Adjectives and adverbs recognize three degrees of comparison – the positive, the comparative and the superlative.
In many cases, it is possible to express the same idea using any of the three forms. An example is given below.
Alice is as tall as Peter. (In this sentence we make a comparison with the positive adjective tall.)
The same idea can be expressed using the comparative adjective taller.
Peter is not taller than Alice.
Exercise
1My uncle is ............... than my father.
Wrong!
2China is ............... than any other country in the world.
Wrong!
3No other thing is ............... as education.
Wrong!
4America is ............... than most other countries in the world.
Wrong!
5No other grain is ............... as wheat.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
6Few English novelists are ............... as Dickens.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/6
Answers
- My uncle is richer than my father.
- China is more populated than any other country in the world.
- No other thing is as important as education.
- America is richer than most other countries in the world.
- No other grain is as nutritious/more nutritious as wheat.
- Few English novelists are as popular as Dickens.
