Meaning & use
comparative and superlative quiz
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Meaning
nouncountable
A test or game that checks your knowledge of comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs.
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a quiz', 'two quizzes'.
Patterns
- do a comparative and superlative quiz
- take a comparative and superlative quiz
The teacher gave us a comparative and superlative quiz to see if we remembered the rules.
I found a comparative and superlative quiz online that helped me practice 'bigger' and 'biggest'.
She got all the answers right on the comparative and superlative quiz.
Word forms
| plural | comparative and superlative quizzes |
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Common combinations
- do a quiz
- We did a quiz on comparatives and superlatives in class today.
- take a quiz
- I have to take a comparative and superlative quiz tomorrow.
- pass a quiz
- He passed the comparative and superlative quiz with a perfect score.
- quiz question
- One quiz question asked for the comparative of 'good'.
Synonyms and how they differ
Word family
- quiz noun
- A short test or game with questions.
- comparative adjective
- Relating to the form of an adjective or adverb that compares two things, like 'bigger'.
- superlative adjective
- Relating to the form that compares more than two things, like 'biggest'.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'comparative and superlative quiz' correctly?
Choose one answer.
The phrase is a singular countable noun, so it needs 'a' and no plural -s: 'a comparative and superlative quiz'. Option 1 is missing 'a'; option 2 has 'a' but a plural noun; option 3 has no article and a plural noun.
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