Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumComparative adverb
Standard English Conventions practice question
Sasha runs ____ than anyone else in her class.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. fasterCorrect
- B. more fast
- C. fastest
- D. fast
Answer: A. faster
"than" calls for the comparative, "faster".
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. more fast
- Short adverbs take -er, not "more".
- C. fastest
- The superlative does not go with "than".
- D. fast
- No comparison.
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