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Degrees of Comparison Questions with Solutions

Degrees of Comparison questions test whether you can match an adjective’s form to how many things are actually being compared — one straightforward rule, plus a short list of irregular forms to memorise. Here’s the approach, four fully worked examples, and a few to try yourself.

The approach, quickly

  • Adjectives have three degrees: positive (describing one thing on its own — "tall"), comparative (comparing exactly two things — "taller"), and superlative (comparing three or more things, picking out the extreme — "tallest").
  • Short adjectives usually add "-er"/"-est" (tall → taller → tallest). Longer adjectives usually use "more"/"most" instead (beautiful → more beautiful → most beautiful).
  • Never combine both forms — "more taller" or "most tallest" is always wrong. Pick either the suffix or "more"/"most", never both.
  • Some common adjectives are irregular and must be memorised directly: good → better → best, bad → worse → worst, little → less → least, much/many → more → most, far → farther/further → farthest/furthest.

Worked examples

1. Choose the correct form: "Riya is ___ than her sister." (A) tall (B) taller (C) more tall (D) most tall

Solution

  1. Comparing exactly two people (Riya and her sister) needs the comparative degree.
  2. "Tall" is a short, one-syllable adjective, so it takes the "-er" suffix: "taller" — not "more tall".

Answer: (B) taller

2. Choose the correct form: "This is ___ building in the city." (A) tall (B) taller (C) tallest (D) the tallest

Solution

  1. Comparing this building against ALL other buildings in the city (three or more) needs the superlative degree.
  2. "Tall" takes "-est" for its superlative, and the superlative always takes "the" in front of it: "the tallest".

Answer: (D) the tallest

3. Choose the correct form: "This novel is ___ than the one I read last month." (A) more interesting (B) most interesting (C) interestinger (D) more interestinger

Solution

  1. Comparing exactly two novels needs the comparative degree.
  2. "Interesting" is a longer adjective, so it takes "more" rather than an "-er" suffix — "interestinger" isn’t a real word, and "more interestinger" wrongly combines both forms.

Answer: (A) more interesting

4. Choose the correct form: "Of all the players on the team, Arjun played ___." (A) good (B) better (C) best (D) more good

Solution

  1. Comparing Arjun against ALL the other players (three or more) needs the superlative degree.
  2. "Good" is irregular — its superlative is "best", not "goodest" or any "-est"/"most" form.

Answer: (C) best

Try these yourself

Count how many things are being compared, then check against the answer.

1. Choose the correct form: "My bag is ___ than yours." (A) heavy (B) heavier (C) more heavy (D) heaviest

Answer: (B) heavier

2. Choose the correct form: "This is ___ book I have ever read." (A) bad (B) worse (C) worst (D) the worst

Answer: (D) the worst

3. Choose the correct form: "She is ___ experienced than her colleague." (A) more (B) most (C) much (D) many

Answer: (A) more

Where this comes up

Degrees of Comparison is a regular topic in the English Language section of every exam Pariksha Saathi covers — SSC CGL, SSC MTS, SSC CHSL, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, SBI PO and SBI Clerk.

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