1He is ............... runner of them all.
Wrong!
Use "the fastest" for the superlative when comparing one runner with the whole group.
2Susie and Janet are both pretty girls, but I think Susie is ............... of the two.
Wrong!
Use "the prettier" when comparing one of two people in this structure.
3Can you talk ...............?
Wrong!
Use "more slowly" as the comparative form of the adverb "slowly".
4Can you come ...............?
Wrong!
Use "earlier" as the comparative form of the adverb "early".
5That was ............... kind of you.
Wrong!
Use "most" without "the" here to mean "very".
6She is ............... her father than her mother.
Wrong!
Use "more like" to compare similarity between two people.
7She looks just ............... her mother.
Wrong!
Use "like" before the noun phrase "her mother".
8He fought ............... a lion.
Wrong!
Use "like" before the noun phrase "a lion".
9I get up at 5:30 ............... my mother does.
Wrong!
Use "as" before the clause "my mother does".
10He looks ............... younger than her.
Wrong!
Use "much" to modify the comparative adjective "younger".
11She is ............... woman I have ever known.
Wrong!
Use "the best" as the superlative form before "woman I have ever known".
12Mandarin is ............... more difficult than Hindi.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "much" or "far" to modify the comparative phrase "more difficult".
Answers
- He is the fastest runner of them all.
- Susie and Janet are both pretty girls, but I think Susie is the prettier of the two.
- Can you talk more slowly?
- Can you come earlier?
- That was most kind of you.
- She is more like her father than her mother.
- She looks just like her mother.
- He fought like a lion.
- I get up at 5:30 as my mother does.
- He looks much younger than her.
- She is the best woman I have ever known.
- Mandarin is much / far more difficult than Hindi.
