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