This grammar exercise tests your ability to use various comparative structures. Fill in the blanks.
1She is ............... older than him.
Wrong!
Use "much" to make the comparative adjective "older" stronger.
2She is ............... brilliant student in the class.
Wrong!
Use "the most" before a long adjective to make a superlative.
3The journey is as important ............... the destination.
Wrong!
Use "as" to complete the equality pattern "as important as".
4He is ............... successful than me.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "much more" and "more" correctly form a comparison with "successful".
5It is more expensive ............... I thought.
Wrong!
Use "than" after the comparative phrase "more expensive".
6She is ............... woman I have ever seen.
Wrong!
Use "the most beautiful" as the superlative form before a singular noun.
7I can't walk any ...............
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "farther" and "further" can refer to physical distance here.
8This fabric is inferior ............... that fabric.
Wrong!
Use "to" after "inferior" in this comparison.
9Who is the ............... of the two sisters?
Wrong!
Use "prettier" because the sentence compares two sisters.
10Your accent is ............... than mine.
Wrong!
Use "worse" as the comparative form of "bad".
11The car is running ............... since it had a service.
Wrong!
Use "more smoothly" as the comparative adverb form.
12She earns ............... than I do.
Wrong!
Use "less money" because "money" is treated as an uncountable noun.
Answers
- She is much older than him.
- She is the most brilliant student in the class.
- The journey is as important as the destination.
- He is much more / more successful than me.
- It is more expensive than I thought.
- She is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen.
- I can’t walk any farther / further.
- This fabric is inferior to that fabric.
- Who is the prettier of the two sisters?
- Your accent is worse than mine.
- The car is running more smoothly since it had a service.
- She earns less money than I do.
