Comparatives and Superlatives

Choose the correct comparative or superlative form of the word or words from the choices provided.

For help with this exercise, see section 29b of Foundations First, Fifth Edition.

  1. Question

    Julia Butterfly Hill is ____________________ than most people.

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    Comparatives and Superlatives: Choose the correct comparative or superlative form of the word or words from the choices provided. - Julia Butterfly Hill is ____________________ than most people.
  2. Question

    She is also ____________________ than she ever thought she was.

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    B.

    Comparatives and Superlatives: Choose the correct comparative or superlative form of the word or words from the choices provided. - She is also ____________________ than she ever thought she was.
  3. Question

    She has been willing to endure some of the ____________________ experiences a person can in order to fight for her beliefs.

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    B.

    Comparatives and Superlatives: Choose the correct comparative or superlative form of the word or words from the choices provided. - She has been willing to endure some of the ____________________ experiences a person can in order to fight for her beliefs.
  4. Question

    Julia is an environmental activist who volunteered to live in one of the ____________________ trees in the California redwood forest.

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    B.

    Comparatives and Superlatives: Choose the correct comparative or superlative form of the word or words from the choices provided. - Julia is an environmental activist who volunteered to live in one of the ____________________ trees in the California redwood forest.
  5. Question

    Although she was ____________________ of heights than she thought, Julia lived on a six-by-six-foot platform in the tree.

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    B.

    Comparatives and Superlatives: Choose the correct comparative or superlative form of the word or words from the choices provided. - Although she was ____________________ of heights than she thought, Julia lived on a six-by-six-foot platform in the tree.
  6. Question

    During the first three months, her ____________________ fear was that loggers might cut down the tree with her in it.

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    B.

    Comparatives and Superlatives: Choose the correct comparative or superlative form of the word or words from the choices provided. - During the first three months, her ____________________ fear was that loggers might cut down the tree with her in it.
  7. Question

    This did not happen, but ____________________ things did in the 738 days she spent in the tree.

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    B.

    Comparatives and Superlatives: Choose the correct comparative or superlative form of the word or words from the choices provided. - This did not happen, but ____________________ things did in the 738 days she spent in the tree.
  8. Question

    Among the ____________________ tactics used by her opponents was buzzing her tree with a helicopter and blowing an air horn for eight days and eight nights.

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    B.

    Comparatives and Superlatives: Choose the correct comparative or superlative form of the word or words from the choices provided. - Among the ____________________ tactics used by her opponents was buzzing her tree with a helicopter and blowing an air horn for eight days and eight nights.
  9. Question

    Ms. Hill was able to survive rainstorms with 90-mile-an-hour winds and only became ____________________ to save the redwoods from loggers.

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    B.

    Comparatives and Superlatives: Choose the correct comparative or superlative form of the word or words from the choices provided. - Ms. Hill was able to survive rainstorms with 90-mile-an-hour winds and only became ____________________ to save the redwoods from loggers.
  10. Question

    Her ____________________ moment was when the logging company promised to spare redwoods within a 200-foot-wide zone.

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    B.

    Comparatives and Superlatives: Choose the correct comparative or superlative form of the word or words from the choices provided. - Her ____________________ moment was when the logging company promised to spare redwoods within a 200-foot-wide zone.