COMPARISON: 3 MAIN TYPES
I. Give the correct comparision form of the adjectives and adverbs in brackets.

Adj/Adv

Comparatives

Superlatives

1. beautiful
2. hot
3. difficult
4. tall
5. few
6. modern
7. good
8. late
9. attractive
II. Use the correct form of adjectives and adverbs in blankets.
1. My Tam is one of (popular) ……………………. singers in my country.
2. People today aren’t very polite. In the past they were (polite)…………………………………
3. Health and happiness are (important)………………………………… than money.
4. Today, English is the (international)………………………………… of languages.
5. Dogs are intelligent but not (intelligent) ……………………………………… chimpanzees.
6. Daisy studies as (good)………………………………… as David.
7. The teacher speaks English (fluently)………………………………… than we do.
8. My mother has a soft voice, but my teacher's voice is (soft)……………………than my mother's.
9. The weather this summer is even (hot)…………………….than last summer.
10. Lucy is clever, but Carol is (clever)………………………………… than Lucy.
11. Being a firefighter is (dangerous) ……………………. than being a builder.
12. They live in a (big) …………………house, but Fred lives in a (big) …………………one.

13. The red shirt is better but it’s (expensive) ……………………………… than the white one.
14. This is (exciting) ……………………. film I’ve ever seen.
15. He is (clever) ……………………. student in my group.
16. Your voice is ( bad ) …………………..than mine.
17. He is the (happy)…………………………………………………….in his family.
18. England isn't (mountainous country)…………………………….Scotland.
19. Reykjavik is the world's (northern)……………………………capital city.
20. Your composition is full of mistakes because you didn't spend half (time)………………on it
……………………….you should have!
21. Don't worry, you'll be OK with Gary, he's (careful driver)……………….you could wish to have.
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22. In the Alto Adige region of Italy, German dialect is spoken much (frequently)
……………………………….Italian.
23. Sumo wrestlers must be (heavy)……………………………….athletes in the world.
III. Rewrite these sentences beginning with the words provided.
1. Daisy is 25. Anne is 23.  Daisy…………………………………………………
2. My bicycle costs 100 dollars. Your costs 50 dollars.
 My bicycle………………………………………………...
3. Barbara plays the piano very well. I’m not very good.
 Barbara………………………………………………….
4. Nothing is faster than the speed of light.  The speed of light………………………………
5. I didn’t spend as much money as you.
 You……………………………………………………………………….
6. No river in the world is longer than the Nile.
 The Nile …………………………………………………………..
IV. Choose the best answer.
1. I don’t work so hard ____ my father.
A. so

B. as
C. than
D. more
2. Sam is the ____ student in my class.
A. tall
B. most tall
C. taller
D. tallest
3. No one in my class is ____ beautiful ____ her.
A. as/as
B. more/as
C. as/than
D. the/more
4. The test is not ____ difficult ____ it was last month.
A. as / as
B. so / as
C. more / as
D. A & B are correct.
5. Peter usually drives ____ Mary.
A. more fast
B. fast than
C. faster than
D. B & C are correct.
6. My grandmother feels much ____ whenever I give her a homemade cake on Mother’s Day.
A. happier
B. more happily C. the happiest
D. the most happily
7. It was ....... day of the year.
A. the colder
B. the coldest

C. coldest
D. colder
8. He drives ……. his brother.
A. more careful than
B. more carefully C. more carefully than
D. as careful as
10. Robert does not have _______ Peter does.
A. money more than B. as many money as
C. more money as D. as much money as
11. The Mekong Delta is _______ deltas in Vietnam.
A. the largest of the two
B. one of the two largest
C. the more larger of the two
D. one of the two larger
12. My bedroom is ....... room in my house.
A. tidier than
B. the tidiest
C. the most tidy
D. more tidier
13. Hotels have developed……….restaurants.
A. as rapidly as
B. so rapidly as
C. as rapidly that D. as rapidly than
14. Computers are regarded as…………tools today.
A. much modern than
B. the most modern
C. modern as
D. more modern
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15. My sister dances ……….. than me.
A. gooder
B. weller
C. better
D. more good
16. My new sofa is ....... than the old one.
A. more comfortable
B. comfortably
C. more comfortabler D. comfortable
17. The rooms in Graduate Towers are………Patterson Hall.
A. larger than
B. larger than that of
C. larger than those in D. larger than in
18. He did the test ……….. I did.
A. as bad as
B. badder than
C. more badly than
D. worse than
19. You can take………books as you want.
A. as many
B. as much
C. so much
D. too many
20. The………accident in the history of the city occurred last night.
A. badest
B. most bad
C. worse
D. worst
21. He finished the test……….of all.

A. quickly
B. the most quickly
C. most quickly
D. more quickly
22. Tom is ....... than David.
A. handsome
B. the more handsome
C. more handsome
D. the most handsome
23. She sings ……….. among the singers I have known.
A. the most beautiful B. the more beautiful
C. the most beautifully D. the more beautifully
24. The Duke of Westminster is………in Britain.
A. second richest person
B. the richest second person
C. the second richest person
D. the richest the second
25. She runs …… in my class.
A. the slowest
B. the most slow
C. the slowly
D. the most slowly
26. Her office is ....... away than mine.
A. father
B . more far
C. farther
D. farer
27. She is ....... singer I’ve ever met.
A. worse
B. bad

C. the worst
D. badly
28. Mary is ....... responsible as Peter.
A. more
B. the most
C. much
D. as
29. It is ....... in the city than it is in the country.
A. noisily
B. more noisier
C. noisier
D. noisy
30. She is ....... student in my class.
A. most hard-working B. more hard-working
C. the most hard-working D. as hard-working
31. The English test was ....... than I thought it would be.
A. the easier
B. more easy
C. easiest
D. easier
32. English is thought to be ....... than Math.
A. harder
B. the more hard
C. hardest
D. the hardest
33. Jupiter is ....... planet in the solar system.
A. the biggest
B. the bigger
C. bigger
D. biggest

34. There are some things Americans would change, and ____ thing people would change is their
education.
A. the biggest
B. a big
C. the
D. a bigger
35. Cultural diversity makes our country ____ by making it a ____ place in which to live.
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A. rich - more interesting
B. richest - most interesting
C. richer - most interesting
D. richer - more interesting
36. These days, in India, there are ____ married couples who live on their own than before.
A. more
B. many
C. less
D. little
37. In some countries in the Middle East, people stand ____ to each other than those in North
America in a conversation.
A. most closely
B. more closely
C. closer
D. closest
38. Wedding ceremonies are ____ now than they used to be in the past.
A. less complicated
B. the most complicated C. as complicated
D. the least complicated
39. It's much ____ to celebrate a small and cozy wedding to save money.

A. best
B. better
C. the best
D. the better
40. In some Asian families, parents tend to have far ____ control over their children than those in
some American families.
A. the most
B. the more
C. more
D. most
41. This is ____ wedding party I’ve ever attended.
A. the more memorable
B. more memorable C. the most memorable D. most memorable
42. Chocolates and flowers are by far ____ presents for mothers on Mother's Day in the UK.
A. more popular B. the more popular
C. less popular
D. the most popular
43. Chuseok is one of
____ celebrations in the Korean calendar when Koreans give thanks to
nature.
A. the most important B. the more important C. the less important
D. more important
44. The more polite you appear to be, ____ your partner will be.
A. the happiest
B. the happier
C. the most happily
D. the more happily
45. Of the two bridesmaids, Lisa turned out to be ____.
A. the most charming B. the least charming C. more charming
D the more charming

46. The Korean are ____ than the American in addressing their bosses.
A. more formal
B. formal
C. most formal
D. the most formal
47. There are ____ occasions for giving gifts in modern societies than before.
A. less
B. more
C. the least
D. the most
48. June has become ____ month for weddings in many countries when the symbolic flowers, roses,
usually bloom.
A. more popular
B. less popular
C. the most popular
D. the least popular
49. Before doing something important, Vietnamese people always try to choose ____ time for it.
A. better
B. less good
C. the least good
D. the best

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KEY
COMPARISON: 3 MAIN TYPES
I. Give the correct comparision form of the adjectives and adverbs in brackets.

Adj/Adv


Comparatives

Superlatives

1. beautiful

more beautiful

the most beautiful

2. hot

hotter

the hottest

3. difficult

more difficult

the most difficult

4. tall

taller

the tallest

5. few


fewer

the fewest

6. modern

more modern

the most modern

7. good

better

the best

8. late

later

the latest

9. attractive

more attractive

the most attractive

II. Use the correct form of adjectives and adverbs in blankets.

1. My Tam is one of (popular) …the most popular…………………. singers in my country.
2. People today aren’t very polite. In the past they were (polite)……more polite………………
3. Health and happiness are (important)……more important…………………………… than
money.
4. Today, English is the (international)……the most international……………of languages.
5. Dogs are intelligent but not (intelligent) …as intelligent as……………… chimpanzees.
6. Daisy studies as (good)…………well……………………… as David.
7. The teacher speaks English (fluently)………more fluently………………………… than we do.
8. My mother has a soft voice, but my teacher's voice is (soft)……softer………than my mother's.
9. The weather this summer is even (hot)……hotter……………….than last summer.
10. Lucy is clever, but Carol is (clever)……more clever/cleverer……………than Lucy.
11. Being a firefighter is (dangerous) …more dangerous…………………. than being a builder.
12. They live in a (big) ……big……………house, but Fred lives in a (big) ……bigger……one.
13. The red shirt is better but it’s (expensive) …more expensive………… than the white one.
14. This is (exciting) …the most exciting…………………. film I’ve ever seen.
15. He is (clever) …the most clever/the cleverest…………………. student in my group.
16. Your voice is ( bad ) …worse………………..than mine.
17. He is the (happy)…………happiest………………………………………….in his family.
18. England isn't (mountainous country) _____as mountainous country as______ Scotland.
19. Reykjavik is the world's (northern) _____northernest_____ capital city.
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20. Your composition is full of mistakes because you didn't spend half (time) ____more time_____
on it ____than____ you should have!
21. Don't worry, you'll be OK with Gary, he's (careful driver) ____the most careful driver___ you
could wish to have.
22. In the Alto Adige region of Italy, German dialect is spoken much (frequently) ____more
frequently than___ Italian.
23. Sumo wrestlers must be (heavy) ____the heaviest____ athletes in the world.

III. Rewrite these sentences beginning with the words provided.
1. Daisy is 25. Anne is 23.
 Daisy is older than Anne.
2. My bicycle costs 100 dollars. Your costs 50 dollars.
 My bicycle is more expensive than yours.
3. Barbara plays the piano very well. I’m not very good.
 Barbara plays the piano better than me.
4. Nothing is faster than the speed of light.
 The speed of light is the fastest.
5. I didn’t spend as much money as you.
 You spend more money than I did.
6. No river in the world is longer than the Nile.
 The Nile is the longest river in the world.
IV. Choose the best answer.
1. I don’t work so hard ____ my father.
A. so
B. as
C. than
D. more
2. Sam is the ____ student in my class.
A. tall
B. most tall
C. taller
D. tallest
3. No one in my class is ____ beautiful ____ her.
A. as/as
B. more/as
C. as/than
D. the/more
4. The test is not ____ difficult ____ it was last month.

A. as / as
B. so / as
C. more / as
D. A & B are correct.
5. Peter usually drives ____ Mary.
A. more fast
B. fast than
C. faster than
D. B & C are correct.
6. My grandmother feels much ____ whenever I give her a homemade cake on Mother’s Day.
A. happier
B. more happily C. the happiest
D. the most happily
7. It was ....... day of the year.
A. the colder
B. the coldest
C. coldest
D. colder
8. He drives ……. his brother.
A. more careful than
B. more carefully C. more carefully than
D. as careful as
10. Robert does not have _______ Peter does.
A. money more than B. as many money as
C. more money as D. as much money as
11. The Mekong Delta is _______ deltas in Vietnam.
A. the largest of the two
B. one of the two largest
C. the more larger of the two
D. one of the two larger

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12. My bedroom is ....... room in my house.
A. tidier than
B. the tidiest
C. the most tidy
D. more tidier
13. Hotels have developed……….restaurants.
A. as rapidly as
B. so rapidly as
C. as rapidly that D. as rapidly than
14. Computers are regarded as…………tools today.
A. much modern than
B. the most modern
C. modern as
D. more modern
15. My sister dances ……….. than me.
A. gooder
B. weller
C. better
D. more good
16. My new sofa is ....... than the old one.
A. more comfortable
B. comfortably
C. more comfortabler D. comfortable
17. The rooms in Graduate Towers are………Patterson Hall.
A. larger than
B. larger than that of
C. larger than those in D. larger than in

18. He did the test ……….. I did.
A. as bad as
B. badder than
C. more badly than
D. worse than
19. You can take………books as you want.
A. as many
B. as much
C. so much
D. too many
20. The………accident in the history of the city occurred last night.
A. badest
B. most bad
C. worse
D. worst
21. He finished the test……….of all.
A. quickly
B. the most quickly
C. most quickly
D. more quickly
22. Tom is ....... than David.
A. handsome
B. the more handsome
C. more handsome
D. the most handsome
23. She sings ……….. among the singers I have known.
A. the most beautiful B. the more beautiful
C. the most beautifully D. the more beautifully
24. The Duke of Westminster is………in Britain.
A. second richest person

B. the richest second person
C. the second richest person
D. the richest the second
25. She runs …… in my class.
A. the slowest
B. the most slow
C. the slowly
D. the most slowly
26. Her office is ....... away than mine.
A. father
B . more far
C. farther
D. farer
27. She is ....... singer I’ve ever met.
A. worse
B. bad
C. the worst
D. badly
28. Mary is ....... responsible as Peter.
A. more
B. the most
C. much
D. as
29. It is ....... in the city than it is in the country.
A. noisily
B. more noisier
C. noisier
D. noisy
30. She is ....... student in my class.
A. most hard-working B. more hard-working

C. the most hard-working D. as hard-working
31. The English test was ....... than I thought it would be.
A. the easier
B. more easy
C. easiest
D. easier
32. English is thought to be ....... than Math.
A. harder
B. the more hard
C. hardest
D. the hardest
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33. Jupiter is ....... planet in the solar system.
A. the biggest
B. the bigger
C. bigger
D. biggest
34. There are some things Americans would change, and ____ thing people would change is their
education.
A. the biggest
B. a big
C. the
D. a bigger
35. Cultural diversity makes our country ____ by making it a ____ place in which to live.
A. rich - more interesting
B. richest - most interesting
C. richer - most interesting
D. richer - more interesting

36. These days, in India, there are ____ married couples who live on their own than before.
A. more
B. many
C. less
D. little
37. In some countries in the Middle East, people stand ____ to each other than those in North
America in a conversation.
A. most closely
B. more closely
C. closer
D. closest
38. Wedding ceremonies are ____ now than they used to be in the past.
A. less complicated
B. the most complicated C. as complicated
D. the least complicated
39. It's much ____ to celebrate a small and cozy wedding to save money.
A. best
B. better
C. the best
D. the better
40. In some Asian families, parents tend to have far ____ control over their children than those in
some American families.
A. the most
B. the more
C. more
D. most
41. This is ____ wedding party I’ve ever attended.
A. the more memorable
B. more memorable C. the most memorable D. most memorable
42. Chocolates and flowers are by far ____ presents for mothers on Mother's Day in the UK.

A. more popular B. the more popular
C. less popular
D. the most popular
43. Chuseok is one of
____ celebrations in the Korean calendar when Koreans give thanks to
nature.
A. the most important B. the more important C. the less important
D. more important
44. The more polite you appear to be, ____ your partner will be.
A. the happiest
B. the happier
C. the most happily
D. the more happily
45. Of the two bridesmaids, Lisa turned out to be ____.
A. the most charming B. the least charming C. more charming
D the more charming
46. The Korean are ____ than the American in addressing their bosses.
A. more formal
B. formal
C. most formal
D. the most formal
47. There are ____ occasions for giving gifts in modern societies than before.
A. less
B. more
C. the least
D. the most
48. June has become ____ month for weddings in many countries when the symbolic flowers, roses,
usually bloom.
A. more popular
B. less popular

C. the most popular
D. the least popular
49. Before doing something important, Vietnamese people always try to choose ____ time for it.
A. better
B. less good
C. the least good
D. the best

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