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comparison: revision test

Q Write the comparatives and superlatives.
► tall ..k^kke.C.k?k^?£.......................................... 11 fat

1 interesting ........................................................ 12 happy ...
2 thin ................................................................... 13 late ......
3 cheap ............................................................... 14 hot ......
4 easy .................................................................. 15 slow .....
5 bad ................................................................... 16 big .......
6 beautiful ........................................................... 17 expensive

7 lazy ................................................................... 18 dirty ......
8 far ..................................................................... 19 important
9 good ................................................................. 20 strong ..
10 old ...................................................................

^ Put in as, than or that.

1 My feet are.....................cold........................ice. 6 He's as funny.......................toothache.
2 She looks older........................ her sister. 7 The car........................I saw was too small.
3 I think.......................he's Chinese. 8 The cat seems worse........................yesterday.
4 Alice is much stronger......................her brother. 9 It's not as cold.......................last week.
5 Can't you eat faster........................that? 10 She's got a more interesting jo b ....................me.

^ Put in the correct words.

1 A kilogram is less........................a tonne and.........................than a gram.
2 Jake is bad at languages, but he's not as bad as I .......................

3 I get up early, at 6.30; George gets u p ....................... , at 6.15, and Pam is th e ....................... , at 6.00.
4 Please speak........................ slowly.
5 Karl is ........................oldest player.........................the team.
6 'How many people can I invite?'' many......................... you like.'
7 We stayed in th e ...................... expensive hotel......................... the city.
8 She's n o t.......................nice..........................her brother.

9 Siberia is bigger........................ Europe.
10 Phil is a bad teacher, and Annie is ........................and Douglas is h e ........................
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Q These sentences are all wrong. Can you correct the mistakes?

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► He's the intclligcntcst man I have ever met. .. i^VP.^k k^?{'k<0.?(fVk...........
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1 Which is the highest mountain of Europe? .............................................

2 We all play badly, but I'm the worse.................................................
3 Julie has the more interesting job in our office.................................................
4 Your house is much nicer as ours.................................................
5 Please walk quicklier.................................................
6 His eyes are hard like stones.................................................
7 London is more big than Paris.................................................

8 My sister is the beautifullest of the three girls.................................................
9 Paul is the oldest from the three children.................................................
10 Monday is worst day of the week.................................................

232 COMPARISON In some answers, both contracted forms (for example I'm, don't) and full
forms (for example lam, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.