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!
We use the comparative form of the adjective before than.
2Canada is ............... India.
Wrong!
Adjectives of one or two syllables form their comparative forms by adding -er to the positive adjective.
3He is not ............... his brother.
Wrong!
When we make comparisons using the positive adjective, we use the structure as...as...
4Greenland is ............... island in the world.
Wrong!
The superlative adjective is used when we compare one thing with the group to which it belongs.
5You are ............... person I have met.
Wrong!
6This is ............... film I have ever watched.
Wrong!
Here we are comparing one film with all the films, and therefore a superlative adjective is used.
7I am not very hungry so I will give you the ............... steak.
Wrong!
When a group has only two members, we can use either the comparative or the superlative; however, the comparative is considered more appropriate here.
8This is ............... carpet I have seen.
Wrong!
9She solved the puzzle ............... than everybody else.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Either quicker or more quickly is possible here.
10I would be ............... if I had more chin.
Wrong!
Some compound adjectives like good-looking have two possible comparatives.
11Thank you very much. That was ............... of you.
Wrong!
Most can be used with adjectives to mean 'very'. So the sentence 'That was most kind of you' means 'That was very kind of you'.
12You are ............... your mother than your father.
Wrong!
'Like' always has more and most.
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.
- I am not very hungry so I will give you the Either could be used here steak.
- This is the dirtiest carpet I have seen.
- She solved the puzzle quicker/more quickly than everybody else.
- I would be Either could be used here if I had more chin.
- Thank you very much. That was most kind of you.
- You are more like your mother than your father.
