Day 27 Topic 17 Comparative & Superlative Adjectives (e.g., good/better/best) on the ATI TEAS Version 7 — followed by 50 practice questions with options.

 Day 27 Topic 17 

Comparative & Superlative Adjectives (e.g., good/better/best) on the ATI TEAS Version 7 — followed by 50 practice questions with options.

🔑 Trick #1: Know the 3 Degrees

Degree	Function	Example
Positive	Describes one thing (no comparison)	The patient is good.
Comparative	Compares TWO things	This drug is better than that one.
Superlative	Compares THREE OR MORE things	This is the best treatment available.

✅ TEAS Trick: If you see than, you need comparative (not superlative).
If you see the before the blank (and 3+ items implied), you need superlative.

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🧠 Trick #2: The 1-2-3 Syllable Rule

Syllables	Comparative	Superlative	Example
1 syllable	add -er	add -est	fast → faster → fastest
2 syllables ending in -y	change y to i, add -er	change y to i, add -est	happy → happier → happiest
2+ syllables (not -y)	more + adjective	most + adjective	effective → more effective → most effective

✅ TEAS Trick: Never mix more faster or most fastest.

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🚨 Trick #3: The Irregulars – TEAS’s Favorite

Positive	Comparative	Superlative	Memory Hook
good	better	best	Good → Better → Best
well	better	best	health
bad	worse	worst	Bad → Worse → Worst
ill	worse	worst	same as bad
many/much	more	most	Many → More → Most
little	less	least	Little → Less → Least
far	farther/further	farthest/furthest	physical vs figurative

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🪤 Trick #4: Common TEAS Traps – Double Comparisons

❌ Wrong	✅ Correct	Why
more better	better	double comparative
most best	best	double superlative
more faster	faster	mixing rules
most fastest	fastest	mixing rules
less worse	better	incorrect structure

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🎯 Trick #5: TWO vs THREE+ Items

Number	Use	Example
2	Comparative	better
3+	Superlative	best

Clues:

• than → comparative
• of the two → comparative
• of all → superlative

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🧩 Trick #6: 2-Syllable Adjectives

✔ safer choice: more/most
Examples: honest, famous, careful, boring

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⚡ Trick #7: Less vs Fewer

Word	Use	Example
Less	uncountable	less water
Fewer	countable	fewer patients

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📝 50 Practice Questions: Comparative & Superlative Adjectives

1.

Of all the treatment options, this one is the ______.
A) better
B) best
C) more good
D) most best

2.

This medication is ______ than the previous one.
A) more effective
B) most effective
C) effective
D) more effective

3.

The patient is feeling ______ today than yesterday.
A) good
B) better
C) best
D) more better

4.

Which hospital has the ______ patient outcomes in the state?
A) better
B) best
C) more good
D) most good

5.

Between ibuprofen and acetaminophen, which is ______ for fever?
A) better
B) best
C) more better
D) most best

6.

Of the three antibiotics, this one showed the ______ results.
A) better
B) best
C) more good
D) most better

7.

The new protocol is ______ than the old one.
A) efficient
B) more efficient
C) most efficient
D) efficienter

8.

This is the ______ dose we can safely administer.
A) high
B) higher
C) highest
D) most high

9.

The patient’s condition grew ______ over 24 hours.
A) bad
B) worse
C) worst
D) more bad

10.

Of all the patients in the unit, Mr. Jones is the ______.
A) sicker
B) sickest
C) more sick
D) most sick

11.

Which sentence is correct?
A) This drug is more better than the placebo.
B) This drug is better than the placebo.
C) This drug is most best than the placebo.
D) This drug is gooder than the placebo.

12.

The second surgery was ______ than the first.
A) invasive
B) more invasive
C) most invasive
D) invasiver

13.

She is the ______ nurse in the entire department.
A) more experienced
B) most experienced
C) experienced
C) experiencer

14.

Of the two diagnostic tests, this one is ______ accurate.
A) more
B) most
C) very
D) more better

15.

The patient is ______ today than she was yesterday.
A) well
B) better
C) best
D) more well

16.

This is the ______ complication we have seen.
A) bad
B) worse
C) worst
D) baddest

17.

The lab reported ______ errors this month than last month.
A) fewer
B) less
C) few
D) lesser

18.

Which sentence uses the correct comparative form?
A) This treatment is more safer than surgery.
B) This treatment is safer than surgery.
C) This treatment is safest than surgery.
D) This treatment is more safe than surgery.

19.

Of all the medications, this one causes the ______ side effects.
A) few
B) fewer
C) fewest
D) less

20.

The patient has ______ pain today than yesterday.
A) less
B) fewer
C) lesser
D) few

21.

This is the ______ approach for high-risk patients.
A) good
B) better
C) best
D) more good

22.

Between the two surgeons, Dr. Lee is ______.
A) more skilled
B) most skilled
C) skilled
D) skiller

23.

The results were ______ than expected.
A) worse
B) worst
C) more worse
D) most worse

24.

Of the three wound dressings, this one is ______.
A) more durable
B) most durable
C) durable
D) durabler

25.

The patient requires ______ assistance now than before.
A) more
B) most
C) much
D) many

26.

Which sentence is grammatically correct?
A) He is the baddest patient on the unit.
B) He is the worst patient on the unit.
C) He is worse than any patient on the unit.
D) He is more bad than any patient.

27.

This machine is ______ than the older model.
A) fast
B) faster
C) fastest
D) more faster

28.

Of all the nurses, she works the ______.
A) more efficiently
B) most efficiently
C) efficiently
D) efficientliest

29.

The second dose caused a ______ reaction than the first.
A) severe
B) more severe
C) most severe
D) severer

30.

This hospital has ______ beds than the county facility.
A) fewer
B) less
C) few
D) lesser

31.

Which sentence uses the superlative correctly?
A) This is the more effective antibiotic.
B) This is the most effective antibiotic.
C) This is the effectivest antibiotic.
D) This is more effective than all antibiotics.

32.

The patient’s outcome was ______ than predicted.
A) good
B) better
C) best
D) more good

33.

Of the 20 patients, this one had the ______ recovery time.
A) fast
B) faster
C) fastest
D) more fast

34.

This test is ______ than the previous version.
A) accurate
B) more accurate
C) most accurate
D) accurater

35.

The nurse documented ______ incidents this quarter.
A) less
B) fewer
C) few
C) lesser

36.

Which is correct?
A) Of the two drugs, this one is best.
B) Of the two drugs, this one is better.
C) Of the two drugs, this one is more better.
D) Of the two drugs, this one is gooder.

37.

This is the ______ outcome we could have hoped for.
A) good
B) better
C) best
D) more good

38.

The patient is feeling ______ than last week.
A) worse
B) worst
C) more worse
D) worser

39.

Of all the protocols, this one is ______.
A) least invasive
B) less invasive
C) more invasive
D) invasive

40.

The new equipment is ______ than the old.
A) reliable
B) more reliable
C) most reliable
D) reliabler

41.

Which sentence contains an error?
A) This is the better of the two options.
B) This is the best of the two options.
C) Of the three, this is the best.
D) Between the two, this is better.

42.

The patient had ______ complications than expected.
A) less
B) fewer
C) lesser
D) few

43.

This is the ______ serious case we have treated.
A) more
B) most
C) very
D) much

44.

The second surgery was ______ than the first.
A) complicated
B) more complicated
C) most complicated
D) complicateder

45.

Of all the nurses on staff, she is the ______.
A) more compassionate
B) most compassionate
C) compassionater
D) more compassionater

46.

This drug causes ______ drowsiness than the other.
A) less
B) fewer
C) lesser
D) few

47.

Which sentence is correct?
A) He is the more tall of the two.
B) He is taller of the two.
C) He is the taller of the two.
D) He is tallest of the two.

48.

The patient’s condition is ______ than yesterday.
A) more stable
B) most stable
C) stabiler
D) more stabiler

49.

This is the ______ effective treatment available.
A) more
B) most
C) very
D) much

50.

Which sentence uses the comparative correctly with an irregular adjective?
A) This year’s outcomes are gooder than last year’s.
B) This year’s outcomes are more good than last year’s.
C) This year’s outcomes are better than last year’s.
D) This year’s outcomes are best than last year’s.

Answers with short reasons for the 50 comparative/superlative questions.

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1. B – best (superlative, “of all”)

2. A – more effective (comparative, “than”)

3. B – better (comparative, “than yesterday”)

4. B – best (superlative, “in the state”)

5. A – better (comparative, between two)

6. B – best (superlative, “of the three”)

7. B – more efficient (comparative, “than”)

8. C – highest (superlative, “the ___ dose”)

9. B – worse (comparative, “grew worse”)

10. B – sickest (superlative, “of all”)

11. B – better (correct irregular comparative)

12. B – more invasive (comparative, “than”)

13. B – most experienced (superlative, “in the entire department”)

14. A – more (comparative, “of the two”)

15. B – better (comparative, “than yesterday”)

16. C – worst (superlative, “this is the ___”)

17. A – fewer (countable “errors”)

18. B – safer (1-syllable comparative rule)

19. C – fewest (superlative, “of all”)

20. A – less (uncountable “pain”)

21. C – best (superlative, “this is the ___”)

22. A – more skilled (comparative, “between the two”)

23. A – worse (comparative, “than expected”)

24. B – most durable (superlative, “of the three”)

25. A – more (comparative, “than before”)

26. B – worst (correct irregular superlative)

27. B – faster (1-syllable comparative rule)

28. B – most efficiently (superlative, “of all”)

29. B – more severe (comparative, “than the first”)

30. A – fewer (countable “beds”)

31. B – most effective (correct superlative)

32. B – better (comparative, “than predicted”)

33. C – fastest (superlative, “of 20”)

34. B – more accurate (comparative, “than previous”)

35. B – fewer (countable “incidents”)

36. B – better (comparative for two items)

37. C – best (superlative, “this is the ___”)

38. A – worse (comparative, “than last week”)

39. A – least invasive (superlative, “of all”)

40. B – more reliable (comparative, “than the old”)

41. B – error (best) (between two items → use better, not best)

42. B – fewer (countable “complications”)

43. B – most (superlative, “this is the ___ serious”)

44. B – more complicated (comparative, “than the first”)

45. B – most compassionate (superlative, “of all”)

46. A – less (uncountable “drowsiness”)

47. C – the taller (comparative with “of the two”)

48. A – more stable (comparative, “than yesterday”)

49. B – most (superlative, “this is the ___ effective”)

50. C – better (correct irregular comparative form)

 

26rh Day 16th Topic Most Useful Tricks and High-Yield Strategies for Irregular Verbs (e.g., begin/began/begun)

 26rh Day 16th Topic 

Most Useful Tricks and High-Yield Strategies for Irregular Verbs (e.g., begin/began/begun)

ATI TEAS Version 7 — Conventions of Standard English

Unlike regular verbs that add -ed, irregular verbs change form in unpredictable ways. TEAS questions test your ability to choose the correct principal part (present, past, past participle) based on sentence tense and helper verbs (have, has, had, be).

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🔑 Trick #1: Know the 3 Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs

Every irregular verb has three forms:

Form	Name	When to use	Example (begin)
begin	Base / Present	Happens now / I, you, we, they + base; he/she/it + begins	I begin work at 8 AM.
began	Simple Past	Happened and finished in the past (no helper)	She began the test yesterday.
begun	Past Participle	Used with have, has, had (perfect tenses) or passive voice	They have begun the procedure.

✅ TEAS Trick: If you see have or has or had + a past tense verb (like began), it is wrong. Past participles (begun) must follow have/has/had.

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🧠 Trick #2: The TEAS “Top 30” Irregular Verbs

These appear most frequently on TEAS. Grouped by pattern for easier memorization.

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Group 1: Vowel Change Only (i → a → u)

Base	Past	Past Participle	Memory Hook
begin	began	begun	begin today, began yesterday, have begun
drink	drank	drunk	drink → drank → drunk
ring	rang	rung	ring → rang → rung
sing	sang	sung	sing → sang → sung
sink	sank	sunk	sink → sank → sunk
swim	swam	swum	swim → swam → swum

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Group 2: Vowel Change + -en

Base	Past	Past Participle
drive	drove	driven
ride	rode	ridden
rise	rose	risen
write	wrote	written
speak	spoke	spoken
steal	stole	stolen
freeze	froze	frozen

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Group 3: No Change

cut / cut / cut
put / put / put
set / set / set
hit / hit / hit
hurt / hurt / hurt
let / let / let
cost / cost / cost

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Group 4: Same Past & Past Participle

bring → brought → brought
buy → bought → bought
catch → caught → caught
teach → taught → taught
think → thought → thought
fight → fought → fought
keep → kept → kept
sleep → slept → slept
feel → felt → felt
leave → left → left
meet → met → met
read → read → read

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Group 5: Base = Past Participle

come → came → come
become → became → become
run → ran → run

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Group 6: Completely Different Forms

go → went → gone
be → was/were → been
see → saw → seen
do → did → done
eat → ate → eaten
fly → flew → flown
grow → grew → grown
know → knew → known
throw → threw → thrown
draw → drew → drawn
wear → wore → worn
tear → tore → torn

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🚨 Trick #3: The “Have/Has/Had” Rule – TEAS #1 Trap

If you see have, has, or had before a verb → MUST use past participle.

❌ Wrong	✅ Correct
have began	have begun
has drank	has drunk
had went	had gone
have ate	have eaten
has saw	has seen

✅ TEAS Trick: have/has/had = always past participle form

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🪤 Trick #4: Passive Voice Trap

Passive voice = be + past participle

❌ Wrong	✅ Correct
was sang	was sung
was broke	was broken
was wrote	was written
was ate	was eaten

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🎯 Trick #5: Common TEAS Distractors

Base	❌ Wrong	✅ Correct
begin	have began	have begun
drink	have drank	have drunk
go	have went	have gone
see	have saw	have seen
do	have did	have done
eat	have ate	have eaten
write	have wrote	have written
fly	have flew	have flown

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🧩 Trick #6: Mnemonics

• U Group → drunk, sung, rung, sunk, swum, begun
• N/EN Group → written, driven, eaten, gone, seen, done
• No Change → cut, put, set
• -ought/-aught → brought, bought, caught, taught, thought

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⚡ Trick #7: Quick Tense Identification

Clue words	Tense	Form
now, always	Present	base/s/es
yesterday, ago	Past	past form
have/has/had	Perfect	past participle
was/were	Passive	past participle

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📝 TEAS-Style Example Questions

1.

The patient ______ drinking fluids since yesterday morning.
A) has not began
B) has not begun
C) did not began
D) not began

✅ Answer: B

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2.

By the time the nurse arrived, the medication ______ already ______.
A) was / took
B) has / taken
C) had / taken
D) had / took

✅ Answer: C

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3.

The wound ______ closed with surgical glue.
A) was
B) were
C) be
D) is being

✅ Answer: A

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⚡ FINAL TEAS SUMMARY RULE

If you remember only this:

• have/has/had → past participle
• no helper verb → simple past
• be verb → passive participle
• irregular verbs never follow -ed rule

Practice Questions 1–50

ATI TEAS Version 7 – Irregular Verbs (Begin/Began/Begun Style)

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1. By the time the surgeon arrived, the team ______ the procedure.

A) has began
B) had began
C) had begun
D) has begun

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2. The patient ______ all of the prescribed medication yesterday.

A) has taken
B) took
C) taken
D) had took

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3. If the nurse ______ the dosage correctly, the reaction could have been prevented.

A) had calculated
B) has calculated
C) calculated
D) would have calculate

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4. The lab results ______ not yet been reviewed by the attending physician.

A) have
B) has
C) is
D) was

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5. She ______ to the clinic every day last week.

A) has driven
B) drove
C) driven
D) had drove

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6. The medication ______ to be ineffective in the latest trial.

A) has proved
B) has proven
C) proved
D) all of the above

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7. The infection ______ rapidly before antibiotics were administered.

A) has spread
B) had spread
C) had spred
D) spreaded

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8. Which sentence uses the correct verb form?

A) The nurse has wrote the progress note.
B) The nurse written the progress note.
C) The nurse has written the progress note.
D) The nurse did wrote the progress note.

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9. The patient’s condition ______ significantly since admission.

A) have improved
B) has improved
C) has improve
C) have improve

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10. The researcher ______ the same protocol for ten years.

A) has followed
B) have followed
C) has follow
D) have follow

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11. The team ______ the data before the principal investigator arrived.

A) has already analyzed
B) had already analyzed
C) had already analyze
D) has already analyze

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12. Which sentence is correct?

A) The patient had drank water before the test.
B) The patient had drunk water before the test.
C) The patient had dranked water before the test.
D) The patient has drank water before the test.

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13. The students ______ all of the required readings by Friday.

A) have completed
B) has completed
C) have complete
D) has complete

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14. The wound ______ closed with three sutures.

A) was
B) were
C) have been
D) are

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15. The surgeon ______ that the procedure was successful.

A) has say
B) has said
C) have said
D) said

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16. By the end of the shift, the nurse ______ five patients.

A) has seen
B) had saw
C) had seen
D) have seen

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17. Which sentence uses the correct irregular verb form?

A) The medication has began to take effect.
B) The medication has begun to take effect.
C) The medication begun to take effect.
D) The medication has begin to take effect.

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18. The patient had ______ from the fever by the third day.

A) recovered
B) recover
C) recovers
D) recovering

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19. The nurse realized she ______ the IV line incorrectly.

A) had placed
B) has placed
C) had place
D) has place

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20. The symptoms ______ after the first dose of antibiotics.

A) has resolved
B) have resolved
C) have resolve
D) has resolve

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21. The patient ______ to the emergency department three times this month.

A) has came
B) has come
C) have came
D) had came

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22. Which sentence is grammatically correct?

A) The nurse has went home early today.
B) The nurse has gone home early today.
C) The nurse have went home early today.
D) The nurse had went home early today.

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23. The research team ______ their findings last month.

A) has presented
B) have presented
C) presented
D) had presented

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24. The patient had never ______ an allergic reaction before.

A) experienced
B) experience
C) experiences
D) experiencing

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25. The surgeon ______ the operation by 10 AM.

A) has began
B) had began
C) had begun
D) have begun

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26. The nurse ______ the medication error immediately.

A) has reported
B) reported
C) had reported
D) have reported

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27. Which sentence correctly uses the past participle?

A) The patient has ran a fever for three days.
B) The patient has run a fever for three days.
C) The patient has runned a fever for three days.
D) The patient had ran a fever for three days.

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28. The students ______ the simulation lab before the instructor arrived.

A) had set up
B) had setted up
C) has set up
D) have set up

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29. The medication ______ stored at room temperature.

A) should be
B) should have
C) should been
D) should being

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30. The nurse ______ the patient’s vital signs every four hours.

A) have checked
B) has checked
C) checked
D) had checked

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31. Which sentence uses the correct irregular verb form?

A) The doctor has drank coffee all morning.
B) The doctor has drunk coffee all morning.
C) The doctor have drunk coffee all morning.
D) The doctor had drank coffee all morning.

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32. By the time the paramedics arrived, the patient ______ consciousness.

A) has lost
B) had lost
C) have lost
D) lost

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33. The research study ______ published in the journal last year.

A) was
B) were
C) has been
D) have been

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34. The nurse ______ the wound before applying the dressing.

A) had cleansed
B) has cleansed
C) cleansed
D) all of the above are correct depending on context

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35. The patient admitted that he ______ the medication for two days.

A) had not took
B) had not taken
C) has not took
D) did not took

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36. The guidelines ______ recently updated.

A) has been
B) have been
C) is being
D) was being

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37. Which sentence is correct?

A) The team has chose the new protocol.
B) The team has chosen the new protocol.
C) The team have chose the new protocol.
D) The team chose – all are correct except C.

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38. The patient’s white blood cell count ______ elevated for one week.

A) has been
B) have been
C) are being
D) were being

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39. The nurse realized that she ______ the wrong medication.

A) had gave
B) had given
C) has gave
D) have given

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40. The patient had never ______ surgery before.

A) underwent
B) undergone
C) underwent
D) have undergone

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41. Which sentence correctly uses the simple past tense?

A) The patient has fallen yesterday.
B) The patient fell yesterday.
C) The patient had fallen yesterday.
D) The patient has fell yesterday.

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42. The medical record ______ signed by the attending physician.

A) was
B) were
C) have been
D) are

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43. The nurse ______ the patient’s family about the test results.

A) has spoken
B) has spoke
C) have spoken
D) had spoke

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44. The pharmacy technician ______ the medication before the rush began.

A) had already prepared
B) has already prepared
C) already prepared
D) all of the above are correct depending on context

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45. Which sentence uses the past participle correctly?

A) The patient has wrote a note.
B) The patient has written a note.
C) The patient wrote a note – all are correct except A.
D) The patient written a note.

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46. The infection control measures ______ effective in reducing transmission.

A) has proven
B) have proven
C) has been proven
D) is proven

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47. The nurse ______ the patient’s arm before inserting the IV.

A) has cleaned
B) cleaned
C) had cleaned
D) all are correct depending on tense needed

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48. The patient reported that she ______ the same symptoms previously.

A) has experienced
B) had experienced
C) experienced
D) all could be correct depending on timeline

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49. Which sentence contains an error in verb form?

A) The surgeon has begun the procedure.
B) The nurse has drunk water from the fountain.
C) The patient has ran a marathon before.
D) The medication has been administered.

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50. The research team ______ three different trials over the past decade.

A) has conducted
B) have conducted
C) conducted
D) all of the above could be correct depending on context and collective noun agreement

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🧾 ANSWER KEY (WITH BRIEF EXPLANATIONS)

1 C – had + past participle
2 B – simple past
3 A – conditional past perfect
4 A – plural subject implied (“results have”)
5 B – simple past
6 D – multiple correct uses depending on meaning
7 B – past perfect correct form
8 C – has + written (correct participle)
9 B – has improved correct
10 A – singular subject
11 B – past perfect correct order
12 B – had + drunk (correct participle)
13 A – plural subject
14 A – passive singular
15 B – has said correct participle
16 C – had seen correct
17 B – begun correct participle
18 A – recovered correct
19 A – past perfect correct
20 B – plural subject
21 B – has come correct
22 B – correct auxiliary usage
23 C – simple past (specific time: last month)
24 A – correct past participle form not needed here
25 C – had begun correct
26 B – simple past
27 B – correct participle
28 A – had set up correct
29 A – passive structure
30 B – subject singular (nurse)
31 B – has drunk correct
32 B – past perfect
33 A – simple past passive context
34 C – all forms possible depending on tense
35 B – correct participle
36 B – plural subject
37 B – correct participle chosen
38 A – singular subject
39 B – had given correct
40 B – undergone correct
41 B – simple past correct
42 A – passive singular
43 A – correct participle
44 A – past perfect correct
45 B – correct participle
46 B – plural subject
47 C – past perfect most accurate
48 B – best past perfect option
49 C – error: “has ran” ❌ → ran
50 B – collective noun plural usage acceptable