Exercise 10: Adjectives II

(a) Fill up the blanks with proper forms of the words in brackets–

1. Sachin was _____ than any other player of his time (great).
2. Sachin was the player of his time (great).
3. He is _____ than what he was yesterday (bad).
4. He is the _____ of the two boys (good).
5. He is the _____ boy in his school (good).
6. He is the _____ of the two brothers (wise).
7. He was the _____ boy in the class (bad).
8. Iron is _____ of all metals (useful).
9. Iron is _____ than gold in every aspect (useful).
10. Mishu is _____ to me than life (dear).
11. She is _____ than her sister (tall).
12. She is three years _____ than her brother (old).
13. The _____ you go, the _____ it becomes. (high, cool)
14. This is the _____ day of his life (proud).
15. This town is _____ than that (large).

 

(b) Fill up the blanks with appropriate comparatives or superlatives, adding ‘the’, ‘than’, ‘to’ or ‘of’ as required–

1. _____ all his daughters this one is _____.
2. Cleverness is good, but goodness is _____.
3. He is _____ any other boy in the class.
4. He is _____ boy in the class.
5. He is _____ my five sons.
6. He is _____ of all the boy here.
7. He is _____ of the two men.
8. Howrah is _____ city in India.
9. Howrah is _____ than any other city in India.
10. Men grow _____ by experience.
11. Mother is _____ heaven.
12. Of the five sisters, she is _____.
13. Of the two, this man speaks _____ English.
14. Rabindranath is _____ poet of India.
15. She is _____ any other girl here.
16. She is _____ me in height, but _____ in strength.
17. She is _____ me in service.
18. She is _____ my two sons.
19. She is _____ today.
20. The lion is _____ all animals.
21. The lion is _____ all other animals.
22. The pen is _____ the sword.
23. The United Arab Emirates is _____ any other country in the world.
24. The United Arab Emirates is country _____ in the world.
25. This picture is _____ all.
26. This picture is _____ that.
27. Which is _____, platinum or gold?
28. Who was _____ general, Napoleon or Caesar?

 

(c) Put proper words in the blank spaces, adding ‘than’, ‘the’, or ‘of’ as required–

1. Later, latter:

He came _____ my brother.

He wants the former, not _____.

He went the _____ appointed time.

I know both Coco and Mishu, but prefer _____.

This is a _____ edition of the book.

 

2. Last, latest:

He is _____ man to come here.

His is _____ house in the village.

They want a book of _____ edition.

What is _____ news?

When did you hear from him _____?

 

3. Nearest, next:

The chairman took up _____ item.

We ran for shelter to _____ house available.

He sits _____ to me in the class.

He is my _____ relative here.

He knows _____ to nothing on this subject.

 

1. Older, oldest; elder, eldest:

This tree is _____ that.

She is _____ the two sisters.

She is my _____ child.

He is my _____ brother.

This house is _____ any other here.

This is _____ house here.

He is _____ man in the village.

He is _____ member of his family.

He is _____ any other man in the village.

He is _____ any other member of his family.