Grammar and Language Workbook

Grammar

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Lesson 62
Modifiers: Irregular Comparisons
A few modifiers form the comparative and superlative degrees irregularly.
MODIFIERS WITH IRREGULAR FORMS OF COMPARISON
POSITIVE
COMPARATIVE
SUPERLATIVE
good
better
best
well
better
best
bad
worse
worst
badly
worse
worst
far (distance)
farther
farthest
far (degree, time)
further
furthest
little (amount)
less
least
many
more
most
much
more
most
 Exercise 1
Write in the blank the correct form of the modifier in parentheses.
Corva played 
[
worse
on Sunday than she had on Saturday. (badly )
1. Of my three sisters, Rita lives the 
[
away. (far)
2. Groceries seem to cost 
[
every week. (much)
3. Colleen described the 
[
blizzard she’d ever driven through. (bad)
4. The birds ate 
[
food than we expected. (little)
5. This article delves 
[
into the subject than I realized. (far)
6. Seán had 
[
job skills than any other applicant. (many)
7. He played the sonata 
[
the first time than the second time. (well)
8. Laura signed up 
[
walkathon sponsors than anyone else in the class. (many)
9. This road is in 
[
condition than it was last year. (good)
10. The corn is in the 
[
field from the house. (far)
11. Beth had collected the
[
tip money of anyone working Saturday night. (little)
12. The 
[
back George could remember was kindergarten. (far)
13. Claudio’s car was parked 
[
away than I remembered. (far)
14. Nancy’s broken finger hurt 
[
than she had expected it to. (bad )
15. The second draft of Jim’s paper was 
[
than the first. (good)
Unit 9, Using Modifiers Correctly
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Grammar

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16. Of the three new landscape plants, the lilac survived the winter in 
[
condition. (good)
17. Perry hit the ball 
[
of all. (badly)
18. Which test question gave you 
[
amount of trouble? (little)
19. Melanie believed that 
[
research would be required. (far)
20. She chose the path of 
[
resistance. (little)
21. Please devote 
[
amount of time possible to this task. (little)
22. These heavier upholstery fabrics are 
[
choices than the linen. (good)
23. Is Mercury or Venus 
[
from Earth? (far)
24. Sadao likes this design 
[
of all. (much)
25. I like broccoli, but I like asparagus 
[
. (well )
26. The 
[
away I got, the fainter the smell grew. (far)
27. My singing is 
[
than my guitar playing. (good )