Comparative adjectives: More and Most

Comparative Adjectives: More and Most

By Kalli Rummel

More

• Used in front of long adjectives

• More is used to compare two items

• Example: There are more delicious restaurants in New York than in California. ​

Multiple Choice

"More" is used in a sentence to...

• describe something or someone

• to compare two things

• to name a person, place, or thing

• show action

Multiple Choice

Football is __________ dangerous than golf.

• more

• most

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The red car had a _____________shine than the blue car.

• more brilliant
• brilliant
• most brilliant

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A turtle is ______ than a rabbit.

• slower

• slowest

• more slow

• most slow

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A blue whale is ______________ twenty-five elephants.

• heavier than

• more heavy than

• heavier that

• more heavier than

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This book is _____________ that one.

• more boringer

• more boring than

• boringer that

• boringer than

Most

• Also used in front of long adjectives

• Compares more than two items

• ​Example: My dad is the most adventurous person I know.

Multiple Choice

Cats are the ___________ interesting pets.

• more

• most

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Mom's turkey and dressing was the ______________I have ever had.

• delicious
• most delicious
• more dleicious

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The Mona Lisa is one of the ___________paintings in the museum.

• beautifuler

• more beautiful

• beautifulest

• most beautiful

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Antartica is the ___________ place on earth.

• colder

• more cold

• coldest

• most cold

Multiple Choice

Who is ___________ (powerful) person in your country?

• the most powerful

• more powerful

• most powerful

• the powerfulest

Practice Time!

Choose the word/words that fit the sentence best.​

Multiple Choice

Rosie has a ____________blue dress.

• beautiful
• most beautiful
• more beautiful

Multiple Choice

Your Christmas tree is ________ than mine.

• slower

• slowest

• taller

• tallest

Multiple Choice

Jellyfish are (dangerous) than stingrays.

• dangerouser

• dangerousest

• more dangerous

• most dangerous

Multiple Choice

A car is _________ than a bike.

• most expensive

• more expensive

• most economic

• more economic

Multiple Choice

"Please be more ________ next time," said my mother.

• careful

• carefuller

• carefullest