Irregular Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs

Some comparative and superlative forms are irregular and do not follow any rules or patterns. These must be memorized.

Example:

Nathan made good stew.

Molly's stew was better than Nathan's.

Ezra made the best stew of all.

Practice

In the sentences below circle the word that would best complete each sentence.

1. March had some warm days and snowy days. March's weather was the (worse, worst) to predict.

2. Pa and Molly had the (better, best) spirits, making plans for planting.

3. Molly had (more, most) fun drawing pictures of Mama's garden.

4. Town was too (far, farther) to walk. It was even (farther, farthest) than going to Ezra's wegiwa.

5. Nathan's trousers looked the (bad, worse, worst) of any boy's at the fiddle contest.

6. Pa looked real handsome. He looked the (good, better, best) of any man in town.

7. Shopping at Whitefield's store was (better, best) than trading with the neighbors.

8. Nathan's  (little, less, least) favorite song was the long hymn sung by Carolina and Georgia Whitefield.

9. Molly's dancing was (good, better, best) than Nathan's spin on the dance floor.

10. Eli was the (good, better, best) fiddle player in the contest.

11. Eli's playing was received (good, well) by the guests at the contest.

12. Nathan is the (elder, eldest) child in his family.

Multiple Choice

13. Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
    
    a)  The night was the most dark one Nathan had ever seen.
    b)  This was the worsest night of Nathan's life.
    c)  The trip was more good than the one the night before.
    d)  The trees seemed larger and taller than ever before.
     

14. Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
    
    a)  Weasel was the meanest man Nathan had ever seen.
    b)  Weasel was worser than a snake.
    c)  Weasel was much more worst than the other government agents when it came to being mean.
    d)  Weasel was even badder than the men who gathered the Cherokee.
     

15. Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
    
    a)  Ezra was trying to change his life for the gooder.
    b)  Ezra was a kind man.
    c)  Ezra repaid his kindness by giving the bestest gifts to Molly and Nathan.
    d)  Ezra was a loner because he wanted to live his life farer from the people he hurt.
    
     

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

1. worst

2. best

3. more

4. far farther

5. worst

6. best

7. better

8. least

9. better

10. best

11. well

12. elder

13. d

14. a

15. b