Worse vs. worst

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Test No. incompl/inter-7 "A Holiday Report", question 4

The ......... thing of all difficulties in a language is vocabulary.

(a) worst
(b) bad
(c) worse

Test No. incompl/inter-7 "A Holiday Report", answer 4

The worst thing of all difficulties in a language is vocabulary.

Correct answer: (a) worst

Your answer was: correct
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HI, I WAS WONDERING ... WHEN DO I USE WORST AND WHEN DO I HAVE TO USE WORSE ???

[Alan]

Worse is comparative - worst is superlative.
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[gloria]

[Alan]

The spelling mistake I have now changed!!

Examples of comparison of adjectives

Positive: He is as tall as she is The same

Comparative: He is taller than she is Taller

Superlative: There is another brother taller than both of them and he is the tallest in the family The tallest
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