Question

Which of these CAPITALIZED phrases contains an adjective or adverb in the superlative form?

A. The soccer players have some fierce competitions coming up this season, so they WILL TRAIN EARLIEST every day.

B. Of all candidates on the stage that evening, the young senator SPOKE MOST PERSUASIVELY to the crowd.

C. The blue pencil IS SHARPER THAN the green one, so that is the one Rebecca will use on her art project.

D. Some people thing Mount McKinley is a NOCER HIKING AREA area than Smith Park, but others disagree.

E. Park, but others disagree.

Answer 1

A. The soccer players have some fierce competitions coming up this season, so they WILL TRAIN EARLIEST every day.

A superlative adjective is an adjective in the extreme comparison. Superlative adjectives allow the writer to take the comparison of nouns to the highest or lowest limits of the quality being compared, e.g., best, worst, etc.