Bài tập so sánh

I. Choose the more appropriate words.
1. Of the four dresses, I like the red one (better/best).
2. Pil is the (happier/happiest) we know.
3. Pat’s car is (faster/fastest) than Dan’s.
4. This is the (creamier/creamiest) ice-cream I have had in a long time.
5. This poster is (colourfuler/more colourful) than the one in the hall.
6. Does Fred feel (weller/better) today than he did yesterday?
7. This vetgetable soup tastes very (good/best).
8. While trying to balance the baskets on her head, the woman walked
(awkawarder/more awkawardly her daughter).
9. Jane is the (less/least) athletic of all the women.
10. My cat is the (prettier/prettiest) of the two.
11. This summary is (the better/the best) of the pair.
12. The colder the weather gets, (sicker/the sicker) I feel.
13. Jim has as (few/fewer) opportinuties to play tennis as I have.
14. That recipe calls for (many/much) more sugar than mine does.
15. The museum is the (further/furthest) away of the three buildings.

II. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the adjectives or adverbs in
brackets.
1. Mary is (pretty) _______________________ as her sister.
2. A new house is (expensive) _______________________ than an old one.
3. His job is (important) ________________________ mine.
4. Of the four ties, I like the red one (well) ___________________.
5. Nobody is (happy) ___________________ Miss Snow.
6. Today English is the (international) _________________ of language.
7. John is much (strong) _______________________ I though

8. Benches are (comfortable) _________________________ arm-chairs.
9. Bill is (good) __________________________ than you thought.
10. Mr Bush is the (delightful) _________________________ person I have ever known.
11. Dick is the (careful) ___________________ of the three workers.
12. Sam’s conduct is (bad) ______________________ than Paul’s.
13. Thanks to the progress of science, human life is (good) _______________ and (good)
____________.
14. Bill is (lazy) _________ and (lazy) _____________.
15. The teacher speaks English (fluently) _____________________ than we do.
16. These boys are (ill-prepared) _________________________ for employment than my
children.
17. The competition makes the price of goods (cheap) _________________ and (cheap)
__________________.
18. Charles is (hard-working) _____________________________ than Tom.
19. Is this book (interesting) ___________________ than the one you read last week?
20. Of the three boys, Harry is the (badly-bred) __________

III. Complete the sentences using a comparative form
1. It is too noisy here. Can we go somewhere ___________________?
2. This coffee is very weak. I like it a bit ___________________.
3. The hotel was surprisingly big. I expected it to be ___________________.
4. The weather is too cold in this country. I expected it to be _____________.
5. My job is a bit boring, sometimes I’d like to do something ____________.
6. I was surprised how easy it was to use the computer. I thought it would be
_____________.
7. Your work isn’t very good. I’m sure you can do _________________.
8. Don’t worry. The situation isn’t so bad. It could be _________________.
9. You’re talking very loudly. Can you speak a bit _________________.

10. You hardly ever phone me. Why don’t you phone me _________________?
IV. Complete each of the sentences with the comparative form of one of the
following words. Use than when necessary.
BIG

CROWDED

EARLY

EASILY

PEACEFUL

RELIABLE

HIGH

IMPORTANT
SERIOUS

THIN

1. I was feeling tired last night, so I went to bed __________________ usual.
2. You look ______________. Have you lost weight?
3. I want a ________________ flat. We don’t have enough space here.
4. Health and happiness are __________________ money.
5. There were a lot of people on the bus. It was ___________________ usual.
6. I like living in the countryside. It’s __________________ living in a town.
7. You’ll find your way around the town _________________ if you have a good map.
8. In some parts of the country, prices are _________________________ in others.
9. I’d like to have ___________________ car. The oe I’ve got keeps breaking down.
10. Unfortunately, her illness was ________________ we thought at first.

V. Read the situations and complete the sentences. Use a comparative form.
1. Yesterday the temperture was nine degrees. Today it’s only six degrees.
 It’s _____________________________________________
2. The journey takes four hours by car and five hours by train.
 It takes _________________________________
3. Chris and Joe both did badly in the exam. Chris got 20% but Joe only got 15%.
 Joe did _________________________________
4. I expected my friends to arrive at about 5 o’clock. In fact, they arrived at 2:30
 My friend _______________________________________
5. We were very busy at work today. WE are not as busy as that every day.

 We _________________________________________
6. Jane cooks better than her sister.
 Jan’s sister _________________________________
7. Tom is the best football player in this team.
 Nobody in this team _______________________________
8. Nothing is faster than the speed of light.
 The speed of light _________________________
9. Jack is younger than he looks.
 Jack isn’t ______________________________.
10. I didn’t spend as much money as you.
 You _______________________________________

VI. Complete the sentences, using double comparative form
1. It becomes ___________________ to find a job. (hard)
2. That hole in yout pullover is getting _________________ (big)
3. As I waited for my interview, I became _______________ (nervous)
4. AS the day went on, the weather got __________________ (bad)
5. As the conversation went on, he became ____________________ (talkative)

VII. Complete the sentences with than or as.
1. I can’t reach as high as you. You’re taller _________________
2. He doesn’t know much. I know more _________________
3. We were very surprised. Nobody was more _________________
4. She’s not a very good player. I’m a better ____________
5. They’ve been very lucky. I wish we were __________________

VIII. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D

1. She is ....... singer I’ve ever met.
A. worse

B. bad

C. the worst

D. badly

C. much

D. as

C. noisier

D. noisy

2. Mary is ....... responsible as Peter.
A. more

B. the most

3. It is ....... in the city than it is in the country.
A. noisily

B. more noisier

4. She sings ……….. among the singers I have known.
A. the most beautiful

B. the more beautiful

C. the most beautifully

D. the more beautifully

5. She is ....... student in my class.
A. most hard-working

B. more hard-working

C. the most hard-working

D. as hard-working

6. The English test was ....... than I thought it would be.
A. the easier

B. more easy

C. easiest

D. easier

7. English is thought to be ....... than Math.
A. harder

B. the more hard

C. hardest

D. the hardest

8. Jupiter is ....... planet in the solar system.
A. the biggest

B. the bigger

C. bigger

D. biggest

9. She runs …… in my class.
A. the slowest

B. the most slow

C. the slowly

D. the most slowly

10. My house is ....... hers.
A. cheap than

B. cheaper

C. more cheap than

D. cheaper than

11. Her office is ....... away than mine.
A. father

B . more far

C. farther

D. farer

12. Tom is ....... than David.
A. handsome

B. the more handsome

C. more handsome

D. the most handsome

13. He did the test ……….. I did.
A. as bad as

B. badder than

C. more badly than

D. worse than

14. A boat is ....... than a plane.
A. slower

B. slowest

C. more slow

D. more slower

15. My new sofa is ....... than the old one.
A. more comfortable

B. comfortably

C. more comfortabler

D. comfortable

16. My sister dances ……….. than me.
A. gooder

B. weller

C. better

D. more good

17. My bedroom is ....... room in my house.
A. tidier than

B. the tidiest

C. the most tidy

D. more tidier

18. This road is ....... than that road.
A. narrower

B. narrow

C. the most narrow

D. more narrower

19. He drives ……. his brother.
A. more careful than

B. more carefully

C. more carefully than

D. as careful as

20. It was ....... day of the year.
A. the colder

B. the coldest

C. coldest

D. colder