Test your knowledge of the degrees of comparison, with this exercise. There are 10 questions in this grammar test. Each question is followed by 2 suggested answers. Choose the most appropriate one.

Question 1

James is …………………………………. than his three brothers.

a) smarter

b) smartest

Question 2

Can you drive any ……………………………………..?

a) faster

b) fastest

Question 3

He plays ………………………………………. than anybody else in the team.

a) better

b) best

Question 4

Take the ……………………………………. of the two routes.

a) shorter

b) shortest

Question 5

The older I get, the ……………………………………… I am.

a) happier

b) happiest

Question 6

He explained it carefully, but I was still none the ……………………………………

a) wiser

b) wisest

Question 7

I like everybody who works here, but you are the ……………………………………. of all.

a) nicer

b) nicest

Question 8

No other king was as ……………………………… as Solomon.

a) wise

b) wiser

Answers

1. James is smarter than his three brothers.

2. Can you drive any faster?

3. He plays better than anybody else in the team.

4. Take the shorter of the two routes.

5. The older I get, the happier I am.

6. He explained it carefully, but I was still none the wiser.

7. I like everybody who works here, but you are the nicest of all.

8. No other king was as wise as Solomon.

Notes

When a group consists of just two members we use the comparative. The superlative is also possible in this case, but many people consider it incorrect.