This grammar exercise tests your ability to use comparative and superlative forms of adjectives.
English adjectives recognize three degrees:
- Positive
- Comparative
- Superlative
All three of these forms can be used to compare people and things.
Exercise
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate form of the adjective or adverb.
Answers
1. The coat was more expensive than I thought.
2. Canada is bigger than India.
3. He is not as successful as his brother.
4. Greenland is the largest island in the world.
5. You are the most interesting person I have met.
6. This is the best film I have ever watched.
7. I am not very hungry so I will give you the bigger / biggest steak.
8. This is the dirtiest carpet I have seen.
9. She solved the puzzle quicker / more quickly than everybody else.
10. I would be better-looking / more good-looking if I had more chin.
11. Thank you very much. That was most kind of you.
12. You are more like your mother than your father.
