Maddy
August 17, 2010, 4:47am
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English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level
ESL/EFL Test #284 [color=blue]“Basic Grammar Exercises (9)”, question 8
The red birds sing more … than the blue ones do.
(a) louder
(b) loudest
(c) loudly
(d) loud
English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level
ESL/EFL Test #284 [color=blue]“Basic Grammar Exercises (9)”, answer 8
The red birds sing more loudly than the blue ones do.
Correct answer: (c) loudly
Your answer was: [color=red]incorrect
The red birds sing more louder than the blue ones do.
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Hello,
I don’t understand my mistake, isn’t louder a comparative?
Best regards,
Alan
August 17, 2010, 8:38am
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Hi Maddy,
‘Louder’ is the comparative of ‘loud’ and so it is not necessary to add ‘more’. We usually use ‘more’ to show comparative when the adjective has several syllables as in: ‘more beautiful’.
In the test sentence we need the adverb ‘loudly’ and the comparative is ‘more loudly’.
Alan
Maddy
August 17, 2010, 1:36pm
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Alan:
Hi Maddy,
‘Louder’ is the comparative of ‘loud’ and so it is not necessary to add ‘more’. We usually use ‘more’ to show comparative when the adjective has several syllables as in: ‘more beautiful’.
In the test sentence we need the adverb ‘loudly’ and the comparative is ‘more loudly’.
Alan
Hello Alan,
Thanks for your answer, your explanation is very clear. I need to review comparatives =)
Best regards,
Maddy