Question

Change the below sentence from comparative to superlative degree of comparison:
I am more intelligent than any other student in this class.

• A. I am the intelligentest in the class.
• B. I am an intelligent student in this class.
• C. I am the most intelligent student in the class
• D. I am intelligenter than anybody else in this class.

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

I am the most intelligent student in the class

An adjective can exist in three forms-positive, comparative and superlative. The positive form is the base form of the adjective. The comparative form expresses a higher degree of some quality. The superlative form expresses the highest degree. For adjectives with three syllables or more, the comparative degree is formed using the word 'more' and the superlative degree, using the word, 'most'.

The adjective, 'intelligent' (which has four syllables) is the positive form. Its comparative degree of comparison is 'more intelligent'. Its superlative degree of comparison is 'most intelligent'. Hence, option C is the correct answer.

Options A and D are incorrect as the words, 'intelligenter' and 'intelligentest' are incorrect usages.

Option B is incorrect as 'intelligent' is the positive form, not the superlative form.