Does Fred feel weller/better today than he did yesterday?. The colder the weather gets, sicker/the sicker I feel.. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the adjectives or adve
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1 Of the four dresses, I like the red one (better/best)
2 Pil is the (happier/happiest) we know
3 Pat’s car is (faster/fastest) than Dan’s
4 This is the (creamier/creamiest) ice-cream I have had in a long time
5 This poster is (colourfuler/more colourful) than the one in the hall
6 Does Fred feel (weller/better) today than he did yesterday?
7 This vetgetable soup tastes very (good/best)
8 While trying to balance the baskets on her head, the woman walked
(awkawarder/more awkawardly her daughter)
9 Jane is the (less/least) athletic of all the women
10 My cat is the (prettier/prettiest) of the two
11 This summary is (the better/the best) of the pair
12 The colder the weather gets, (sicker/the sicker) I feel
13 Jim has as (few/fewer) opportinuties to play tennis as I have
14 That recipe calls for (many/much) more sugar than mine does
15 The museum is the (further/furthest) away of the three buildings
II Complete the sentences using the correct form of the adjectives or adverbs in brackets.
1 Mary is (pretty) _ as her sister
2 A new house is (expensive) _ than an old one
3 His job is (important) mine
4 Of the four ties, I like the red one (well) _
5 Nobody is (happy) _ Miss Snow
6 Today English is the (international) _ of language
7 John is much (strong) _ I though
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9 Bill is (good) than you thought
10 Mr Bush is the (delightful) _ person I have ever known
11 Dick is the (careful) _ of the three workers
12 Sam’s conduct is (bad) than Paul’s
13 Thanks to the progress of science, human life is (good) _ and (good)
14 Bill is (lazy) _ and (lazy) _
15 The teacher speaks English (fluently) _ than we do
16 These boys are (ill-prepared) _ for employment than my children
17 The competition makes the price of goods (cheap) _ and (cheap)
18 Charles is (hard-working) _ than Tom
19 Is this book (interesting) _ than the one you read last week?
20 Of the three boys, Harry is the (badly-bred)
III Complete the sentences using a comparative form
1 It is too noisy here Can we go somewhere _?
2 This coffee is very weak I like it a bit _
3 The hotel was surprisingly big I expected it to be _
4 The weather is too cold in this country I expected it to be _
5 My job is a bit boring, sometimes I’d like to do something
6 I was surprised how easy it was to use the computer I thought it would be
_
7 Your work isn’t very good I’m sure you can do _
8 Don’t worry The situation isn’t so bad It could be _
9 You’re talking very loudly Can you speak a bit _
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IV Complete each of the sentences with the comparative form of one of the
following words Use than when necessary.
1 I was feeling tired last night, so I went to bed usual
2 You look Have you lost weight?
3 I want a flat We don’t have enough space here
4 Health and happiness are money
5 There were a lot of people on the bus It was _ usual
6 I like living in the countryside It’s living in a town
7 You’ll find your way around the town _ if you have a good map
8 In some parts of the country, prices are _ in others
9 I’d like to have _ car The oe I’ve got keeps breaking down
10 Unfortunately, her illness was we thought at first
V Read the situations and complete the sentences Use a comparative form.
1 Yesterday the temperture was nine degrees Today it’s only six degrees
It’s _
2 The journey takes four hours by car and five hours by train
It takes _
3 Chris and Joe both did badly in the exam Chris got 20% but Joe only got 15%
Joe did _
4 I expected my friends to arrive at about 5 o’clock In fact, they arrived at 2:30
My friend _
5 We were very busy at work today WE are not as busy as that every day
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6 Jane cooks better than her sister
Jan’s sister _
7 Tom is the best football player in this team
Nobody in this team _
8 Nothing is faster than the speed of light
The speed of light _
9 Jack is younger than he looks
Jack isn’t
10 I didn’t spend as much money as you
You _
VI Complete the sentences, using double comparative form
1 It becomes _ to find a job (hard)
2 That hole in yout pullover is getting _ (big)
3 As I waited for my interview, I became _ (nervous)
4 AS the day went on, the weather got (bad)
5 As the conversation went on, he became (talkative)
VII Complete the sentences with than or as.
1 I can’t reach as high as you You’re taller _
2 He doesn’t know much I know more _
3 We were very surprised Nobody was more _
4 She’s not a very good player I’m a better
5 They’ve been very lucky I wish we were
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1 She is singer I’ve ever met
A worse B bad C the worst D badly
2 Mary is responsible as Peter
A more B the most C much D as
3 It is in the city than it is in the country
A noisily B more noisier C noisier D noisy
4 She sings ……… among the singers I have known
A the most beautiful B the more beautiful
C the most beautifully D the more beautifully
5 She is student in my class
A most hard-working B more hard-working
C the most hard-working D as hard-working
6 The English test was than I thought it would be
A the easier B more easy C easiest D easier
7 English is thought to be than Math
A harder B the more hard C hardest D the hardest
8 Jupiter is planet in the solar system
A the biggest B the bigger C bigger D biggest
9 She runs …… in my class
A the slowest B the most slow C the slowly D the most slowly
10 My house is hers
A cheap than B cheaper C more cheap than D cheaper than
11 Her office is away than mine
A father B more far C farther D farer
12 Tom is than David
A handsome B the more handsome
C more handsome D the most handsome
13 He did the test ……… I did
A as bad as B badder than C more badly than D worse than
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A slower B slowest C more slow D more slower
15 My new sofa is than the old one
A more comfortable B comfortably
C more comfortabler D comfortable
16 My sister dances ……… than me
A gooder B weller C better D more good
17 My bedroom is room in my house
A tidier than B the tidiest
C the most tidy D more tidier
18 This road is than that road
A narrower B narrow C the most narrow D more narrower
19 He drives …… his brother
A more careful than B more carefully
C more carefully than D as careful as
20 It was day of the year
A the colder B the coldest C coldest D colder