Comparatives Superlatives

Respuesta correcta: A) more interesting

• A) more interestingAdjectives of three syllables or more take 'more' before them, so 'more interesting' is correct.
• B) interestingerEnglish never adds -er to an adjective ending in -ing; the comparative uses 'more'.
• C) most interesting'Most' builds the superlative, which compares three or more things, not two.
• D) more interested'Interested' describes a person's feeling, while the book itself is 'interesting'.

Respuesta correcta: B) Tallest

• A) Most tall'Most' is only used with long adjectives, and 'tall' is short enough to take -est.
• B) Tallest'Tall' ends in a consonant after a short vowel, so the superlative simply adds -est.
• C) Taller'Taller' is the comparative, which compares two things rather than three or more.
• D) TallestestOnly one -est ending is added; doubling the suffix is not a form of the word.

Respuesta correcta: C) This road is longer than that one.

• A) This road is more long than that one.'Long' is short and takes -er, so 'more long' is not the comparative form.
• B) This road is longest than that one.'Longest' is the superlative and cannot be followed by 'than'.
• C) This road is longer than that one.'Longer' takes -er and 'than' joins the two roads, which is the standard comparative.
• D) This road is the long than that one.'The long' compares nothing; a comparative needs the -er form or 'more'.

Respuesta correcta: D) better

• A) gooder'Good' never takes the -er ending, so 'gooder' is not an English word.
• B) more good'More' is used with long adjectives, and 'good' has its own irregular comparative.
• C) best'Best' is the superlative and cannot be followed by 'than'.
• D) better'Good' is irregular and becomes 'better' in the comparative, so 'better than' is correct.

Respuesta correcta: D) She is the tallest girl in her class.

• A) She is the tall girl in her class.'Tall' is the base form and compares nothing; the comparative or superlative is needed.
• B) She is a taller than any girl in her class.'A' cannot introduce a superlative after the verb, where 'the' is required.
• C) She is the more tall girl in her class.'More' belongs to long adjectives, and 'tall' takes -er and -est instead.
• D) She is the tallest girl in her class.'The tallest' places the superlative after the verb, where 'the' is required.

Respuesta correcta: C) more expensive

• A) expensiverA word ending in -e takes -r in the comparative, not the bare -er ending.
• B) moste expensive'Most' builds the superlative, and the misspelling adds nothing to that.
• C) more expensiveA silent e becomes 'i' before the comparative suffix, giving 'more expensive'.
• D) more expensiver'More' already carries the comparison, so the -er ending would be redundant.

Respuesta correcta: B) the smallest

• A) the smaller'Smaller' is the comparative and would compare only two countries.
• B) the smallest'Small' takes -est, and 'the' is used after the verb in a superlative.
• C) the small'Small' is the base form and makes no comparison at all.
• D) smallestWithout 'the' after the verb, the superlative sounds incomplete in this sentence.

Respuesta correcta: A) farther

• A) farther'Far' is irregular and becomes 'farther' in the comparative, with no -er ending.
• B) farer'Far' does not take the -er ending, so 'farer' is not a comparative form.
• C) more far'More' is not used with 'far', which has its own comparative forms.
• D) farthest'Farthest' is the superlative, while this sentence compares two places.

Respuesta correcta: B) Is this exercise harder than the last one?

• A) Is this exercise the hardest than the last one?'The hardest' is a superlative and cannot be used with 'than'.
• B) Is this exercise harder than the last one?'Harder' is the comparative and 'than' joins the two exercises.
• C) Is this exercise more harder than the last one?'More' and -er cannot both mark the same comparative.
• D) Is this exercise hard than the last one?'Hard' is the base form; a comparative needs -er or 'more'.

Respuesta correcta: D) colder

• A) coldest'Coldest' is the superlative and would compare three or more days.
• B) more cold'More' is reserved for long adjectives, and 'cold' is short enough for -er.
• C) coldier'Cold' never takes -ier; only adjectives ending in y change to -ier.
• D) colder'Cold' ends in a consonant after a long vowel sound, so -er is added directly.

Respuesta correcta: C) El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America.

• A) El Salvador is smallest than the other countries.The superlative cannot be used with 'than', which belongs to comparatives.
• B) El Salvador is more small than the other countries.'Small' takes -er, and 'more small' mixes two comparative markers.
• C) El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America.'The smallest' is a superlative with 'the' after the verb, comparing many countries.
• D) El Salvador is the more small of Central America.'More' belongs to the comparative, and 'the more small of' is not a valid structure.

Respuesta correcta: A) less

• A) less'Little' becomes 'less' in the comparative, just as 'much' becomes 'less' in amount.
• B) littler'Little' is irregular and never takes the -er ending.
• C) least'Least' is the superlative form, which compares three or more things.
• D) more little'More' cannot be added to an adjective with an existing irregular comparative.

Respuesta correcta: D) the most difficult

• A) the more difficult'More' builds a comparative, which would not match the phrase 'of the two'.
• B) difficultestA long adjective never takes -est; it uses 'most' instead.
• C) the difficulter'Difficult' does not take -er, and 'most' is the correct marker for a long adjective.
• D) the most difficult'Of the two' introduces a superlative, and 'difficult' takes 'most' as a long adjective.

Respuesta correcta: B) less easy

• A) not easyer'Easy' becomes 'easier' in the comparative, but 'not easier' would be needed, not 'not easyer'.
• B) less easy'Less' before the adjective forms the negative comparative 'less easy'.
• C) least easy'Least' is the superlative form and cannot be used with 'than'.
• D) most easy'Most' is the superlative marker, and the sentence compares only two tests.

Respuesta correcta: A) Girls scored higher than boys in the final test.

• A) Girls scored higher than boys in the final test.'Higher' is the comparative and 'than' correctly names the second group.
• B) Girls scored the highest than boys in the final test.The superlative cannot be followed by 'than', which marks a two-group comparison.
• C) Girls scored more high than boys in the final test.'High' takes -er, and 'more high' mixes the two comparative markers.
• D) Girls scored high than boys in the final test.'High' in its base form compares nothing without -er or 'more'.

Respuesta correcta: C) Which is the cheapest bus to the city?

• A) Which is the cheaper bus to the city?'Cheaper' is the comparative and would compare only two specific buses.
• B) Which is cheaper than the city?'Than the city' compares a bus with a city, which does not make sense.
• C) Which is the cheapest bus to the city?'The cheapest' is a superlative, and 'to the city' narrows the group being compared.
• D) Which is the most cheap bus to the city?'Cheap' is short and takes -est, so 'most cheap' is not the right formation.

Respuesta correcta: B) hotter

• A) hoterA single 't' before -er is wrong, because English doubles the final consonant here.
• B) hotterA short vowel plus a final consonant doubles that consonant before -er, giving 'hotter'.
• C) most hot'Most' builds the superlative and would compare three or more days.
• D) hottest'Hottest' is the superlative and cannot be followed by 'than'.

Respuesta correcta: A) The brightest

• A) The brightest'Bright' takes -est, and 'the' is required before a superlative that follows the verb.
• B) The brighest'Bright' takes -est with no extra letter, so 'brighest' without the t is a misspelling.
• C) The most bright'Most' is only needed with long adjectives, and 'bright' is short.
• D) The brigher'Bighter' is the comparative, which would compare only two stars.

Respuesta correcta: C) more comfortable

• A) comfortablerA long adjective never takes -er in English.
• B) most comfortable'Most' builds the superlative, while the sentence compares only two pairs.
• C) more comfortableA long adjective builds its comparative with 'more', not with the -er suffix.
• D) more comfortablerAdding -er to an adjective already marked by 'more' is redundant.

Respuesta correcta: D) This bag is less heavy than that one.

• A) This bag is less heavier than that one.'Less' and the -er ending cannot both be used to mark one comparative.
• B) This bag is the least heavy than that one.'Least' is the superlative and cannot be used with 'than'.
• C) This bag is less heavy than.The second item compared with 'than' is missing, so the sentence is incomplete.
• D) This bag is less heavy than that one.'Less heavy' is the negative comparative and 'than' joins the two bags.