Degrees of Comparison – ESL Grammar Exercise

Fill in the blanks. This grammar exercise tests your ability to use appropriate degrees of comparison.

1. She is not ...................................... she looks.

so old as

as old as

Either could be used here

Correct! Wrong!

2. She is .............................. you think.

older than

so older than

as older as

Correct! Wrong!

3. The journey took .............................. we expected.

longer than

as longer as

longer then

Correct! Wrong!

4. She sings ............................. me.

better than

as better as

better then

Correct! Wrong!

5. I don't sing .................................. her.

Please select 2 correct answers

as well as

as good as

so well as

Correct! Wrong!

6. She doesn't work ..................................... I do.

as hard as

more hard as

as harder as

Correct! Wrong!

7. This seems .............................. that.

as better as

better than

better then

Correct! Wrong!

8. I work ............................... her.

harder than

harder then

so harder as

Correct! Wrong!

9. She doesn't work here ...............................

Please select 2 correct answers

any more

any long

any longer

Correct! Wrong!

10. We are ............................. good friends.

no longer

any longer

no more

Correct! Wrong!

11. She earns ............................... I do.

less than

lesser than

little than

Correct! Wrong!

12. She was ................................ we thought.

younger than

as younger as

as younger than

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

1. She is not as old as she looks.

2. She is older than you think.

3. The journey took longer than we expected.

4. She sings better than me.

5. I don’t sing as well as her.

6. She doesn’t work as hard as I do.

7. This seems better than that.

8. I work harder than her.

9. She doesn’t work here any more / any longer.

10. We are no longer good friends.

11. She earns less than I do.

12. She was younger than we thought.