EXERCISE DEGREE OF COMPARISON

EXERCISE DEGREE OF COMPARISON

I. Complete the following sentences using an adjective or adverb of the appropriate degree.
1. Who is the ………………….. bowler in your team ? (fast / faster / fastest)
2. Charles Lamb is one of the …………….. writers. (fascinating / more fascinating / most fascinating)
3. I have not come across a ……………….. friend than Ramesh. (reliable / more reliable / most reliable)
4. You should not take …………….. than 40 minutes to do this work. (much / more / most)
5. No …………….. did the police arrive than the mob dispersed. (soon / sooner / soonest)
6. Which is the ……………. river in the world? (long / longer / longest)
7. Who is the ………………….. runner in the world? (fast / faster / fastest)
8. Sometimes, the cure is ……………. than the disease. (bad / worse / worst)
9. Take the ………………. of the two routes. (short / shorter / shortest)
10. I got up ………….. than usual today. (early / earlier / earliest)

II. 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)