English Grammar

Class IX
Chapter: Comparison
No. of multiple choice Questions: 10
Difficulty Level: Easy

1. Which of the following is an incorrect statement?

a) Nouns that change in form to show comparison are called degrees of comparison.

b) Adjectives that change in form to show comparison are called degree of comparison.

c) When the positive ends in e, only r and st are added.

d) The three degrees of adjectives are positive, comparative and superlative.

ANSWER: a) Adverbs that change in form to show comparison are called degrees of
comparison.

EXPLANATION: Both adjectives and adverbs that change in form to show comparison are
called degree of comparison. Example, pretty: prettier: prettiest.

2. Use the superlative degree of comparison in the following sentence.

From all the women in the team, she has _____ (long) hair.
a) the longest

b) as long as

c) longer than

d) long

ANSWER: a) the longest

EXPLANATION: ‘The longest’ is the superlative degree of long so this is the correct answer.

3. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.

Ram gets up early. John gets up ________ than Ram. Jackson gets up __________.

a) as early as / earlier

b) earlier / the earliest

c) early / earlier

d) the earliest / earlier

ANSWER: b) earlier / the earliest

EXPLANATION: ‘early’ is the adjective in this case. In the second sentence, two of them are
compared; this indicates the usage of comparative degree which is ‘earlier’. This leaves us
with option (b). Even in the third sentence, Jackson is compared to Ram and John. That
means there are more than two nouns. This indicates the usage of superlative degree.

4. Complete the sentence with the correct degree of adjective from the options given.
Going to Disneyland was __________ exciting day of my life.

a) the most

b) most

c) the more

d) more

ANSWER: a) the most

EXPLANATION: Whenever the superlative degree of an adjective is used, '-st' is added and
the article 'the' is used to indicate the specificity of the object or the noun being spoken about.
In the given sentence, the narrator is describing an incident, 'going to Disneyland' as 'exciting
day of life'.

5. Identify the degree of comparison in the following sentence.

She is the fastest girl in her class.

a) Positive

b) Comparative

c) Superlative

d) None

ANSWER: c) Superlative

EXPLANATION: The superlative degree denotes the existence of the highest degree of the
quality. It is used when more than two things are compared. In this sentence, the highest
degree is expressed. Superlative is the correct choice because ‘she’ is being compared to her
whole class.

6. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.

Rome isn't ______ as Milan is.

a) as near to us

b) as near us
c) near us to

d) to us near

ANSWER: a) as near to us

EXPLANATION: In this case the two pronouns are Milan and Rome. In these kinds of
positive comparisons, the phrase usually starts and ends with an 'as'. In option (a) 'to' acts as a
preposition and connects the pronoun to the rest of the sentence.

7. Other fighter jets are not as ____________ Mig-27.

a) more expensive

b) expensive

c) expensive as

d) as expensive

ANSWER: c) expensive as

EXPLANATION: We have to use comparative + than. This makes ‘as....as’ a positive degree
of comparison. In the given sentence, the comparison is of similar proportion.

8. Complete the sentence:

No other town in Tamil Nadu is _________ Tanjore.

a) so beautiful as

b) most beautiful than

c) more beautiful as

d) as beautiful as

ANSWER: d) As beautiful as

EXPLANATION: An adjective that does not make a comparison is said to be in the positive
degree. 'More' and 'most' are used in comparative and superlative forms of adjectives.

9. Use the positive degree of comparison in the following sentence:

This boy is _____ (clever) the other boys.

a) clever

b) as clever as

c) cleverer to

d) the cleverest amongst

ANSWER: b) As clever as

EXPLANATION: In the sentence, the boy is as clever as the other boys, ‘as clever as’ is of
the positive degree.

10. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option.

You won't find ______ restaurant than this.

a) the cheapest

b) more cheaper

c) most cheapest

d) the cheapest

ANSWER: b) a cheaper

EXPLANATION: In the given sentence, it is comparing the expense of the restaurant. This
makes it a comparative degree. Thus, the answer becomes ‘cheaper’.