Superlatives Irregular

Respuesta correcta: A) That is the worst accident of the whole year.

• A) That is the worst accident of the whole year.Correct! 'Bad' is irregular and forms the superlative 'worst', not with -est.
• B) That is the most bad accident of the whole year.No. 'Bad' is one of the irregular adjectives, so 'most bad' is not its superlative form.
• C) That is the badest accident of the whole year.No. 'Badest' does not exist in English; the -est ending only works with regular adjectives.
• D) That is the more bad accident of the whole year.No. 'More bad' is a comparative, not a superlative, and the sentence names a single worst case.

Respuesta correcta: B) This is the best solution we found for the problem.

• A) This is the goodest solution we found for the problem.No. 'Goodest' is not a word; 'good' is irregular and does not take the -est ending.
• B) This is the best solution we found for the problem.Correct! 'Good' forms the superlative 'best', and 'the best' states that no other solution is better.
• C) This is the most good solution we found for the problem.No. 'Most good' is not the superlative form of 'good'; the correct form is 'best'.
• D) This is the better solution we found for the problem.No. 'Better' is only the comparative, which would need 'than' to name the second term.

Respuesta correcta: C) the best

• A) the goodestNo. 'Goodest' is not an English word, so the option cannot be right.
• B) the most goodNo. 'Most good' does not exist as a superlative; irregular adjectives must be memorised as whole forms.
• C) the bestCorrect! 'Best' is the irregular superlative of 'good', and it takes 'the' before the noun phrase.
• D) the betterNo. 'Better' is a comparative and would require 'than', which is absent here.

Respuesta correcta: D) He is one of the best goalkeepers in the league.

• A) He is one of the best goalkeepers of the league is.No. Adding 'is' at the end would create a second verb with no subject to agree with it.
• B) He is one of the better goalkeepers in the league is.No. 'Better' is the comparative form and would need 'than' to complete the comparison.
• C) He is one of the goodest goalkeepers in the league.No. 'Goodest' does not exist; 'good' is an irregular adjective whose superlative is 'best'.
• D) He is one of the best goalkeepers in the league.Correct! 'One of the best' is a standard superlative phrase, and the structure needs no auxiliary 'is' at the end.

Respuesta correcta: A) Of the three cousins, Ramon is the oldest.

• A) Of the three cousins, Ramon is the oldest.Correct! 'Old' is regular and takes the -est ending to form 'oldest' in the superlative.
• B) Of the three cousins, Ramon is the oldester.No. 'Oldester' is not a word; the ending is -est, with no extra syllable.
• C) Of the three cousins, Ramon is the most old.No. 'Most old' applies to longer adjectives, while short adjectives take -est directly.
• D) Of the three cousins, Ramon is the elder.No. 'Elder' is a comparative and takes 'than', not a superlative frame with 'the'.

Respuesta correcta: B) That is the furthest point of the trail from the entrance.

• A) That is the furthester point of the trail from the entrance.No. 'Furthester' is not a word; the superlative is 'furthest' with no extra ending.
• B) That is the furthest point of the trail from the entrance.Correct! 'Far' has the irregular superlative 'furthest', and 'the furthest' fits a single point being identified.
• C) That is the most far point of the trail from the entrance.No. 'Most far' does not exist as a superlative form in standard English.
• D) That is the further point of the trail from the entrance.No. 'Further' is the comparative and would need 'than' to introduce what it is further than.

Respuesta correcta: C) best

• A) goodestNo. 'Goodest' is not part of English; irregular adjectives must be learned whole.
• B) most goodNo. 'Most good' would belong to a longer adjective, not to the one-syllable word 'good'.
• C) bestCorrect! 'Best' is the irregular superlative of 'good', and the frame 'the best ... I have ever seen' is a standard superlative pattern.
• D) besterNo. 'Bester' is not a word, because 'good' does not take the -est ending.

Respuesta correcta: D) The kitten is the smallest of the litter.

• A) The kitten is the smallester of the litter.No. 'Smallester' does not exist; the superlative of a short adjective ends in -est only.
• B) The kitten is the most small of the litter.No. 'Most small' is not used with short adjectives, which build the form with -est.
• C) The kitten is the lesser of the litter.No. 'Lesser' is a comparative idea that cannot stand as a superlative after 'the'.
• D) The kitten is the smallest of the litter.Correct! 'Smallest' is the regular superlative of 'small' and correctly identifies one member of the group.

Respuesta correcta: A) This clinic is the busiest one in the district.

• A) This clinic is the busiest one in the district.Correct! 'Busiest' is the superlative and 'in the district' states the group in which the superlative holds.
• B) This clinic is the most busy one in the district.No. 'Most busy' is not standard for the short adjective 'busy'.
• C) This clinic is the busier one in the district.No. 'Busier' is only the comparative and would need 'than' to name what it is busier than.
• D) This clinic is the busiest one from the district.No. 'From' does not introduce the group over which a superlative applies; 'in' does that.

Respuesta correcta: B) That is the least expensive car in the showroom.

• A) That is the littlest expensive car in the showroom.No. 'Littlest' describes size and cannot modify 'expensive', which describes price.
• B) That is the least expensive car in the showroom.Correct! 'Least' is the superlative of 'little' in its meaning of smallest amount, and 'the least expensive' fits here.
• C) That is the most less expensive car in the showroom.No. 'Most less' is not a grammatical combination of the two patterns.
• D) That is the lesser expensive car in the showroom.No. 'Lesser' is a comparative form and cannot act as a superlative before a noun.

Respuesta correcta: C) This is the most expensive trip we have planned this year.

• A) This is the most expensiver trip we have planned this year.No. 'Expensiver' does not exist; long adjectives never take the -er ending in this form.
• B) This is the expensivest trip we have planned this year.No. 'Expensivest' is not a word, because the -est ending is reserved for short adjectives.
• C) This is the most expensive trip we have planned this year.Correct! Adjectives of three syllables or more take 'most' plus the base form to build the superlative.
• D) This is the more expensive trip we have planned this year.No. 'More expensive' is a comparative and would need 'than' to introduce the second term.

Respuesta correcta: D) That was the last bus to the airport last night.

• A) That was the most last bus to the airport last night.No. 'Most last' is not a valid combination, and 'last' already carries the final meaning.
• B) That was the lastest bus to the airport last night.No. 'Lastest' is not a word; 'late' forms its superlative irregularly as 'last'.
• C) That was the last bus to the more airport last night.No. 'More airport' changes a noun into an adjective and destroys the comparison structure.
• D) That was the last bus to the airport last night.Correct! 'The last' is the superlative form of 'late' and identifies a single final bus.

Respuesta correcta: A) That shop sells the most bread in the whole market.

• A) That shop sells the most bread in the whole market.Correct! 'Bread' is uncountable, so the quantity is expressed with 'most', and the noun keeps its singular form.
• B) That shop sells the manyest bread in the whole market.No. 'Manyest' is not a word, and 'many' is not used to build superlatives with an -est ending.
• C) That shop sells the most breads in the whole market.No. 'Breads' would be a countable plural, but bread as a food is uncountable and takes no 's'.
• D) That shop sells the manier bread in the whole market.No. 'Manier' is not a comparative form of 'many' and cannot serve as a superlative.

Respuesta correcta: B) This is not the biggest apartment on the floor.

• A) This is not the bigester apartment on the floor.No. 'Bigester' does not exist; short adjectives end the superlative in -est and stop there.
• B) This is not the biggest apartment on the floor.Correct! 'Not the biggest' keeps the superlative form 'biggest' inside a negative statement.
• C) This is not the most big apartment on the floor.No. 'Most big' is not the superlative of a short adjective such as 'big'.
• D) This is not the more big apartment on the floor.No. 'More big' is a malformed comparative and cannot stand after 'the' in a superlative frame.

Respuesta correcta: C) It is the coldest morning of the year and the wind is stronger than yesterday.

• A) It is the most cold morning of the year and the wind is more strong than yesterday.No. 'Most cold' is not the superlative of a short adjective; the -est ending is required.
• B) It is the colder morning of the year and the wind is the strongest than yesterday.No. 'Colder' is only a comparative and cannot follow 'the' in a superlative frame, and superlatives never take 'than'.
• C) It is the coldest morning of the year and the wind is stronger than yesterday.Correct! 'The coldest' is the superlative and 'stronger than' is the comparative, each in its correct frame.
• D) It is the coldester morning of the year and the wind is stronger of yesterday.No. 'Coldester' is not a word, and 'stronger of' does not introduce a comparison.

Respuesta correcta: D) That is not the worst film of the season.

• A) That is not the more bad film of the season.No. 'More bad' is a comparative and cannot follow 'the' in this superlative frame.
• B) That is not the most bad film of the season.No. 'Most bad' is not a form of 'bad'; irregular adjectives must be learned as whole words.
• C) That is not the badest film of the season.No. 'Badest' does not exist in English, because 'bad' does not take the -est ending.
• D) That is not the worst film of the season.Correct! 'Bad' is irregular and its superlative 'worst' is kept intact inside the negative phrase.

Respuesta correcta: A) The market had the most traffic this morning.

• A) The market had the most traffic this morning.Correct! 'Traffic' is uncountable, so 'most' builds the superlative and the noun takes no plural 's'.
• B) The market had the most traffics this morning.No. 'Traffics' would be a countable plural, but traffic as a mass of vehicles is uncountable.
• C) The market had the most traffic of morning.No. 'Of morning' does not name the group over which the superlative applies; 'this morning' is the right phrase.
• D) The market had the most much traffic this morning.No. 'Much' cannot follow 'most' because 'most' is already the superlative quantifier.

Respuesta correcta: B) longest

• A) longesterNo. 'Longester' is not a word; the ending of the superlative is -est with no extra syllable.
• B) longestCorrect! 'Longest' is the regular superlative of 'long' and correctly identifies a single song out of the group.
• C) most longNo. 'Most long' does not apply to a short adjective such as 'long'.
• D) longerNo. 'Longer' is only the comparative and would require 'than' to complete the sentence.

Respuesta correcta: C) The kitten is the littlest of the litter.

• A) The kitten is the littler of the litter.No. 'Littler' is a comparative form, not a superlative, and it would need 'than'.
• B) The kitten is the most little of the litter.No. 'Most little' is not the superlative of the short adjective 'little'.
• C) The kitten is the littlest of the litter.Correct! 'Littlest' is the regular superlative of 'little' and identifies a single member of the litter.
• D) The kitten is the littleester of the litter.No. 'Littleester' is not an English word, because the superlative ends in -est only.

Respuesta correcta: D) This is the best answer that we could find.

• A) This is the most best answer that we could find.No. 'Most best' duplicates the idea of superlative; 'best' is already the form.
• B) This is the best answer what that we could find.No. 'What that' would introduce two relative clauses at once, which is not allowed here.
• C) This is the goodest answer that we could find.No. 'Goodest' is not a word, and irregular adjectives do not build forms with -est.
• D) This is the best answer that we could find.Correct! 'The best' is the superlative and the relative clause 'that we could find' restricts it in a natural way.