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English: Degrees of Comparison

TET / TRB / TNPSC Preparation (15 Questions)

1. Ramesh is ________ than Suresh.

taller tall tallest

Answer: taller (Comparative degree is used with 'than')

2. Mount Everest is the ________ peak in the world.

highest higher high

Answer: highest (Superlative degree follows 'the')

3. No other metal is as ________ as gold.

heavy heavier heaviest

Answer: heavy (Positive degree is used between 'as...as')

4. This book is ________ than that one.

more interesting interesting most interesting

Answer: more interesting (Comparative for long adjectives)

5. What is the superlative of 'Good'?

best better goodest

Answer: best (Good - Better - Best)

6. Very few cities are as ________ as Chennai.

big bigger biggest

Answer: big

7. Prevention is ________ than cure.

better good best

Answer: better

8. Identify the Superlative degree of 'Bad'.

worst worse badest

Answer: worst (Bad - Worse - Worst)

9. Iron is ________ than any other metal.

more useful useful most useful

Answer: more useful

10. Shakespeare is the ________ dramatist.

greatest greater great

Answer: greatest

11. This sum is ________ than the previous one.

easier easy easiest

Answer: easier

12. Gold is one of the ________ metals.

most precious more precious precious

Answer: most precious (Superlative for 'precious')

13. He is not so ________ as his brother.

clever cleverer cleverest

Answer: clever

14. Platinum is ________ than Gold.

costlier costly costliest

Answer: costlier

15. This is the ________ story I have ever heard.

funniest funnier funny

Answer: funniest