Adjective Test 16

When two phrases are being compared, they ought to be of the same grammatical form. A comparison is made between making "the journey to France by train" and "the journey to France by plane" The underlined phrase "a plane" is compared with the phrase "journey to France by train". The underlined phrase does not follow the structure of the former phrase in the sentence. It needs to be changed, hence option A is incorrect. Option B is correct because it's parallel to the grammatical form of the former phrase, where 'that' modifies the noun "journey", and it's not necessary to repeat the noun 'France' as it's evident that the comparison is between the journey by train and plane to France. Option C is incorrect because it contains the wrong preposition 'of' which denotes possession whereas the required preposition is 'by' that means 'by means of'. Option D is not consistent to the structure of the former phrase "journey to France by train", hence it's incorrect.

Parallel structure means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more words or ideas are of equal importance. Words in the parallel structure should not only have the same structure but also tense. In the given sentence, two clauses are connected with a word of comparison i.e. than. Thus, option A is the correct answer per rule. 

In this question, we will understand the degree of comparison of adjectives. Adjectives have three degrees that compare one thing to another: positive, comparative and superlative. 

When the sentence of the superlative degree is changed to the positive degree of comparison, without changing the meaning of the sentence, a negative word 'no' is added. The structure of the positive sentence that has been transformed from a superlative one, starts with the negative phrase 'No other' and contains the phrase of the positive "as old as". The noun 'city' is of the highest degree in terms of age 'oldest', compared to the rest of the cities in that country. Option A is correct because "as old as" is in the positive degree, and by adding the phrase "no other" the sentence has not changed in its meaning. Option B is incorrect as the phrase "older than" is of the comparative degree, and the structure of the sentence is not of the positive degree. Also, the meaning of the sentence has changed. Option C is incorrect because it's in the comparative degree and also its meaning has changed. Option D is incorrect because it's of the superlative degree and the meaning is completely opposite from the original sentence.

The sentence is of the superlative degree when the noun is of the highest degree in terms of quality. In the sentence, the noun 'man' is the 'wisest', where 'wisest' is of the highest degree or the superlative of 'wise'. Hence option D is correct. Option A is incorrect as the article 'the' is necessary to modify the noun, because the superlative 'wisest' makes the noun specific, as there can only be one highest degree. 'Most' precedes an adjective when the adjective has more than two syllables, 'wise' has only one syllable, hence 'most' is not used here, and options B and C are incorrect.

The superlative form expresses the highest degree. It is possible to change the degree of comparison without changing the meaning of a sentence. The superlative form uses most to indicate superlative adjective. Thus, option C is the correct answer. Option B is grammatically wrong. 

In this sentence, we will learn the use of the degree of an adjective with that of a definite article. If we look into the degree first, it denotes the existence of the highest degree of the quality, which is the game. For this reason, we need to use the superlative degree for an answer. We also use the definite article 'the' before adjectives in the superlative degree. 

The superlative form expresses the highest degree. It is possible to change the degree of comparison without changing the meaning of a sentence. The superlative form uses most to indicate superlative adjective. Thus, option A is the correct answer. 

When there is an interchange of the sentence from comparative to positive, without changing its meaning, a negative word 'no' or 'not' is added. Here the sentence is in the comparative degree. As 'Harry' is taller than 'brother', the brother is shorter than 'Harry.' In other words, the brother is 'not as tall as' Harry. Option A is correct because the sentence is of the positive degree of comparison using 'not as tall as', without changing the meaning of the sentence. Option B is incorrect because the adjective 'very' is not a comparative and the sentence is not of the positive degree. Option C is incorrect because it is opposite in meaning to that of the given sentence, where the 'brother' is taller than 'Harry'. Option D is grammatically incorrect. 

Adjectives are the words which modify the noun. Adjectives can be formed from nouns. 'Courage' is a noun and adjective can be formed by adding 'ous' at the end of the word. Thus, option C is the correct answer.