Parallel and iregular comparatives

Oxygen is __ nitrogen.

• abundant than

• abundanter than

• more abundant than

• the more abundant than

The professor indicated that Tony's paper was __ than the other student's.

• long

• more long

• the longer

• longer

Alaska is __ all the states in the US.

• coldest

• the coldest

• the coldest than

• the coldest of

The graduate assistant informed us that the second exam is __.

• more difficult of the two

• the most difficult of the two

• the more difficult of the two

• the difficultest of the two

The food in this restaurant is __ we visited yesterday.

• the best of the restaurant

• the best of the one in the restaurant

• better than the restaurant

• better than the one in the restaurant

The first journal article is __ .

• longer of the second article

• the longer of the second article

• longer than the second article

• the longest of the second article

The hotter the food is, __.

• hard it is to eat

• the harder it is to eat

• the hardest it is to eat

• it is hard to eat

The more you speak, __.

• the worse the situation will be

• the worst the situation will be

• worse the situation will be

• the badder the situation will be

The thicker the walls, __.

• lesser noise comes through

• the less noise comes through

• the least noise that comes through

• the noise that comes through is less

The more people there are at the party, __.

• the better time you'll get.

• you'll have a good time

• the best time you will get

• the time you get will be better