Fill in the correct adverb form (comparative or superlative) of the adjectives in brackets.
I speak English (fluent) ___________________ now than last year.
She greeted me (polite) ___________________ of all.
She smiled (happy) ___________________ than before.
This girl dances (graceful) ___________________ of all.
Could you write (clear) ___________________?
Planes can fly (high) ___________________ birds.
He had an accident last year. Now, he drives (careful) _____________________ before.
Jim can run (fast) _____________________ John.
Our team played (bad) _____________________ of all.
He worked (hard) _____________________ ever before.
She speaks (quiet) _____________________ than her boss.
He cooks well, but (slow) _____________________ than his workmates.
II: Choose the best answer A,BB,C or D.
1. She is ....... singer I’ve ever met.
A. worse B. bad C. the worst D. badly
2. Mary is ....... responsible as Peter.
A. more B. the most C. much D. as
3. It is ....... in the city than it is in the country.
A. noisily B. more noisier C. noisier D. noisy
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
III.Fill in the correct adverb form of the adjectives in brackets.
1. He is (clever) _____________________ student in my group.
2. She can’t stay (long) _____________________ 30 minutes.
3. It’s (good) _____________________ holiday I’ve had.
4. Well, the place looks (clean) _____________________ now.
5. The red shirt is better but it’s (expensive) _____________________ the white one.
6. I’ll try to finish the job (quick) _____________________ .
7. Being a firefighter is (dangerous) _____________________ being a builder.
8. Lan sings (sweet) _____________________ Hoa
9. This is (exciting) _____________________ film I’ve ever seen.
10. He runs (fast ) _____________________ of all.
11. My Tam is one of (popular) _____________________ singers in my country.
12. Which planet is (close) _____________________ to the Sun?
13. Carol sings as (beautiful) ___________________ as Mary, but Cindy sings the (beautiful) _____________________
14. The weather this summer is even (hot) __________ last summer.
15. Your accent is (bad ) _____________________ mine.
16. Hot dogs are (good) _____________________ hamburgers.
17. They live in a (big) ____________ house, but Fred lives in a (big) ___________one.
18. French is considered to be (difficult) _____________________ English, but Chinese is (difficult) _____________________ language.
19. It’s (large) _____________________ company in the country.
IV. Rewrite the second sentences without changing meanings
1. Her old house is bigger than her new one.
-> Her new _________________________________________________________
2. No one in my class is taller than Peter.
-> Peter ____________________________________________________________
3. The black dress is more expensive than the white one.
-> The white dress ____________________________________________________
4. According to me, English is easier than Maths.
-> According to me, Maths ______________________________________________
5. No one in my group is more intelligent than Mary.
-> Mary _____________________________________________________________
6. No river in the world is longer than the Nile.
-> The Nile ___________________________________________________________
7. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
-> No mountain _______________________________________________________
8. This is the first time I have ever met such a pretty girl.
-> She is _____________________________________________________________
9. He works much. He feels tired.
-> The more __________________________________________________________
10. This computer works better than that one.
-> That computer ______________________________________________________
1 more fluently
2 more happily
3 earlier
4 later
5 more gracefully
Ex2
1 am shorter than you
2 better at Math than Jim?
3 look older than him
4 is shorter than yours
Ex1.Complete the sentence with the comparative form of adverb.
1. I speak English _more fluently_ now than last year. (fluently)
2. They smiled _more happily_ than before. (happily)
3. Tom arrived _earlier_ than I expected. (early)
4. We will meet _later_ in the afternoon. (late)
5. Mary dances _more gracefully_ than anyone else. (gracefully)
Ex2.Rewrite the following sentences without changing their original meanings.
1. I don’t think you are taller than me. -> I don’t think I am shorter than you.
2. Is Jim worse at Math than John? -> Is John better at Math than Jim?
3. Jim looks much younger than his classmates. -> Jim’s classmates look older than him.
4. Your hair is longer than mine. -> My hair is shorter than yours.