Functional English WORK SHEET 1.9

Functional English WORK SHEET 1.9

(A) Complete the following sentences.

1. No other boy is as ……………………. as James. (tall / taller / tallest)

2. Milk is ………………….. than any other food. (nourishing / more nourishing / most nourishing)

3. Radium is one of the ……………………… metals. (valuable / more valuable / most valuable)

4. Few English poets were as ……………………. as Wordsworth. (great / greater / greatest)

5. Shimla is ………………….. than most other hill stations in India. (famous / more famous / most famous)

6. Gold is one of the ……………………. metals. (precious / more precious / most precious)

7. Solomon was …………………… than any other king. (wise / wiser / wisest)

8. Few historians write as ………………….. as Macaulay. (well / better /best)

9. Very few books are as ……………………. as David Copperfield. (popular / more popular / most popular)

10. A train is …………………. than a car. (fast / faster / fastest)

(B) Fill in the blanks with the comparative or superlative form of the adjective given in the brackets.

1. How is your mother today? Is she any ……………………………………..? (Good)

2. In India May is ……………………………………… than June. (Hot)

3. Julie is …………………………………….. than her sister. (Pretty)

4. Who is the …………………………………… girl in your class? (Beautiful)

5. Which is the …………………………………….. of all metals. (Precious)

6. Her husband is ten years ………………………………………… than her. (Old)

7. All of us are bad singers, but I sing the …………………………………….. of all. (Bad)

8. I think you require a …………………………………….. diet. (Nutritious)

9. Which is the …………………………………… part of India? (Dry)

10. It was the ………………………………….. moment of my life. (Proud)

(C) Choose the correct option:

1. Very few books are read _____ Harry Potter by children.

(a) as much as (b) more than (c) the most

2. Life in the desert is ______ than life in the mountains.

(a) as dreary as (b) the dreariest (c) drearier

3. Honey is ____ medicine.

(a) as good as (b) better than (c) the best

4. School days are _______ than college days.

(a) as enjoyable as (b) more enjoyable (c) the most enjoyable

5. The coconut tree has ________ any other tree.

(a) as much uses as (b) more uses than (c) the most uses of

6. Dogs are _______ as dolphins.

(a) as friendly (b) more friendly (c) the most friendly

7. No other country sells ______ number of cellphones as India after America.

(a) as many (b) more (c) the most

8. Nursing is ______ many other professions.

(a) as noble as (b) nobler than (c) the most noble

9. Very few channels are watched by children ______ the Cartoon Channel.

(a) as much as (b) more than (c) the most

10. Black is the _______ colour.

(a) as dark as (b) darker than (c) darkest

11. Milk is _____ diet.

(a) so good as (b) better than (c) the best

12. Noodles is ________ dish for children and youngsters.

(a) so enjoyable as (b) more enjoyable than (c) the most enjoyable

13. We have not played any match _____ as this.

(a) so bad (b) worse (c) the worst

14. This road is the _____ one in town.

(a) as long as (b) longer than (c) longest

(D) Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of the adjective given in the brackets.

1. He is ………………… than his neighbors. (rich)

2. The brides were much ……………… than the grooms. (young)

3. He is too …………………… to be taught. (intelligent)

4. He is ………………… than I thought him to be. (clever)

5. When the old woman became ……………………, she began to move about. (strong)

6. He is much ………………… now. (good)

7. The offer was too ………………… to be true. (good)

8. He fishes with …………………… success than I do. (great)

9. Shakespeare is the …………………… playwright in English. (great)

10. The pain was …………………… than he could bear. (much)

11. The ………………… thing of all was that his son was rude to him. (bad)

12. Jane was the ………………… player of the two. (good)

(E) Complete the following sentences using the correct degree of the adjective given in the brackets.

1. My brother’s handwriting is …………………….. (bad) mine.

2. Health is …………………….. wealth. (important)

3. Blood is …………………… water. (thick)

4. Everest is …………………….. peak in the world. (high)

5. This is ……………………. play I have ever heard on the radio. (interesting)

6. Susie is …………………………. of all the four sisters. (beautiful)

7. The planet Mars is ……………………. from the earth than the satellite Moon. (far)

8. The elephant is ………………….. animal in the world. (large) 

9. An ocean is certainly ……………………… a sea. (big)

10. I am …………………… in cricket than in football. (interested)

(F) Correct the following sentences:

1. She is more stronger than her sister.

2. Bombay is further from Delhi than Agra.

3. You have much books.

4. I have many work to do.

5. She is growing strong and strong everyday.

6. Let’s go quiet somewhere.

7. I can’t afford that a big car.

8. Tell me the last news.

9. I have less worries than you.

10. He wasted his all wealth.

(G) Use the suitable degree of the adjectives:

1. This is a nice cat. It's much ______ than my friend's cat.

2. Here is Emily. She's six years old. Her brother is nine, so he is ________ .

3. This is a difficult exercise. But the exercise with an asterisk (*) is the _______ exercise on the worksheet.

4. He has an interesting hobby, but my sister has the___________ hobby in the world.

5. In the last holidays I read a good book, but father gave me an even______ one last weekend.

6. School is boring, but homework is ________ nthan school.

7. Skateboarding is a dangerous hobby. Bungee jumping is ________ than skateboarding.

8. This magazine is cheap, but that one is________ .

9. We live in a small house, but my grandparents' house is even_________ than ours.

10. Yesterday John told me a funny joke. This joke was the________ joke I've ever heard.

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