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Degrees Of Comparison

February 18, 2019 - pdf

Fill in the blanks with an adjective or adverb of the appropriate degree of comparison.

1. He is ……………………….. runner of them all.

Correct! Wrong!

The superlative is used to compare a person or thing with the whole group he/she/it belongs to.

2. Susie and Janet are both pretty girls, but I think Susie is …………………………….. of the two.

Correct! Wrong!

When a group has just two members, the comparative is used instead of the superlative.

3. Can you talk ……………………………..?

Correct! Wrong!

Comparative and superlative adverbs are usually made with more and most.

4. Can you come ………………………………?

Correct! Wrong!

Adverbs that have the same form as adjectives form their comparatives and superlatives with –er and –est.

5. That was ……………………………. kind of you.

Correct! Wrong!

When most means very, it is used without the.

6. She is ……………………………… her father than her mother.

Correct! Wrong!

The word like forms its comparatives and superlatives with more and most.

7. She looks just ………………………….. her mother.

Correct! Wrong!

We use like before a noun and as before a clause.

8. He fought …………………………. a lion.

Correct! Wrong!

9. I get up at 5.30 …………………………. my mother does.

Correct! Wrong!

We use like before a noun and as before a clause.

10. He looks …………………………….. younger than her.

Correct! Wrong!

We cannot use very to modify comparative adjectives.

11. She is ………………………….. woman I have ever known.

Correct! Wrong!

Superlatives are more common with words like ever.

12. Mandarin is …………………………….. more difficult than Hindi.

Please select 2 correct answers

Correct! Wrong!

Very cannot be used with comparatives.

Answers

1. He is the fastest runner of them all.

2. Susie and Janet are both pretty girls, but I think Susie is the prettier of the two.

3. Can you talk more slowly?

4. Can you come earlier?

5. That was most kind of you.

6. She is more like her father than her mother.

7. She looks just like her mother.

8. He fought like a lion.

9. I get up at 5.30 as my mother does.

10. He looks much younger than her.

11. She is the best woman I have ever known. 12. Mandarin is much / far more difficult than Hindi.

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