English Grammar?

Question

1) What are the comparative and superlative forms of "good-looking"? more good-looking or better-looking? and the most good-looking or the best-looking?
2) Which one's true?
a. Were there a pen and a book on the desk?
b. Was there a pen and a book on the desk?

Answer 1

better looking
best looking
and 2 B

Answer 2

The comparative form of "good" is not, "more good," it's "better"

The same goes for good-looking. the -looking part does not affect the forms of "good"

As for question 2, the answer is A. Think of it this way: Would you say, "There was a pen and a book on the table," or, "There were a pen and a book on the table?" Obviously you would say "There were," since the sentence contains a compound subject, i.e., pen AND book.

Answer 3

1) better-looking
best looking

2) Were a pen and a book on the desk?

Answer 4

Better Looking, B

Answer 5

1.
Better-looking
Best-looking

2.
B. Was there a pen and a book on the desk?

Say it out loud. "Were" sounds very silly.

Answer 6

better-looking
best-looking
Were a pen and a book on the desk? (drop the "there")

Answer 7

more good-looking and most good-looking...these people who wrote better and best are incorrect

A) Were because pen and book are compound subject meaning a plural subject, so you must use a plural were form

Answer 8

Better-looking, best-looking, and 2A (because the subject, pen and book, is plural, so you need the plural verb "were").

Answer 9

Better-looking and best-looking

the second is definitely b, because the desk is the subject, and it's singular.