WREN & MARTIN;s English grammar-adjectives and degree

 

Part 3: Identify the Adjective and Degree (1–10)

Directions: Point out the adjective in each sentence and name its degree of comparison.

1. This is a very beautiful park.

2. Health is dearer than wealth.

3. It was the proudest moment of my life.

4. The cat is smaller than the dog.

5. He is a brave soldier.

6. This exercise is more difficult than the last one.

7. She is the best student in the class.

8. The sun is hotter than the moon.

9. I have many friends.

10. It is the least I can do for you.

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Part 4: Identify the Adjective and Degree (11–20)

Directions: Point out the adjective in each sentence and name its degree of comparison.

11. The knife is blunt.

12. This is the most useful tool in the box.

13. My sister is younger than me.

14. He is the richest man in the village.

15. It was a wonderful experience.

16. Gold is more precious than silver.

17. This is the shortest route to the station.

18. The water is deeper here.

19. There was little hope of his recovery.

20. That was the worst mistake he ever made.

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Answers for Part 3 (1–10)

#	Adjective	Degree of Comparison
1	Beautiful	Positive
2	Dearer	Comparative
3	Proudest	Superlative
4	Smaller	Comparative
5	Brave	Positive
6	More difficult	Comparative
7	Best	Superlative (Irregular: Good-Better-Best)
8	Hotter	Comparative
9	Many	Positive
10	Least	Superlative (Irregular: Little-Less-Least)

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Answers for Part 4 (11–20)

#	Adjective	Degree of Comparison
11	Blunt	Positive
12	Most useful	Superlative
13	Younger	Comparative
14	Richest	Superlative
15	Wonderful	Positive
16	More precious	Comparative
17	Shortest	Superlative
18	Deeper	Comparative
19	Little	Positive
20	Worst	Superlative (Irregular: Bad-Worse-Worst)