• The adjective bad becomes worse or worst when it is used to compare. This TV show is bad, but that TV show is worse.
• Use worse to compare two people, places, or things. Missing an exam is worse than forgetting your homework.
• Use worst to compare more than two. I think purple is the worst of all the colors.
• The adjective bad becomes worse or worst when it is used to compare. This TV show is bad, but that TV show is worse.
• Use worse to compare two people, places, or things. Missing an exam is worse than forgetting your homework.
• Use worst to compare more than two. I think purple is the worst of all the colors.

Read this sentence. Then write a sentence using the words better or best about another attitude the colonists could have instead.
Answers will vary.
Smith knew that an attitude of every man for himself would endanger the colony.