Test 10: Comparatives - Superlatives

English Grammar Tests » Test 10: Comparatives - Superlatives

- Comparatives
- Superlatives

It was ___ music I have ever heard.
- A) more beautiful
- B) less beautiful
- C) the most beautiful
- D) beautiful
- E) most beautiful
It’s ___ powder I have ever used.
- A) good
- B) -
- C) the best
- D) best
- E) better
John is ___ of all to act.
- A) quickest
- B) quick
- C)
- D) quicker
- E) the quickest
He is ___ strong ___ his brother.
- A) as / like
- B) similar / as
- C) as / as
- D) strong / than
- E) so / as
English grammar is ___ than Russian one.
- A) easy
- B) easier
- C) the easiest
- D) as easy as
- E) not so easy
I have ___ time than he does.
- A) bigger
- B) larger
- C) most
- D) less
- E) least
This girl is ___ intelligent than the rest of the class.
- A) most
- B) the most
- C) more
- D) the more
- E) much
Two heads are ___ than one.
- A) good
- B) bad
- C) worse
- D) worst
- E) better
Alice came late, Philip came later, and Tony ___
- A) latest
- B) last
- C) the latest
- D) later
- E) the last
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
- Why didn’t you discuss this question yesterday?
- It was ___ important than the others.
- A) little
- B) least
- C) the least
- D) -
- E) less
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
The Thames is ___ river in Great Britain.
- A) the longest
- B) long
- C) longest
- D) -
- E) longer
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
Please, tell me something ___ than this old joke.
- A) interesting
- B) less interesting
- C) more interesting
- D) the most interesting
- E) the least interesting
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)
Do you have ___ or ___ sunny days this summer?
- A) more / few
- B) many / less
- C) much / little
- D) more / less
- E) many / few
We have ___ money than they have.
- A) little
- B) much
- C) less
- D) few
- E) many
- 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
Of the four girls Marcia is ___ .
- A) prettiest
- B) prettier
- C)
- D) the prettiest
- E) prettier
It’s ___ to go by car than by train.
- A) cheap
- B) cheaper
- C)
- D) cheapest
- E) the cheapest
It is much ___ to speak English than to understand
- A) -
- B) the most difficult
- C) more difficult
- D) difficult
- E) most difficult
He’s ___ intelligent than my brother.
- A) most
- B) good
- C) better
- D) more
- E) last
He is ___ among his classmates.
- A) old
- B) taller
- C) the youngest
- D) short
- E) higher
This is ___ place I’ve ever seen.
- A) dirty
- B) the dirtiest
- C) more dirty
- D) dirtier
- E)
What is ___ crime than loss of time.
- A) greater
- B) greatest
- C) great
- D) -
- E) most great
He came home in the ___ mood.
- A) sun
- B) sunniest
- C) more sunny
- D) much sunny
- E) sunnier
False friend is ___ than open enemies.
- A) worst
- B) worse
- C) the worst
- D) -
- E) bad
“Why do you always buy five loaves, no ___ and ___?”
- A) many / little
- B) less / fewer
- C) more / much
- D) more / less
- E) most / less
It’s ___ in here than it is in the street.
- A) hot
- B) the hottest
- C)
- D) hotter
- E) hottest
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
I make ___ mistakes now than last year.
- A) few
- B) fewer
- C)
- D) the fewest
- E) fewest
The weather is much ___ pleasant than it usually is at this time.
- A) most
- B) more
- C) the most
- D) little
- E)
To spend summer at the seaside is ___ pleasant than in the town.
- A) -
- B) less
- C) the most
- D) more
- E) the least
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
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
Lake Baikal is ___ lake in the world.
- A) deeper
- B) the deepest
- C) deep
- D) deepest
- E)
Many people think Scotland is ___ than England.
- A) most beautiful
- B) the least beautiful
- C) least beautiful
- D) more beautiful
- E) beautiful
My luggage was ___ than my friend’s.
- A) good
- B) the best
- C) many
- D) less
- E) the worst
Her love must be ___ than mine.
- A) the deepest
- B) most deep
- C) deepest
- D) deeper
- E) deep
His plan is ___ practical of all.
- A) -
- B) more
- C) much
- D) the most
- E) most
I think it is ___ beautiful landscape I’ve ever seen.
- A) more
- B) more
- C) the most
- D) the best
- E) worst
Our garden is ___ than that of the neighbor’s.
- A) little
- B) the least
- C) most difficult
- D) the best
- E) less
Which are ___ comfortable, sandals or tennis shoes?
- A) most
- B) little
- C) more
- D) much
- E) any
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
Area of Brazil is ___ than that of England.
- A) less
- B) most
- C) much
- D) larger
- E) many
He was ___ angry than I had expected.
- A) most
- B) more
- C) much
- D) better
- E) good
Which question do you think is ___ difficult one?
- A) -
- B) much
- C) more
- D) the most
- E) most
There is ___ milk in this jug than in that one.
- A) most
- B) the most
- C) the least
- D) little
- E) less
The weather today is ___ than yesterday.
- A) good
- B) bad
- C) fine
- D) worse
- E) the worst
Her version is ___ original than yours.
- A) much
- B) the most
- C) more
- D) many
- E) the least
Mr. Smith liked his ___ son than others.
- A) older
- B) elder
- C) the oldest
- D) all
- E) the eldest
Yesterday Camilla was ___ girl there.
- A) happy
- B) happiest
- C) the happiest
- D) -
- E) happier
Traveling is ___ in summer than in winter.
- A) interesting
- B) more interesting
- C) the most interesting
- D) farther
- E) largest
Which bird flies ___, the swallow or the gull?
- A) -
- B) fast
- C) faster
- D) the fastest
- E) fastest
My clothes have never been ___ than this.
- A) cleaner
- B) cleanest
- C) clean
- D) -
- E) the cleanest
My dress is ___ than yours, isn’t it?
- A) long
- B) -
- C) the longest
- D) longest
- E) longer
Which is ___ country in the UK?
- A) industrial
- B) the most industrial
- C) more industrial
- D) most industrial
- E) industrial
Do you speak English ___ than Spanish?
- A) most fluently
- B) fluent
- C) rather fluent
- D) fluently
- E) more fluently
Margaret types ___ than Mary does.
- A) fast
- B) -
- C) faster
- D) the fastest
- E) fastest
This chair is ___ comfortable than that one.
- A) -
- B) little
- C) less
- D) the least
- E) least
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
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
The play I saw yesterday was ___ than this one.
- A) bad
- B) worse
- C) worst
- D) the worst
- E)
Mary is much ___ than Ann, though they are both alike.
- A) tall
- B) taller
- C) the tallest
- D) -
- E) tallest
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)
Your dictation is ___ of all.
- A) bad
- B) worse
- C) good
- D) well
- E) the worst
My room is ___ than yours.
- A) large
- B) -
- C) larger
- D) the largest
- E) largest
“Family album” is ___ than “Follow me”.
- A) interesting
- B) most interesting
- C) more interesting
- D) the most interesting
- E) as interesting
This exercise is ___ than the last one.
- A) -
- B) good
- C) best
- D) better
- E) the best
The longer the way the ___ tired we are.
- A) most
- B) more
- C) the most
- D) -
- E) much
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
___ 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
Yesterday was ___ day we’ve had this summer.
- A) hotter
- B) hot
- C) the hottest
- D) hottest
- E) much hotter
Girls are much ___ than boys.
- A) quiet
- B) the quietest
- C) so quiet
- D) quieter
- E) too quiet
Do you need any ___ help?
- A) much
- B) more
- C) many
- D) most
- E) the most
Actions speak ___ than words.
- A) loudest
- B) less louder
- C) most loudest
- D) louder
- E) loudly
It is ___ work I’ve ever done.
- A) bad
- B) worse
- C) better
- D) the worst
- E) best
Uncle Nick was the ___ son of the family.
- A) old
- B) young
- C) big
- D) elder
- E) next
This room is ___ than that one.
- A) large
- B) little
- C) the smallest
- D) the least
- E) smaller
The twenty second of December is ___ day of the year.
- A) short
- B) much shorter
- C) shorter
- D) the shortest
- E) less short
Who is ___ important person in the history of your country?
- A) more
- B) less
- C) high
- D) popular
- E) the most
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
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
This is ___ rule in this book.
- A) difficult
- B) more difficult
- C) most difficult
- D) the most difficult
- E) much difficult
Antalya in my opinion is ___ place for rest.
- A) good
- B) less
- C) the least
- D) the best
- E) better
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
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
He works the ___ but earns the ___ .
- A) harder / less
- B) more / most
- C) less / harder
- D) hardest / least
- E) least / harder
Monte Carlo is one of ___ beautiful cities in the world.
- A) much
- B) the most
- C) much more
- D) the least
- E) less
Let me know if you hear any ___ news.
- A) many
- B) more
- C) most
- D) the most
- E) much
It’s ___ weather anyone can remember.
- A) better
- B) the worst
- C) bad
- D) worse
- E) least
I think the cotton of Turkmenistan is one of ___ in the world.
- A) better
- B) good
- C) the best
- D) longer
- E) richer
I have done ___ part of my homework.
- A) difficult
- B) more difficult
- C) most difficult
- D) the most difficult
- E)
Can’t you type ___?
- A) shortly
- B) more carefully
- C) hardly
- D) nearly
- E) completely
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
Which season is ___ in Thailand?
- A) rainy
- B) the rainiest
- C) most rainy
- D) more rainy
- E) raining
___ I can stay is three hours.
- A) long
- B) longer
- C) more longer
- D) the longest
- E) much longer
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
This is ___ clown I’ve ever seen.
- A) good
- B) better
- C) the best
- D) well
- E) bad
Vatican is ___ country in Europe.
- A) less
- B) the smallest
- C) smaller
- D) greater
- E) small
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
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
The higher is the fence, ___ is the neighbor.
- A) better
- B) the best
- C) best
- D) good
- E) the better
___ people live in the South than in the North of America.
- A) more
- B) most
- C) the most
- D) much
- E) many
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

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