SYLLABUS/TOPIC: Comparatives – Superlatives
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
After every 20 questions, the answers are provided.
1. It was ___ music I have ever heard.
A) more beautiful
B) less beautiful
C) the most beautiful
D) beautiful
E) most beautiful
2. It’s ___ powder I have ever used.
A) good
B) –
C) the best
D) best
E) better
3. John is ___ of all to act.
A) quickest
B) quick
C) -
D) quicker
E) the quickest
4. He is ___ strong ___ his brother.
A) as / like
B) similar / as
C) as / as
D) strong / than
E) so / as
5. English grammar is ___ than Russian one.
A) easy
B) easier
C) the easiest
D) as easy as
E) not so easy
6. I have ___ time than he does.
A) bigger
B) larger
C) most
D) less
E) least
7. This girl is ___ intelligent than the rest of the class.
A) most
B) the most
C) more
D) the more
E) much
8. Two heads are ___ than one.
A) good
B) bad
C) worse
D) worst
E) better
9. Alice came late, Philip came later, and Tony ___
A) latest
B) last
C) the latest
D) later
E) the last
10. Mark Twain, one of ___ and ___ American writers, lived in a small
town in his childhood.
A) greater / most popular
B) great / more popular
C) the greatest / most popular
D) more great / the most popular
E) most great / the popular
11. -Why didn’t you discuss this question yesterday?
-It was ___ important than the others.
A) little
B) least
C) the least
D) –
E) less
12. Your English is much ___ now. You’ve made___ mistakes this
time.
A) best / least
B) better / less
C) the best / less
D) good / less
E) best / the least
13. The Thames is ___ river in Great Britain.
A) the longest
B) long
C) longest
D) –
E) longer
14. Do you have ___ or ___ rain this autumn than the last one.
A) many / little
B) more / less
C) more / fewer
D) much / less
E) more / few
15. Please, tell me something ___ than this old joke.
A) interesting
B) less interesting
C) more interesting
D) the most interesting
E) the least interesting
16. This question is ___ than the first one, let’s discuss it tomorrow.
A) important
B) less important
C) the most important
D) the least important
E) -
17. Do you have ___ or ___ sunny days this summer?
A) more / few
B) many / less
C) much / little
D) more / less
E) many / few
18. We have ___ money than they have.
A) little
B) much
C) less
D) few
E) many
19. -Please, give me this bouquet of flowers. I think it is___ than the rest
ones.
-But it’s ___ .
-Never mind. I’ll buy it.
A) beautiful / expensive
B) more beautiful / more expensive
C) the most beautiful / most expensive
D) beautiful / most expensive
E) most beautiful / most expensive
20. Of the four girls Marcia is ___ .
A) prettiest
B) prettier
C) -
D) the prettiest
E) prettier
ANSWERS :
1-C
2-C
3-E
4-C
5-B
6-D
7-C
8-E
9-C
10-C
11-E
12-B
13-A
14-B
15-C
16-B
17-D
18-C
19-B
20-D
21. It’s ___ to go by car than by train.
A) cheap
B) cheaper
C) -
D) cheapest
E) the cheapest
22. It is much ___ to speak English than to understand
A) -
B) the most difficult
C) more difficult
D) difficult
E) most difficult
23. He’s ___ intelligent than my brother.
A) most
B) good
C) better
D) more
E) last
24. He is ___ among his classmates.
A) old
B) taller
C) the youngest
D) short
E) higher
25. This is ___ place I’ve ever seen.
A) dirty
B) the dirtiest
C) more dirty
D) dirtier
E) -
26. What is ___ crime than loss of time.
A) greater
B) greatest
C) great
D) –
E) most great
27. He came home in the ___ mood.
A) sun
B) sunniest
C) more sunny
D) much sunny
E) sunnier
28. False friend is ___ than open enemies.
A) worst
B) worse
C) the worst
D) –
E) bad
29. “Why do you always buy five loaves, no ___ and ___?”
A) many / little
B) less / fewer
C) more / much
D) more / less
E) most / less
30. It’s ___ in here than it is in the street.
A) hot
B) the hottest
C) -
D) hotter
E) hottest
31. Are the streets of London ___ or ___ than the streets of Belfast?
A) the narrowest / wider
B) narrow / wide
C) narrower / wider
D) more narrow / wide
E) most narrow / most wide
32. I make ___ mistakes now than last year.
A) few
B) fewer
C) -
D) the fewest
E) fewest
33. The weather is much ___ pleasant than it usually is at this time.
A) most
B) more
C) the most
D) little
E) -
34. To spend summer at the seaside is ___ pleasant than in the town.
A) –
B) less
C) the most
D) more
E) the least
35. It is ___ and ___ to live here than there.
A) warm / most pleasant
B) warmer / pleasant
C) warmest / pleasanter
D) warmer / more pleasant
E) warm / more pleasant
36. Are the streets ___ and ___ than they were some years ago ?
A) wide / cleaner
B) wider / cleanest
C) widest / cleaner
D) widest / cleanest
E) wider / cleaner
37. Lake Baikal is ___ lake in the world.
A) deeper
B) the deepest
C) deep
D) deepest
E) -
38. Many people think Scotland is ___ than England.
A) most beautiful
B) the least beautiful
C) least beautiful
D) more beautiful
E) beautiful
39. My luggage was ___ than my friend’s.
A) good
B) the best
C) many
D) less
E) the worst
40. Her love must be ___ than mine.
A) the deepest
B) most deep
C) deepest
D) deeper
E) deep
ANSWERS :
21-B
22-C
23-D
24-C
25-B
26-A
27-B
28-B
29-D
30-D
31-C
32-B
33-B
34-D
35-D
36-E
37-B
38-D
39-D
40-D
41. His plan is ___ practical of all.
A) –
B) more
C) much
D) the most
E) most
42. I think it is ___ beautiful landscape I’ve ever seen.
A) more
B) more
C) the most
D) the best
E) worst
43. Our garden is ___ than that of the neighbor’s.
A) little
B) the least
C) most difficult
D) the best
E) less
44. Which are ___ comfortable, sandals or tennis shoes?
A) most
B) little
C) more
D) much
E) any
45. In the second half, the team played ___ and the game ended in a
draw.
A) earliest
B) the worst
C) interesting
D) the most interesting
E) worse
46. Area of Brazil is ___ than that of England.
A) less
B) most
C) much
D) larger
E) many
47. He was ___ angry than I had expected.
A) most
B) more
C) much
D) better
E) good
48. Which question do you think is ___ difficult one?
A) –
B) much
C) more
D) the most
E) most
49. There is ___ milk in this jug than in that one.
A) most
B) the most
C) the least
D) little
E) less
50. The weather today is ___ than yesterday.
A) good
B) bad
C) fine
D) worse
E) the worst
51. Her version is ___ original than yours.
A) much
B) the most
C) more
D) many
E) the least
52. Mr. Smith liked his ___ son than others.
A) older
B) elder
C) the oldest
D) all
E) the eldest
53. Yesterday Camilla was ___ girl there.
A) happy
B) happiest
C) the happiest
D) –
E) happier
54. Traveling is ___ in summer than in winter.
A) interesting
B) more interesting
C) the most interesting
D) farther
E) largest
55. Which bird flies ___, the swallow or the gull?
A) –
B) fast
C) faster
D) the fastest
E) fastest
56. My clothes have never been ___ than this.
A) cleaner
B) cleanest
C) clean
D) –
E) the cleanest
57. My dress is ___ than yours, isn’t it?
A) long
B) –
C) the longest
D) longest
E) longer
58. Which is ___ country in the UK?
A) industrial
B) the most industrial
C) more industrial
D) most industrial
E) industrial
59. Do you speak English ___ than Spanish?
A) most fluently
B) fluent
C) rather fluent
D) fluently
E) more fluently
60. Margaret types ___ than Mary does.
A) fast
B) –
C) faster
D) the fastest
E) fastest
ANSWERS :
41-D
42-C
43-E
44-C
45-E
46-D
47-B
48-D
49-E
50-D
51-C
52-B
53-C
54-B
55-C
56-A
57-E
58-B
59-E
60-C
61. This chair is ___ comfortable than that one.
A) –
B) little
C) less
D) the least
E) least
62. Both of them are skiing very badly, but she is skiing even ___
than he is.
A) bad
B) –
C) worse
D) the worst
E) worst
63. The ___ you start, the ___ you’ll finish.
A) soon / more quickly
B) sooner / more quickly
C) sooner / quickly
D) soon / quickly
E) more sooner / more quickly
64. The play I saw yesterday was ___ than this one.
A) bad
B) worse
C) worst
D) the worst
E) -
65. Mary is much ___ than Ann, though they are both alike.
A) tall
B) taller
C) the tallest
D) –
E) tallest
66. My arm felt hot but that ache was ___ than the pain that burned
in my breast.
A) stronger
B) the strongest
C) strongest
D) strong
E) -
67. Your dictation is ___ of all.
A) bad
B) worse
C) good
D) well
E) the worst
68. My room is ___ than yours.
A) large
B) –
C) larger
D) the largest
E) largest
69. “Family album” is ___ than “Follow me”.
A) interesting
B) most interesting
C) more interesting
D) the most interesting
E) as interesting
70. This exercise is ___ than the last one.
A) –
B) good
C) best
D) better
E) the best
71. The longer the way the ___ tired we are.
A) most
B) more
C) the most
D) –
E) much
72. Today ___ and ___ people come to understand that learning English
is ___ .
A) many / much / most useful
B) many / more / more useful
C) little / less / useful
D) most / less / less useful
E) more / more / useful
73. ___ goods you sell, ___ profit you’ll make.
A) more / more
B) the more / more
C) more / the more
D) the more / the more
E) the most / the most
74. Yesterday was ___ day we’ve had this summer.
A) hotter
B) hot
C) the hottest
D) hottest
E) much hotter
75. Girls are much ___ than boys.
A) quiet
B) the quietest
C) so quiet
D) quieter
E) too quiet
76. Do you need any ___ help?
A) much
B) more
C) many
D) most
E) the most
77. Actions speak ___ than words.
A) loudest
B) less louder
C) most loudest
D) louder
E) loudly
78. It is ___ work I’ve ever done.
A) bad
B) worse
C) better
D) the worst
E) best
79. Uncle Nick was the ___ son of the family.
A) old
B) young
C) big
D) elder
E) next
80. This room is ___ than that one.
A) large
B) little
C) the smallest
D) the least
E) smaller
ANSWERS :
61-C
62-C
63-B
64-B
65-B
66-A
67-E
68-C
69-C
70-D
71-B
72-E
73-D
74-C
75-D
76-B
77-D
78-D
79-D
80-E
81. The twenty second of December is ___ day of the year.
A) short
B) much shorter
C) shorter
D) the shortest
E) less short
82. Who is ___ important person in the history of your country?
A) more
B) less
C) high
D) popular
E) the most
83. I think, today the British television program “The Weakest Link”
is ___ popular of all the TV programs.
A) more
B) much
C) the most
D) –
E) most
84. John is ___ but ___ boy in the family.
A) taller / the youngest
B) the tallest / the youngest
C) taller / younger
D) more tall / the most young
E) the tallest / more young
85. This is ___ rule in this book.
A) difficult
B) more difficult
C) most difficult
D) the most difficult
E) much difficult
86. Antalya in my opinion is ___ place for rest.
A) good
B) less
C) the least
D) the best
E) better
87. The story I have read is ___ in this book.
A) the most interesting
B) more interesting
C) less interesting
D) much interesting
E) few interesting
88. They showed me their best suits but, if these are their ___ suits,
what are their ___ ones like.
A) best / worst
B) better / worst
C) best / worse
D) worse / better
E) good / worst
89. He works the ___ but earns the ___ .
A) harder / less
B) more / most
C) less / harder
D) hardest / least
E) least / harder
90. Monte Carlo is one of ___ beautiful cities in the world.
A) much
B) the most
C) much more
D) the least
E) less
91. Let me know if you hear any ___ news.
A) many
B) more
C) most
D) the most
E) much
92. It’s ___ weather anyone can remember.
A) better
B) the worst
C) bad
D) worse
E) least
93. I think the cotton of Turkmenistan is one of ___ in the world.
A) better
B) good
C) the best
D) longer
E) richer
94. I have done ___ part of my homework.
A) difficult
B) more difficult
C) most difficult
D) the most difficult
E) -
95. Can’t you type ___?
A) shortly
B) more carefully
C) hardly
D) nearly
E) completely
96. The teacher said that the results of our tests were not good. She
added that ___ of all was mine.
A) bad
B) better
C) worse
D) good
E) the worst
97. Which season is ___ in Thailand?
A) rainy
B) the rainiest
C) most rainy
D) more rainy
E) raining
98. ___ I can stay is three hours.
A) long
B) longer
C) more longer
D) the longest
E) much longer
99. Unfortunately her disease was ___ than we thought at first.
A) more serious
B) serious
C) the most serious
D) most serious
E) the more serious
100. This is ___ clown I’ve ever seen.
A) good
B) better
C) the best
D) well
E) bad
ANSWERS :
81-D
82-E
83-C
84-B
85-D
86-D
87-A
88-A
89-D
90-B
91-B
92-B
93-C
94-D
95-B
96-E
97-B
98-D
99-A
100-C
101. Vatican is ___ country in Europe.
A) less
B) the smallest
C) smaller
D) greater
E) small
102. It’s ___ today ___ it was yesterday.
A) a little warmer / that
B) little warm / than
C) more warmer / that
D) a little warmer / than
E) the warmest / than
103. We discover that we were ___ in early youth than somewhat
___ .
A) wise / late
B) wiser / later
C) wise / latest
D) wisest / late
E) wise / later
104. The higher is the fence, ___ is the neighbor.
A) better
B) the best
C) best
D) good
E) the better
105. ___ people live in the South than in the North of America.
A) more
B) most
C) the most
D) much
E) many
106. You won’t find ___ restaurant than this. They’ll all be ___ expensive
___ this one.
A) the cheapest / as / as
B) a cheaper / as / as
C) a cheaper / as more
D) the cheapest / most / than
E) a cheaper / most / as
ANSWERS :
101-B
102-D
103-B
104-E
105-A
106-B
