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

An adjective can be in the positive, comparative or superlative degree. The comparative and superlative forms are usually formed by adding -er and -est to the positive adjective. Longer adjectives take more and most.

1. You have got the …………………………….. smile in the world. (brilliant)

2. Drive …………………………. (carefully)

3. She is the ……………………….. woman I have ever met. (smart)

4. He is ………………………. than his brother. (generous)

5. The day my son was born was the …………………………… (happy) day of my life.

6. My bag is ……………………….. (cheap) than hers.

7. This is the …………………………. thing someone has done for me. (kind)

8. Who is the ………………………… person in your family. (old)

9. He is ………………………… than his brother. (young)

10. That was the …………………………. experience in my life. (scary)

11. We took ………………………………. (long) than expected to finish the job.

12. She earns ………………………… than me. (little)

13. This fabric is ……………………………… than that. (cheap)

14. He arrived …………………….. than me. (early)

15. He took ……………………… than an hour to finish the job. (much)

16. He was the ………………………. man in the world. (cruel)

17. Which is the ………………………… planet in the solar system? (farther)

18. She is the ………………………… of the two sisters. (old)

19. My father earns the ……………………….. money in my family. (much)

20. Meera is the ………………………….. of the three sisters. (pretty)

21. I am ………………………… than most of my friends. (poor)

22. She sings ……………………….. than me. (good)

Answers

1. the most brilliant, 2. more carefully, 3. smartest, 4. more generous, 5. happiest, 6. cheaper, 7. kindest, 8. oldest, 9. younger, 10. scariest, 11. longer, 12. less, 13. cheaper, 14. earlier, 15. more, 16. cruelest, 17. farthest, 18. older (When a group consists of only two people, we use the comparative degree.), 19. the most, 20. prettiest (When a group consists of more than two people/things, we use the superlative degree.), 21. poorer, 22. better

See also

Degrees of comparison worksheet for class 7