Avoiding Misuse of Comparatives and Superlatives

Directions:

  1. Identify the sentences below by using the following code:
  2. C     correct                 I     incorrect

  3. Correct the incorrect items on the lines provided.

Example:  _I_  Worsted fabrics are more smoother than ordinary wool cloth.

Worsted fabrics are smoother than ordinary wool cloth.

____ 1. The best surfing beaches face west.

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____ 2. Please take the biggest of these two pieces of pie.

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____ 3. Our representative made the list of the ten most obscure members of Congress.

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____ 4. Hydrogen is the most abundant of all the elements in the sun.

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____ 5. Of all the written records people have made, the earlier are accounts of financial transactions.

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____ 6. Michael and Ralph both talk a great deal, but Ralph is the most talkative of the two.

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____ 7. Nanette is the most unique person I have ever known.

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____ 8. Margot and Keith both did well on the driving test, but Keith got the higher score.

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____ 9. In this suit I feel as if I could win an award for worse-dressed person of the year.

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____ 10. Of the twins, Len weighs most and is tallest.

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