Comparative and Superlative Modifiers

Instructions: Correct the modifiers in the sentences below. For example:

Incorrect: I felt more hungrier after I ate lunch than before I ate.
Corrected: I felt hungrier [or: more hungry] after I ate lunch than before I ate.

1. Use your editing skills to make this letter more better than it was before.

Your Answer:

Reveal Corrected Sentence
Use your editing skills to make this letter better than it was before.

2. Toni made the most silliest comment at the board meeting on Tuesday.

Your Answer:

Reveal Corrected Sentence
Toni made the silliest [or: most silly] comment at the board meeting.

3. I was the most hungriest person in the room but the last to be served.

Your Answer:

Reveal Corrected Sentence
I was the hungriest [or: most hungry] person in the room.

4. Of all the employees in our company, I live the most farthest from work.

Your Answer:

Reveal Corrected Sentence
Of all the employees in our company, I live the farthest from work.

5. Our committee is more further along on the project than I could have imagined.

Your Answer:

Reveal Corrected Sentence
Our committee is further along on the project than I could have imagined.