Fill in the blanks with an adjective of the appropriate degree of comparison.
1This color is ............... than that color.
Wrong!
Use "darker" to compare two colors with "than".
2She is ............... than you.
Wrong!
Use "smarter" to compare two people with "than".
3She earns ............... money in my family.
Wrong!
Use "the most" for the superlative form before a noun.
4The day my daughter was born is the ............... day of my life.
Wrong!
Use "happiest" after "the" to describe the highest degree.
5I was ............... today than yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "busier" to compare today with yesterday.
6She is ............... than her sister.
Wrong!
Use "more generous" to compare two people with "than".
7The task was ............... difficult than I thought.
Wrong!
Use "less" before an adjective to make a negative comparison.
8She is ............... of the four girls.
Wrong!
Use "the prettiest" to compare one person with a group of four.
9Iron is ............... useful metal.
Wrong!
Use "the most" for the superlative form before "useful metal".
10She is not as ............... as her sisters.
Wrong!
Use "rich" in the pattern "not as... as".
11She speaks English ............... than me.
Wrong!
Use "better" as the comparative adverb before "than".
12All of them are nice, but she is ...............
Wrong!
Use "the nicest" to show the highest degree in the group.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- This color is darker than that color.
- She is smarter than you.
- She earns the most money in my family.
- The day my daughter was born is the happiest day of my life.
- I was busier today than yesterday.
- She is more generous than her sister.
- The task was less difficult than I thought.
- She is the prettiest of the four girls.
- Iron is the most useful metal.
- She is not as rich as her sisters.
- She speaks English better than me.
- All of them are nice, but she is the nicest
