Comparative Expressions_Revision Practice

1. Comparative structures

as more-than -er than

1. My telephone isn't as modern ……… yours.

2. This watch looks nice but it's more expensive ……… the other.
3. Your car is the same make ……… mine.
4. That film wasn't ……… good as the last one we saw together.
5. I didn't know you were the same age ……… me. When is your
birthday?
6. This is a nice house but your house is ……… beautiful.
7. We have less time ……… you think! Come on - let's go.
8. What a great beach - the other beach was ……… crowded too.
9. You are not ………… intelligent as your boss.
10. You must be very hungry. You took ………… food than me.
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2. Comparative and Superlative Structure

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate comparative or
superlative form.

fat good less more(2) optimistic twice

1. Your accent is …………………. than mine.

2. He is the ……………….. in the team.
3. I am getting …………….. and ……………... .
4. We have got ………………..expensive clothes for the fuller figure.
5. The ………………… dangerous it is, the ……………….. I like it.
6. The older I get, the more ………………… I am.
7. She is ……………… as lively as her sister.

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 3. Forms of Adjectives

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the adjectives given.

• 1. This pear is ……….. that one. (hard)

• 2. This horse is …………. that. (strong)
• 3. These trousers are ……………. those. (expensive)
• 4. She is ……………... she looks. (not/old)
• 5. The town centre was ………………. usual. (not/crowded)
• 6. I’m sorry I’m late. I got here ………………. I could. (fast)
• 7. I’m quite tall, but you are taller. I’m ……………. you. (not/tall)
• 8. Rome is …………… Athens. It was built earlier. (not/old)

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4. More Comparative Revision

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate comparative expression.

1. We have got ………………………… expensive clothes for the fuller figure.

A. little B. less C. lesser
2. We are going …………………………….
A. more slowly and more slowly B. slowlier and slowlier
C. more and more slowly
3. …………………………. now own a car.
A. More families and more families
B. More and more families
C. Either could be used here
4. You are getting ………………………………
A. fatter and fatter B. more fat and more fat C. more and more fat
5. The more he works, …………………………
A. he earns the less B. the less he earns C. the lesser he earns
6. The population of China is ………………………….
A. greater than India B. greater than that of India
C. greater than of India
7. Who is …………………………. person ever to climb Mt. Everest?
A. the young B. youngest C. the younger D. the youngest
8. She is the brightest student ………………………… the class.
A. in B. of C. Either could be used here
9. She was the nicest person ………………………………… them all.
A. in B. of C. Either could be used here
10. She earns more than …………………………….
A. me B. I do C. Either could be used here
11. She looks ………………………. than her daughter.
A. less older B. not older C. no older
12. This restaurant is ………………………… than that restaurant.
A. little expensive B. little less expensive C. a little less expensive

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