Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Islamabad

Department of Computer Science

Quiz Fall 2020

English Composition and Comprehension Tuesday 15 Dec 2020

Ms. Saadia Saba BS(CS) Morning

Student Name: ______Muhammad Usama Shahid___ID___29606_______________________

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Complete the sentences with the comparative or superlative
form of the adjectives in brackets.
1.- My sister is _more intelligent Than __ ________ my brother. (intelligent)
2.- The blue whale is __the___big_______ animal. (big)
3.- Iceland is ___colder Than________ Spain (cold)
4.- This is ______the best_____ book I’ve ever read. (good)
5.- My neighbor is __the luckiest_______ person I know (lucky)
6.- Friday is the ____busiest______ day of the week. (busy)
7.- These trainers are much ____cheaper than________ those. (cheap)
8.- Frank works ____harder than______ most people. (hard)
9.- I’m ___better_______ at English than you. (good)
10.- Today has been ____hottest_____ day of the year. (hot)
11.- This is _the _worst________ CD I’ve ever listened. (bad)
12.- English is ______easier than____ Japanese. (easy)
13.- Which mountain is __the highest_________ in the world. (high)
14.- John is _clever than________ his brother. (clever)
15.- English is __more useful_______ Latin. (useful)
16.- What is _the most common__________ word in English? (common)
17.- The Nile is _the longest__________ river in the world. (long)
18.- This is my ______elder____ brother. Mary is their
_________ daughter (old, old)
19.- That skyscraper is one of __the tallest________ buildings in the
city. (tall)
20.- The first exercise was easy but this one is __more difficult______.
(difficult)
21.- Our journey took __longer________ we expected. (long)
22.- Charles is __the noiest________ student in the school. (noisy)
23.- Madrid’s population is __larger than_______ Santander’s (large)
24.- Nothing makes me anger than_________ waiting on the phone. (angry)
25.- Five years ago I was __fatter_______ I am now, and I had ___than_____
hair. (fat, log)
26.- This car uses __the_________ petrol. It’s __most_______ economical.
(much, little)
27.- Spanish is __less_________ difficult to learn than Chinese. (little)
28.- It’s _____the most expensive________ hotel in Santander (expensive)
29.- How much _further_________ are we going? (far)
30.- I haven’t got many CDs. You’ve got ____more than______ I have. (many)
31.- Everyone has heard of Real Madrid. They are probably
____the most famous______ team in the world. (famous)
32.- The cheetah is ___the fastest________ animal in the world.
(fast)
33.- Barcelona’s stadium is new. It’s _ the most mordern__________
stadium in Europe. (modern)

Order of Adjectives Exercise

Use the adjective in correct order.
1. We wanted _____a grey metal_____________________________ (grey / a /
metal) table.
2. They bought ______a new red____________________________ (red / a /
new) car.
3. She went home and sat on ________her comfortable old
wooden__________________________ (comfortable / her / wooden / old) bed.
4. He bought _a___fabulous British woollen ______________________________
(woollen / a / British / fabulous) suit.
5. They have ________black Dutch__________________________ (Dutch /
black) bicycles.
6. He wants some really delicious French__ (some / French / delicious / really)
cheese.
7. __A pretty young ________________________________ (young / a / pretty)
girl walked into the room.
8. He has _ a lot of interesting old (a lot of / old / interesting) books.
9. She bought ___a new red_______________________________ (plastic / red / a
/ new) plastic lunchbox.
10.He is looking for a stylish leather bag(leather / stylish / a /black) bag.
11. She dropped the old beautiful old (old / beautiful / the) plate and it smashed.
12. I want an amazing green silk dress(silk / green / an / amazing) dress.
13. She drank ____hot black Italian black______________________________
(Italian / black / hot) coffee.
14. He saw ____an old French old writing______________________________
(French / writing / old / an) desk.
15. They stayed in a cute little_______________________________ (little / a /
cute) cottage.
16. I visited __a spooky ancient German________________________________
(ancient / a / spooky / German) castle.
17. He has _____a beautiful old silver_____________________________
(silver / old / beautiful / a) ring.
18. We ate ____some round green English______________________________
(green / English / round / some) apples.
19. I need _a___comfortable _ computer_____________________________
(computer / comfortable / a) desk.
20. They went on holiday to _____a beautiful___ small wooden_ (small /
wooden / a / beautiful) cabin.

-ED and –ING Adjectives Exercise

Choose the correct adjective:

1. My nephew was (amusing / amused) by the clown.amu
2. It’s so (frustrating / frustrated)! No matter how much I study I can’t seem to
remember this vocabulary.
3. This lesson is so (boring / bored)!
4. I’m feeling (depressed / depressing), so I’m going to go home, eat some
chocolate, and go to bed early with a good book.
5. I thought her new idea was absolutely (fascinated / fascinating).
6. This maths problem is so (confusing / confused). Can you help me?
7. The teacher was really (amusing / amused) so the lesson passed quickly.
8. The journey was (exhausting / exhausted)! Twelve hours by bus.
9. The plane began to move in a rather (alarming / alarmed) way.
10. He was (frightening / frightened) when he saw the spider.
11. I was really (embarrassing / embarrassed) when I fell over in the street.
12. That film was so (depressing / depressed)! There was no happy ending for
any
of the characters.
13. I’m sorry, I can’t come tonight. I’m completely (exhausting / exhausted).
14. We are going in a helicopter? How (exciting / excited)!
15. Don’t show my baby photos to people, Mum! It’s so (embarrassing /
embarrassed)!
16. It’s okay, it’s only me. Don’t be (alarming / alarmed).
17. My sister is so (exciting / excited) because she is going on holiday tomorrow.
18. I hate long flights, I’m always really (boring / bored).
19. She looked very (confusing / confused) when I told her we had to change the
plan.
20. John was (fascinated / fascinating) by Mandarin when he first started
learning
languages. He decided to study more and now he can speak it fluently.