Question

Which sentence uses a superlative adjective correctly?


Anthony is running more quickly than anyone else on the field.

Shalon is a very talented pianist.

Ani is the better gymnast of the two.

That is the best chocolate cake I have ever tasted.

Answer 1

What's you academic guess?

Answer 2

im thinking b.

Answer 3

Okay, why you think that?

Answer 4

its an adjective

Answer 5

wait its the first

Answer 6

its the third

Answer 7

correct

Answer 8

Politely disagree with the above responses.

Superlative adjectives are used to express the *highest* or most extreme of a certain quality. Sentences A and C are using the comparative form (better, more quickly) while sentence B is using neither comparative nor superlative. Only sentence D used the superlative form (“best”, the most extreme version of “good”.)