Degrees of Comparison Exercises

Degrees of Comparison Practice Exercises

Exercise I

1. No other boy is as tall as James. (Change into comparative and superlative)

2. Milk is more nourishing than any other food. (Change into positive and superlative)

3. Radium is one of the most valuable metals. (Change into comparative and positive)

4. Very few English poets were as great as Wordsworth. (Change into comparative and superlative)

5. Shimla is more famous than most other hill stations in India. (Change into positive and superlative)

6. Gold is one of the most precious metals. (Change into comparative and positive)

7. Solomon was wiser than any other king. (Change into positive and superlative)

8. Very few historians write as well as Macaulay. (Change into comparative and superlative)

9. Very few books are as popular as David Copperfield. (Change into comparative and superlative)

10. A train is faster than a car. (Change into positive)

Exercise 2

1.      James is as tall as his brother. (Change into comparative)

2.      Alexander was one of the greatest kings who ever lived. (Change into comparative and positive)

3.      Martin is more industrious than any other boy in the class. (Change into positive and superlative)

4.      Chennai is hotter than Mumbai. (Change into positive)

5.      Very few cities in Asia are as big as Hong Kong. (Change into comparative and superlative)

6.      This cathedral is the biggest in South India. (Change into comparative and positive)

7.      An airplane flies faster than birds. (Change into positive)

8.      Very few countries are as rich as America. (Change into comparative and superlative)

9.      Some beans are at least as nutritious as meat. (Change into comparative and superlative)

10.  Naomi is less clever than her sister.  (Change into positive)