Workbook

Exercises:

Complete the sentences with appropriate comparative or superlative adjectives.

1. The Maths problem is too easy. I think you should make it _________.
   
   
2. Rita is _________ now that her daughter is well settled.
   
   
3. It has been the _________ day in Bangalore for the last twenty years.
   
   
4. Zupoor and Zapoor dressed in the same way and looked even _________ then usual.
   
   
5. Dinesh talks very well and is ___________ than Mohan.
   
   

Answer: 1) tougher 2) more relaxed 3) coldest 4) more alike 5) more confident

Complete these sentences with

as much as,           as many as,          as little as,          as few as

1. Sophia has seen ________ 60 films in the last two years.
   
   
2. It was sad that _________ 10 parents came to attend the graduation day.
   
   
3. My brother earns _________ my father and probably more.
   
   
4. There is a small number of students involved in the trouble, possibly _________ 10.
   
   
5. You can pay _________ Rs. 20 for a meal in the college canteen.
   
   
6. Geeta doesn't sing ___________ she used to.
   
   
7. Bangalore has twice __________ Tumkur (Population)
   
   
8. Hari used to smoke _________ 20 cigars a day.
   
   
9. A poor farmer earns __________ Rs. 15 per day.
   
   
10. There are __________ five days left for the exam.
    
    

Answers:

1) as many as 2) as few as 3) as much as 4) as few as 5) as little as 6) as much as 7) as much population as 8) as many as 9) as little as 10) as little as

(as ............... as, not as \ such .................. as)

1. The book was __________ the previous one (interesting)
   
   
2. The situation is __________ bad as the media have made it out to be.
   
   
3. The boys are __________ bad lot as we expected.

Answers: 1) as interesting as 2) not as 3) not such as