Exercise 8

Practice testExercise 1: Use the comparative forms of the adjectives given to complete the following sentences .Add than if necessary.. Good, interesting, important, fat, high, difficul

Practice test

Exercise 1: Use the comparative forms of the adjectives given to complete the following sentences Add than if necessary

Good, interesting, important, fat, high, difficult, lazy, interested, easy, old.

1.My exam results are good They are………last year

2 I think that speaking is………writing I don’t find speaking difficult

3 It is……… to be healthy than wealthy

4 Mount Everest is……… Mont Blanc

5 I am eating too much I am much ……….I was last month

6 This exercise is very easy Can you give me something……….?

7 My mother is 42 years old but my father’s much.……… … He’s 53 years old

8 Julietta never goes out She’s……… in studying for university

9 His first book was boring but this one is………

10 Robert is……… anyone I know He never lifts a finger to work

Exercise 2: Use the superlative forms of the adjectives given to complete the following sentences Add the if necessary.

High, rich, young, popular, good, easy, close, bad, boring, fast.

1 The economic results are very bad They are………for 5 years

2 I think that English is……….language to learn

3 He is………man in the universe He has more money than anyone else

4 Mount Everest is………mountain in the world

5 Sophia is…… … .in the school She can run a mile in under 4 minutes

6 This side is………site on the Web

7 Both my brother and my sister are older than me I am………

8 Mercury is very hot It is………planet to the Sun

9 This book bores me It is……….book I have ever read 10.A Roll-Royce is a very good car I think it ………… car in the world

Exercise 3: Fill in each gap with the correct form of the adjective in brackets to complete the following letter.

Dear Mum,

I’m having the……… (1.good) holiday of my life I’m in Honolulu, the capital of Hawaii, one of the………(2.lovely)islands in the North Pacific Ocean, Although it is……….(3.small)than our city, there seems to be……….(4.much)to do than in our city Moreover, the people here seem to be……… (5.friendly)than those on the other islands

I’m staying in the………(6.modern)hotel I have ever seen It’s large and cool It’s far………(7.comfortable)than any of the other hotels, and it’s even ……….(8.big)than the world famous Belton Hotel However , the prices here are

(9.expensive)than in other cities

………

The………(10.near)beach is……… (11.little) than

a hundred metres away and I can go swimming every morning

I miss you a lot I ‘ll be back in a week

Love,

Sarah

Exercise 4: Complete each of the following sentences in a such away that

it means the same as the sentences printed before it.

1.There weren’t as many people there as I had expected

There were………

2.Sarah is better at chemistry than Susan

Susan isn’t………

3.I don’t work so hard as my father does

My father works………

4.Color TV used to be much more expensive

Color TV isn’t………

5.Sam is the tallest student in my class

No one in my class is………

6.Going by train isn’t as convenient as going by car

Going by car is………

7.Today the weather is worse than yesterday

Yesterday the weather wasn’t………

8.Tom drives more carefully than Jim does

Jim doesn’t drive………

9.King Cobra in Thailand is the most poisonous animal

No animals are………

10.Sound travels more slowly than light does

Light doesn’t travel………

11.A car is more expensive than a motorbike

A motorbike isn’t………

12.She studied harder than her bother

Her brother didn’t………

13.She is a more careful driver than her husband

Her husband doesn’t………

14.Lan’s hair is brown and so is her mother’s

Lan’s hair is………