fast of the three.'Fast' has one syllable, so it takes the suffix -est in the superlative 'the fastest' and never the intensifier 'most'.
• D) Karl's time is the better than Pedro's, and Ana ran the fastest of the three.A comparison of two cannot be introduced by 'the', which belongs only to the superlative of a wider group of runners.

Respuesta correcta: D) Option A is far better than option B.

• A) Option A is the most better than option B.'Better' is already comparative, so 'the most better' stacks two systems and cannot be used to measure a wide degree.
• B) Option A is more well than option B.'More' does not combine with the irregular 'well', whose comparative is 'better'; 'more' would require a long adjective.
• C) Option A is better than option B.This sentence reports a difference but adds no degree modifier, so the warning about a clear gap between the options is lost.
• D) Option A is far better than option B.Correct! 'Far' adds a wide degree to the comparative, so the sentence signals a clear difference between the two options.