Word Analysis Review Unit 2

Comparative adjectives and adverbs are used when comparing two things or actions.

• True

• False

What two letter ending do you add to adjectives or adverbs to form the comparative?

• -er

• -est

• -ing

• ed

What word can you use before a word to form the comparative?

• most

• more

• at

• the

Superlative adjectives and adverbs are used when comparing three or more things or actions.

• True

• False

Regular superlative adjectives or adverbs are formed by adding which ending to the base word?

• -er

• -est

• -ed

• -ing

Which word can be used before the base word to form the superlative?

• more

• the

• most

• by

What would be the irregular comparative for the base word good?

• gooder

• better

• more good

• goodest

What would be the irregular superlative of the base word bad?

• most bad

• worst

• badder

• baddest

What is the meaning of the Greek root phon?

• sound

• sight

• listen

• see

What is the meaning of the Greek root graph?

• sound

• write

• self

• distant