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Degrees of comparison exercise 1.Complete the following sentences. 1. No other boy is as ……………………. as James. (tall / taller / tallest) 2. Milk is ………………….. than any other food. (nourishing / more nourishing / most nourishing) 3. Radium is one of the ……………………… metals. (valuable / more valuable / most valuable) 4. Few English poets were as ……………………. as Wordsworth. (great / greater / greatest) 5. Shimla is ………………….. than most other hill stations in India. (famous / more famous / most famous) 6. Gold is one of the ……………………. metals. (precious / more precious / most precious) 7. Solomon was …………………… than any other king. (wise / wiser / wisest) 8. Few historians write as ………………….. as Macaulay. (well / better /best) 9. Very few books are as ……………………. as David Copperfield. (popular / more popular / most popular) 10. A train is …………………. than a car. (fast / faster / fastest) 2. Complete with a superlative adjective and all the necessary words. 1. London is ...................................... (large) city in England. 2. Cheetahs are ................................ (fast) animals in the world. 3. Whales are ..................................... (big) animals. 4. San Francisco is ......................................... (beautiful) city in the United States. 5. Summer is .......................................(good) season of the year.



3.Complete the following sentences using the correct degree of the adjective given in the brackets. 1. My brother’s handwriting is …………………….. (bad) mine. 2. Health is …………………….. wealth. (important) 3. Blood is …………………… water. (thick) 4. Everest is …………………….. peak in the world. (high) 5. This is ……………………. play I have ever heard on the radio. (interesting) 6. Susie is …………………………. of all the four sisters. (beautiful) 7. The planet Mars is ……………………. from the earth than the satellite Moon. (far) 8. The elephant is ………………….. animal in the world. (large) 9. An ocean is certainly ……………………… a sea. (big) 10. I am …………………… in cricket than in football. (interested) 4.Fill in the blanks with the correct form of word in the bracket. 1) I think the parrot is the ____________ bird in the whole world.(clever) 2) My puppy is ____________ than my cousin’s puppy.(big) 3) This road is as ____________ as the highway.(wide) 4) Mount Everest is the ____________ peak in the world. (high) 5) This book is ____________ than a dictionary.(thin) 6) I find walking to school ____________ than going by bus.(good) 7) India is not as ____________ as Africa.(hot) 8) My little sister is the ____________ in the family.(short) 9) Her hands were as ____________ as ice.(cold) 10) The roads in Australia are much ____________ than these roads.(clean)



4. Put the adjectives in the correct form (comparative, superlative): 1. Her dress is (pretty) ....................................................... than mine. 2. Cheetahs are (fast) ........................................ animals we can find. 3. Eating fruit and vegetables is (healthy) ...................... than eating hot dogs. 4. I like milk (good) .......................... than coffee. 5. China has (many) ........................... people than any other country in the world. 6. The blue whale is (heavy) ................................ animal in the world. 7. Which is (big) ........................., Portugal or Spain? 8. Travelling by plane is (comfortable) ............................ than travelling by car. 9. He is (untidy) ......................................... person in class. 10 Buying things from plastic is (bad) .....................than buying things from recycled paper. 11. The Nile is (long) ........................... river in the world. 12. In Mark’s opinion History is (difficult) .................................... than Geography. However, it is (interesting) ......................................... 13. Antarctica is one of (cold) ................................... places on Earth. 14. Greece is (hot) ................................ than England. 15. Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s (pretty) ............................... of them all? 16. Elvis Presley is one of (popular) ................................. rock singers ever. 17. Jenny is (tall) .................................than Alice even though she is (young) .............................. 18. Switzerland is one of (rich) ...............................countries in the world. 19. People in Africa are the (poor) ................................ in the world. 20. Alexander the Great was a (good) ................................ leader than Xerxes.