Fill in the blanks.
1It is ............... book I have read.
Wrong!
Use "the best" as the superlative form before a noun when comparing one book with all the others you have read.
2You are ............... than anyone I know.
Wrong!
Use "more generous" as the comparative form before "than".
3She is younger than ............... .
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "I" and "me" can be used after "than", though "me" is more common in informal speech.
4It was ten times ............... than I expected.
Wrong!
Use "more difficult" as the comparative form before "than".
5He was ............... of all the runners.
Wrong!
Use "the fastest" as the superlative form when comparing one runner with all the runners in the group.
6This is ............... than that.
Wrong!
Use "less expensive" as the comparative form before "than".
7He plays ............... than anyone else on the team.
Wrong!
Use "better" as the comparative adverb form of "well" before "than".
8My grandfather was one of the ............... people in my neighborhood.
Wrong!
Use "most influential" after "one of the" because the sentence refers to a person in a top group.
9I have ............... interest in economics.
Wrong!
Use "little" to mean a small amount of interest.
10He is ............... than stupid.
Wrong!
Use "more lazy" when comparing two qualities of the same person.
11I am ............... mother in the world.
Wrong!
Use "the happiest" as the superlative form with "in the world".
12That was ............... of you.
Wrong!
Use "most kind" here to mean "very kind" in a polite expression.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- It is the best book I have read.
- You are more generous than anyone I know.
- She is younger than I / me .
- It was ten times more difficult than I expected.
- He was the fastest of all the runners.
- This is less expensive than that.
- He plays better than anyone else on the team.
- My grandfather was one of the most influential people in my neighborhood.
- I have little interest in economics.
- He is more lazy than stupid.
- I am the happiest mother in the world.
- That was most kind of you.
