Comparative and superlative adjectives

一、use comparative or superlative adjectives to fill in the blanks：

1. Bob is _________ ( young ) than Fred but ___________ (tall) than Fred.
2. Tom is not as ___________ (tall) as Jack.
3. Almost all the students' faces are the same but Li Deming looks _______(fat) than before .
4.Which is _________ (heavy), a hen or a chicken?
5.-- How _________ (tall) is Sally?
-- She' s 1.55 meters ________ (tall). What about Jenny?
-- She' s only 1.40 meters ________(tall). She is much _______ (short) than Sally.
She is also the ____ ___ (short) girl in the class.
6. He is ______ (bad) at learning math. He is much _______ (bad) at Chinese and he is the
______ ___ (bad) at English.
7. Annie says Sally is the ___ _____ (kind) person in the world.
8.He is one of the_______ __(friendly) people in the class, I think.
9. A dictionary is much (expensive) than a story-book.
10. An orange is a little __ __ (big) than an apple, but much _ __ _ (small) than a
watermelon.
12. Sue is a little _________ __ (beautiful) than her sister.
13.My room is not as _________ (big) as my brother' s.
14.--How difficult is physics? --I' m not sure.
-- Is it ________ (difficult) than math? —— I don' t think so.
15.-- Annie plays the piano very ___________ (well).
-- Sue plays it _ __ (well) than Annie. And Sally plays it the ___ ____(well).
16. Saturday is my _________ (busy) day in a week.
17. Her mother is getting ____________(fat) and ________ (fat).
18. I think it' s too expensive. I' d like a _____________ (cheap) one.
19. He comes to school much ____________ (early) than I.
20.This book is not as _____________ (interesting) as that one.
21. Your classroom is __________(wide) and ___________(bright) than ours.
22. Practice as __________ (much) as you can.
23. The _____ ___ (much), the ____________ (good).
24. Nowadays English is ________ ( important ) than any other subject.
25. Most of the students think a lion is much _____ ___(dangerous) than a bear and it is
the _______ ___ (dangerous) animal in the world.
26. Mr. Smith is man in this office. (rich)
27. Winter is season of the years. (cold)
28.This radio is not so as that one. (cheap)
29. It is much today than yesterday. (hot)
30. She is a little ____ ____ than her classmates. (careful)
31. ________ people came to the meeting than last time. (many)
32. Which book is _ _______, this one or that one? (easy)
33. My room is _____ __ than yours. (small)
34. Hainan is ____ ___ from Beijing than Hunan. (far)
35. Skating is ____ ___ than swimming. (exciting)
36. Jim is ____ ___ than all the others. (honest)
37. Things are getting ____ ___ and ____ ___. (bad)
38. The higher you climb, the ___ ____ it will be. (cold)
39. Now his life is becoming _____ ___ and _____ __. (difficult)
40. There are ___ ____ boys than girls in our class. (few)
二、multiple choice:
( )1. I think science is than Japanese.
A. much important B. important
C. much more important D. more much important
( ) 2. This pencil is___ than that one.
A. longest B. long C. longer D. as long
( ) 3.My mother is no ___ young.
A. shorter B. longer C. little D. few
( ) 4. These children are ____ this year than they were last year.
A. more tall B. more taller C. very taller D. much taller
( ) 5. It was very hot yesterday, but it is___ today.
A. even hotter B. more hotter C. much more hot D. much hot
( )6. Mrs. Black has got____ instead of getting any better.
A. more bad B. a little worse C. much badly D. a lot of worse
( )7 Math is more popular than____.
A. any other subject B. all the subjects C. any subject D. other subject
( ) 8 China is larger than ____ in Africa .
A. any other country B. other countries C. the other country D. any country
( ) 9 Tom is stronger than ___ in his class.
A. any other boy B. any boys C. any boy D. other boy
( ) 11 When spring comes, it gets____.
A. warm and warm B. colder and colder C. warmer and warmer D. shorter and shorter
( )12. By and by, ____ students in our class came to like English. A. more
and more B. much and much C. many and many D. less and least
( ) 13 At last he began to cry ___.
A. hard and hard B. more hard and more hard
C. harder and harder D. less hard and less harder
( )14 When spring comes the days get ____ and nights ____.
A. short; long B. long; short C. longer; shorter D. shorter; longer
( )15___ I look at the picture, ____ I like it.
A. The best; the more B. The more; the less C. The more; less D. More; the more
( )16 ___ he read the book, ____ he got in it.
A. The more; the more interesting B. The less; the more interesting
C. The more; the more interested D. More; more interested
( )17 ___ you come back, _____ it will be.
A, The quicker; the best B. The sooner; the better
C. Faster; the better D. The sooner; better
( )18 I like___ one of the two books.
A. the older B. oldest C. the oldest D. older
( )19 Which is___ country, China or Japan?
A. the large B. the larger C. larger D. largest
( )20 Of the two cups, he bought .
A. the smaller B. the smallest C. small D: smaller
( ) 21 This work is ____ for me than for you.
A. difficult B. most difficult C. much difficult D. more difficult
( ) 22 Which do you think tastes ____, the chicken or the fish?
A. good B. better C. best D. well
( ) 23 The Great Pyramid is about 137 meters high today, but it was once
A. higher B. highest C. high too D. more high
( ) 24 Don't you think it ______ not to write the letter?
A. well , B. better C. best D. good
( ) 25 Who jumped ____of all? A. far B. farther C. farthest D. the most far
( ) 26 Li Lei is_ __ student in our class.
A. tall B. taller C. tallest D. the tallest
( )27 Who is of you three?
A. the oldest B. much older C. oldest D. older
( )28 Tom is one of __ __ boys in our class.
A. tallest B. taller C. the tallest B. the tall
( ) 29 English is one of____ spoken in the world.
A. the important languages B. the most important languages
C. most important language D. the most important language
( ) 30 Beijing is one of____ in China.
A. the largest city; B. the large cities C. the larger cities D. the largest cities
( )31 Mary studies harder ________in her class.
A. as any one B. than any other girl C. than the other D. than anyone
( )32 Which is___, Li Lei or Wu Tong?
A. strong B. strongest C. stronger D. the strongest
( )33 Which language is____, English, French or Japanese?
 A. easy B. the most easy C. the easiest D. much more easy
( )34 Which is____ interesting, science, maths or English?
A. more B. the most C. very D. too
( )35 Which city is____, Beijing, Shanghai or Fuzhou?
A. beautiful B. more beautiful C. much more beautiful D. the most beautiful
( )36 Which month is____, June, July or August?
A. hot B. hotter C. hottest D. the hottest
( )37 Our classroom is____ larger than theirs. A. more B. quite C. very D. much
( ) 38 I am twelve; Mike is fourteen; Mary is thirteen. So Mike is the ___ of the three.
A. old B. older C. oldest D. the oldest
一、write the comparative and superlative form of the following words：
1. nice ____________ 2. fat _________3. slow _________
4. dry ____________________5. happy ________________ 6. wet ____________________
7. much _________________ 8. ill ___________________9. little _____________________
10. bad _________________11. thin ____________________ 12. far ____________________
13. early _______________ 14. careful_______ 15. exciting _________ 16. busy
_________________

一、answer key:

1. younger, taller

2. tall

3. fatter

4. heavier

5. tall, tall, tall, shorter, shortest

6. bad, worse, worst

7. kindest

8. friendlier
9. more expensive

10. bigger, smaller

11. longest

12. more beautiful

13. big

14. more difficult

15. well, better, best

16. busiest

17. fatter, fatter

18. cheaper

19. earlier

20. interesting

21. wider, brighter

22. much

23. more, better

24. more important

25. more dangerous, most dangerous

26 richest

27. coldest
28cheap

29hotter

30 more careful

31 More

32 easier

33smaller

34 farter [further]

35more exciting

36 more honest

37 worse, worse

38 colder

39 more, more difficult

40 fewer

1. nicer / nicest 2. fatter / fattest

3. slower / slowest 4. drier / driest

5. happier / happiest 6. wetter / wettest

7. more / most 8. worse / worst

9. less / least 10. worse / worst

11. thinner / thinnest 12. farther / farthest or further / furthest

13. earlier / earliest 14. more careful / most careful

15. more exciting / most exciting 16. busier / busiest