Comparative and Superlative Quiz
March 7th, 2010 in English Quiz
Fill in the blanks with appropriate comparative or superlative forms.
1. Prevention is ——————- than cure.
a) Good
b) Better
c) Best
2. Who is the ——————— cricketer in the world?
a) Good
b) Best
c) Better
3. The pen is ——————– than the sword.
a) Mighty
b) Mightier
c) Mightiest
4. The Pacific is ——————- than any other ocean.
a) Large
b) Larger
c) Largest
5. Which of the two girls is the ——————?
a) Pretty
b) Prettier
c) Prettiest
6. Honor is ——————– to him than life.
a) Dear
b) Dearer
c) Dearest
7. Who is the ——————– boy in the class?
a) Tall
b) Taller
c) Tallest
8. The Eifel Tower is —————— than the Taj Mahal.
a) Tall
b) Taller
c) Tallest
9. Wordsworth is a —————— poet than Cowper.
a) Great
b) Greater
c) Greatest
10. The piano was sold to the ——————— bidder.
a) High
b) Highest
c) Higher
11. Mount Everest is the ————— peak of the Himalayas.
a) Tall
b) Tallest
c) taller
12. She writes the ——————– hand in the class.
a) Good
b) Best
c) Better
13. He is one of the —————— eminent speakers of our times.
a) Most
b) More
c) Much
14. Shakespeare is ——————— than any other poet.
a) Great
b) Greater
c) Greatest
15. Clouds float in the sky because they are ——————- than the air.
a) Light
b) Lighter
c) Lightest
Answers
1. Better
2. Best
3. Mightier
4. Larger
5. Prettiest
6. Dearer
7. Tallest
8. Taller
9. Greater
10. Highest
11. Tallest
12. Best
13. Most
14. Greater
15. Lighter