Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives

Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives

Gap-fill exercise

Complete the following sentences with the correct comparative and superlative forms of the words listed below.

I.Complete the following sentences with the correct comparative form of the words listed below.

bad, important, crowded, good, high, heavy, convenient, difficult, cheap, expensive, quiet, easy, thin, healthy, dangerous, cold

1. In Canada, January is than March.
2. I think that good health is than money.
3. I can’t carry my suitcase. It’s much than yours.
4. I can afford to buy a new bike but not a new car. A car is than a bike.
5. You look than the last time I saw you. Have you lost weight?
6. I couldn’t get a seat in the restaurant. It was than usual.
7. Mountains are than hills.
8. He got a very good mark on his exam. The exam was than he had expected.
9. You should go to the doctor. Your cold is than it was a few days ago.
10. There is a lot of crime in the big cities. They are than the small town where I live.
11. I don’t understand this lesson. It is than the last one we did.
12. I can’t study in this room. It’s too noisy. I’m going to find a place.
13. Our apartment is far from everything. We want to move to a more convenient location.
14. Orange juice is than Coke.
15. The store is having a great sale today. Most televisions are 25% than they were yesterday.
16. The doctor told me that I can go back to work if I feel tomorrow.


II. Complete the following sentences with the correct superlative form of the words listed below.

funny, high, delicious, easy, cold, boring, lucky, smart, dirty, rich, valuable, bad, large, cheap, long, scary

1. Yesterday was day of the year. I almost froze to death walking home from school!
2. That was movie I’ve ever seen. I almost walked out in the middle.
3. Please give me your recipe. That is cake I’ve ever eaten.
4. Jerry is student in our class. He gets the top grades in every course.
5. Bob told I'd ever heard last night. I couldn’t stop laughing.
6. Whales are the largest animals in the world.
7. The Nile is river in the world.
8. Marie is person I know. She has won the lottery four times!
9. He is speaker I have ever heard. Half the audience fell asleep during
his speech.
10. Mount Everest is mountain in the world.
11. That is painting in the art gallery. It’s worth a million dollars.
12. Bill Gates is one of men in the world.
13. I finished the exercise in five minutes. It was homework the teacher has ever given us.
14. Arthur hates to clean. He has apartment I’ve ever seen.
15. My dinner only cost $6.00. That must be restaurant in town.
16. I was afraid to turn off the lights last night. That was show I’ve ever watched.