Fill in the blanks with an appropriate comparative expression.
1We have got ............... expensive clothes for the fuller figure.
Wrong!
Use "less" before a long adjective to make a lower comparative.
2We are going ...............
Wrong!
Use "more and more slowly" to show a gradual change in speed.
3............... now own a car.
Wrong!
Use "More and more families" to show that the number is increasing.
4You are getting ...............
Wrong!
Use "fatter and fatter" because short adjectives usually take the comparative ending.
5The more he works, ...............
Wrong!
Use "the less he earns" to complete the pattern "the + comparative, the + comparative".
6The population of China is greater than ...............
Wrong!
Use "that of India" to compare China's population with India's population.
7Who is ............... person ever to climb Mt. Everest?
Wrong!
Use "the youngest" because a superlative normally needs "the" before a noun.
8She is the brightest student ............... the class.
Wrong!
Use "in" with a superlative when the group is a place or organization such as a class.
9She was the nicest person ............... them all.
Wrong!
Use "of" with a superlative before a plural group such as "them all".
10She earns more than ...............
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "me" and "I do" are acceptable after "than" in this comparison.
11She looks ............... than her daughter.
Wrong!
Use "no older" to mean not any older in this comparison.
12This restaurant is ............... than that restaurant.
Wrong!
Use "a little less expensive" because "a little" can modify a comparative phrase.
Answers
- We have got less expensive clothes for the fuller figure.
- We are going more and more slowly
- More and more families now own a car.
- You are getting fatter and fatter
- The more he works, the less he earns
- The population of China is greater than that of India
- Who is the youngest person ever to climb Mt. Everest?
- She is the brightest student in the class.
- She was the nicest person of them all.
- She earns more than me / I do
- She looks no older than her daughter.
- This restaurant is a little less expensive than that restaurant.