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Irregular, Double, and Incomplete Comparisons

Select the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

1. Cutting the sugar in one’s diet may be even _______ than cutting the fat.
gooder
better
best
good
2. Does the Zambezi River flow _______ than the Nile?
more quickly
quickliest
quicklier
quick
3. Is Emily Dickinson or Robert Frost the ________ poet?
best
better
gooder
more good
4. Was Jesse Owens or Bob Mathias the ________ runner?
swiftest
more swift
more swiftly
swifter
5. Your little brother Donnie is _________ than Jamie.
less irritabler
less irritable
irritable
least irritable
6. Do you wish to explore this topic _______ in your paper?
farther
more further
further
furthest
7. Diego has the _______ costume of all.
best
most good
goodest
most best
8. Ange is taller than Rick but ________ than I.
more shorter
shortest
shorter
more short
9. Kele admires Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. _______ than anyone else.
most
better
the most
more
10. My boxer dog’s bark is ___________ than that of other dogs.
more deep and more loud
deepest and loudest
deeper and louder
most deep and loud