Question

Change the below given sentence from comparative to superlative degree of comparison:
I am more intelligent than any other student in this class.
a)I am the intelligentest in the class.
b)I am an intelligent student in this class.
c)I am the most intelligent student in the class.
d)I am intelligenter than anybody else in this class.

Answer 1

Hint: The superlative degree of comparison is used to indicate the highest degree or amount out of a given category. Example- She is the prettiest girl in the class.

Complete answer:

As given in the hint, we use superlative degrees to show a comparison between two or more things. Example- He is the fastest boy in the school. Here, we can understand that X is the fastest out of all the other students in the school.
We form the superlative degree of comparison by adding ‘est’ to an adjective or by using the superlative form ‘most’, which are added to adjectives or three or more syllables.
Example- We are the most innocent students in the class. Here, we have used the superlative form ‘most’ with the adjective ‘intelligent’.
In the given question: X states that he is more intelligent than any other student of his class. Here, we can see a comparison between X and the entire class.
Now, let’s examine the given options-
Option a- ‘I am the intelligentest in the class’ is an inappropriate option, as ‘intelligentest’ is not an existing word in the English language. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
Option b- ‘I am an intelligent student in this class’ is an inaccurate option, as ‘intelligent’ is used in the positive degree to indicate a quality. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
Option c- ‘I am the most intelligent student in the class’ is an accurate option, as adjectives with three or more syllables use the superlative form ‘most’. Hence, it is the correct option.
Option d- ‘I am intelligenter than anybody else in this class’ is an inappropriate option, as ‘intelligenter’ is not an existing word in the English language. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
The correct answer is Option ‘c’.

Note: Only the comparative degree and the superlative degree indicate comparison between two or more things, whereas the positive degree does not show comparison but only represents the quality.