Fill in the blanks. This grammar exercise tests your ability to use appropriate degrees of comparison.
1She is not ............... she looks.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
In a negative comparison, "so old as" and "as old as" are both correct.
2She is ............... you think.
Wrong!
Use the comparative "older than"; "old" is a short adjective, so it takes -er, not "more".
3The journey took ............... we expected.
Wrong!
Use "longer than" to compare the actual length of the journey with our expectation; "long" takes -er, not "more".
4She sings ............... me.
Wrong!
Use the irregular comparative adverb phrase "better than" to compare her singing with mine.
5I don't sing ............... her.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
In a negative comparison, "as well as" and "so well as" are both correct.
6She doesn't work ............... I do.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
In a negative comparison of equal effort, "as hard as" and "so hard as" are both correct.
7This seems ............... that.
Wrong!
Use the irregular comparative "better than" to make a comparative judgment between two things.
8I work ............... her.
Wrong!
Use "harder than" to compare my effort with hers; "hard" takes -er, not "more".
9She doesn't work here ...............
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
At the end of this negative sentence, "any more" and "any longer" both mean the situation has stopped.
10We are ............... good friends.
Wrong!
Use "no longer" before "good friends" to show that the situation has ended.
11She earns ............... I do.
Wrong!
Use "less than" to compare a smaller amount of money earned.
12She was ............... we thought.
Wrong!
Use "younger than" to compare her real age with what we thought; "young" takes -er, not "more".
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Answers
- She is not so old as / as old as she looks.
- She is older than you think.
- The journey took longer than we expected.
- She sings better than me.
- I don’t sing as well as / so well as her.
- She doesn’t work as hard as / so hard as I do.
- This seems better than that.
- I work harder than her.
- She doesn’t work here any more / any longer
- We are no longer good friends.
- She earns less than I do.
- She was younger than we thought.