Fill in the blanks with an adjective of the appropriate degree of comparison.

English adjectives recognize three degrees – positive, comparative and superlative.

The base form of the adjective is in its positive degree. Examples are: kind, clever, nice, long, big, large

Short adjectives form their comparative and superlative forms by adding -er and -est to the positive.

• kind / kinder / kindest
• clever / cleverer / cleverest
• nice / nicer / nicest
• long / longer / longest
• big / bigger / biggest
• large / larger / largest

Adjectives of more than two syllables usually form their comparative and superlative form by adding more and Bto the positive.

• splendid / more splendid / most splendid
• gorgeous / more gorgeous / most gorgeous

Notes

We use the comparative to compare one person or thing with another person or thing. We use the superlative to compare one person or thing with the whole group that he / she / it belongs to.

• He is smarter than his three brothers.
• He is the smartest of the four brothers.

When a group has only two members, we usually use the comparative instead of the superlative.

• Hari and Shyam are both smart, but Hari is the smarter of the two.

Worksheet 1

1. The giraffe is the …………………. animal. (tall / taller / tallest)

2. Raju is …………………….. than Saju. (tall / taller / tallest)

3. Rahim is the ………………………. student in the class. (clever / cleverer / cleverest)

4. No other boy in the class is as ……………………….. as Rahim. (clever / cleverer / cleverest)

5. No other flower is as …………………….. as the rose. (beautiful / more beautiful / most beautiful)

6. Shakespeare is …………………… than any other playwright. (great / greater / greatest)

7. The elephant is …………………….. than most other animals. (strong / stronger / strongest)

8. The crow is ……………………. than most other birds. (clever / cleverer / cleverest)

9. Canada is ……………………. than most other countries in the world. (cold / colder / coldest)

10. Asoka was one of the ……………………. Indian emperors. (great / greater / greatest)

Answers

1. the tallest, 2. taller, 3. the cleverest, 4. clever, 5. beautiful, 6. greater, 7. stronger, 8. cleverer, 9. colder, 10. greatest,

Worksheet 2

Fill in the blanks using an adjective of the appropriate degree of comparison.

1. My hands were as ……………………….. as ice. (cold / colder /coldest)

2. She does not earn as …………………………. money as I do. (much / more / most)

3. His parents are much ………………………… than him. (old / older / oldest)

4. Her personality is ………………………………. than his. (attractive / more attractive / most attractive)

5. As I am getting older, I worry …………………………. and ……………………….. (little / less / least)

6. She is the ………………………….. person in the whole office. (smart / smarter / smartest)

7. She is not as …………………………. as her sister. (beautiful / more beautiful / most beautiful)

8. Have you heard the ………………………………. news about them? (late / later / latest)

9. We cannot go any ……………………………. (far / farther / farthest)

10. His health is getting …………………………. (ill / worse / worst)

11. None of them are particularly happy but she is the ……………………………… (unhappy / unhappier / unhappiest)

12. She is …………………………. her mother than her father. (like / liker / more like / likest / most like)

13. Roopa is ………………………… than her two sisters. (tall / taller / tallest)

14. Roopa is the …………………………….. of the three sisters. (tall / taller / tallest)

15. Your singing is …………………………….. than mine. (bad / worse / worst)

16. My uncle is the …………………………….. man in our neighbourhood. (rich / richer / richest)

17. This restaurant is ……………………………….. than that. (expensive / less expensive / least expensive)

18. You are getting ……………………………. and …………………………………. (fat and fat / fatter and fatter / more fat and more fat / fattest and fattest)

19. My sister is the ………………………………. in my family. (young / younger / youngest)

20. She is ……………………………. than her brother. (successful / more successful / most successful)

Answers

1. cold (Use the positive adjective in the expression as …as…)
2. much
3. older
4. more attractive
5. less and less
6. smartest
7. beautiful
8. latest
9. farther
10. worse.
11. unhappiest
12. more like (The words right, wrong and like always take more.)
13. taller
14. tallest
15. worse
16. richest
17. less expensive
18. fatter and fatter
19. youngest
20. more successful

See also

• Degrees of Comparison Worksheet for classes 5 and 6
• Degrees of Comparison Worksheet for classes 6 and 7
• Degrees of Comparison Worksheet for class 6
• Degrees of comparison worksheet for class 5 CBSE
• Degrees of comparison worksheet for class 6 CBSE