Fill in the blanks.
1. It is ………………………….. book I have read.
Correct!
Wrong!
The superlative is used to compare one person or thing with the whole group to which he/she/it belongs.
2. You are ………………………….. than anyone I know.
Correct!
Wrong!
Use the comparative form in expressions with than.
3. She is younger than …………………………..
Correct!
Wrong!
Object pronouns are considered more appropriate than and as.
4. It was ten times …………………………… than I expected.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. He was ………………………… of all the runners.
Correct!
Wrong!
6. This is ………………………. than that.
Correct!
Wrong!
Less is the comparative form of little.
7. He plays ……………………… than anyone else in the team.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. My grandfather was one of the …………………………….. persons in my neighborhood.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. I have …………………………… interest in economics.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. He is ………………………… than stupid.
Correct!
Wrong!
When we compare two descriptions of the same person, comparatives with more are used.
11. I am …………………………….. mother in the world.
Correct!
Wrong!
12. That was ………………………….. of you.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- It is the best book I have read.
- You are more generous than anyone I know,
- She is younger than 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 in the team.
- My grandfather was one of the most influential persons 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.
