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.
1The coat was ............... than I thought.
Wrong!
Use the comparative form "more expensive" before "than".
2Canada is bigger ............... India.
Wrong!
Use "than" after a comparative adjective.
3He is not ............... his brother.
Wrong!
Use "as successful as" in this negative comparison of equality.
4Greenland is ............... island in the world.
Wrong!
Use "the largest" for a superlative before a noun.
5You are ............... person I have met.
Wrong!
Use "the most interesting" for a superlative before a noun.
6This is ............... film I have ever watched.
Wrong!
Use "the best" for a superlative before a noun.
7There are two steaks on the plate. I am not very hungry, so I will give you the ............... steak.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "bigger" and "biggest" can refer to the larger of the two steaks here.
8This is ............... carpet I have seen.
Wrong!
Use "the dirtiest" for a superlative before a noun.
9She solved the puzzle ............... than everybody else.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "quicker" and "more quickly" can compare how she solved the puzzle.
10I would be ............... if I had more chin.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "more good-looking" and "better-looking" are acceptable comparatives of "good-looking".
11Thank you very much. That was ............... of you.
Wrong!
Here "most kind" means "very kind" in a polite expression.
12You are ............... your mother than your father.
Wrong!
Use "more like" to compare similarity between two people.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- The coat was more expensive than I thought.
- Canada is bigger than India.
- He is not as successful as his brother.
- Greenland is the largest island in the world.
- You are the most interesting person I have met.
- This is the best film I have ever watched.
- There are two steaks on the plate. I am not very hungry, so I will give you the bigger / biggest steak.
- This is the dirtiest carpet I have seen.
- She solved the puzzle quicker / more quickly than everybody else.
- I would be more good-looking / better-looking if I had more chin.
- Thank you very much. That was most kind of you.
- You are more like your mother than your father.
