English Grammar Quiz: Degrees of Comparison

 

English Grammar Quiz: Degrees of Comparison

Instructions: Choose the correct form to complete each sentence.

Q1. This charcoal is ______ than the one we used yesterday.

a) blacker | b) more black | c) blackest | d) most black

Q2. Her performance was ______ than his.

a) excellenter | b) more excellent | c) most excellent | d) more excellenter

Q3. He has been feeling ______ today than he was last night.

a) iller | b) worse | c) illest | d) most ill

Q4. The weather today is ______ than it was on Monday.

a) gloomier | b) more gloomy | c) gloomiest | d) most gloomier

Q5. His behavior is ______ than it was before; he is truly out of control.

a) madder | b) more mad | c) maddest | d) most mad

Q6. That night was the ______ night I have ever experienced.

a) blackest | b) most black | c) blacker | d) more black

Q7. This is the ______ idea I have heard all day.

a) more excellent | b) most excellent | c) excellenter | d) excellentest

Q8. Of all the patients in the ward, he is the ______ one.

a) iller | b) more ill | c) illest | d) worst

Q9. Don't be so ______; there are many bright days ahead.

a) gloomier | b) gloomiest | c) gloomy | d) more gloomiest

Q10. That was the ______ thing he has ever done.

a) madder | b) more mad | c) maddest | d) most madder

Answer Key

Q.No	Answer	Note
1	a) blacker	Comparative of black.
2	b) more excellent	Multi-syllable adjective.
3	b) worse	Irregular comparative of ill.
4	a) gloomier	Comparative of gloomy (ends in y).
5	a) madder	Comparative of mad.
6	a) blackest	Superlative of black.
7	b) most excellent	Superlative of excellent.
8	c) illest	Superlative of ill.
9	c) gloomy	Positive degree (no comparison).
10	c) maddest	Superlative of mad.