Question

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

a)I am the intelligentest student in the class
b)I am an intelligent student in the class
c)I am the most intelligent student in the class
d)I am intelligenter than anyone in the class.

Answer 1

Hint: Some adjectives or adverbs do not change form from one degree to another. When changed from positive to comparative and superlative degree, they are expressed by adding more, most prior to them

Complete step by step answer:
Intelligent is one such adjective which does not change upon changing the degrees i.e. from positive to comparative and comparative to superlative but as it moves from positive to comparative degree, more is added and it becomes more intelligent. Similarly, when it changes to a superlative degree, it changes to most intelligent. Therefore, this sentence when written in superlative form of comparison, would be c, I’m the most intelligent student in the class. This sentence uses the word ‘most’ prior to intelligent which makes it a superlative form of adjective. Hence, c is the answer.

The word used in option a and option d, inteliligentest and intelligenter respectively are incorrect. There are no such words in the English language.

 Option b uses the positive degree form of adjective i.e. intelligent. Therefore, option b is incorrect too.

Note: There are few exceptions in the English language. These exceptions do not have a suffix in their comparative and superlative degrees, these only use more and most prior to them.