This grammar exercise tests your ability to use various comparative structures. Fill in the blanks.
1. She is ....................... older than him.
We can use much to modify comparatives.
2. She is ........................... brilliant student in the class.
We use the before the superlatives.
3. The journey is as important ............................... the destination.
To say that two things are equal or similar, we use the construction as....as...
4. He is ............................... successful than me.
More successful is the comparative term. We can use much to modify comparatives.
5. It is more expensive ............................. I thought.
Than is the conjunction used in comparative structures.
6. She is ................................. woman I have ever seen.
7. I can't walk any .............................
Both further and farther can be used to talk about distance.
8. This fabric is inferior ................................. that fabric.
After superior and inferior, we use 'to' not 'than'.
9. Who is the ............................. of the two sisters?
When a group has just two people, we use the comparative instead of the superlative.
10. Your accent is ............................. than mine.
Worse is the comparative form of bad.
11. The car is running .............................. since it had a service.
More smoothly is the comparative form of smoothly.
12. She earns …………………………. than I do.
Less is the comparative form of little.
Answers
1. She is much older than him.
2. She is the most brilliant student in the class.
3. The journey is as important as the destination.
4. He is much more successful than me.
5. It is more expensive than I thought.
6. She is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen.
7. I can’t walk any farther / further.
8. This fabric is inferior to that fabric.
9. Who is the prettier of the two sisters?
10. Your accent is worse than mine.
11. The car is running more smoothly since it had a service.
12. She earns less money than I do.
