G3 Comparative Adjectives

G3: Comparative Adjectives

by Tom Rohrbach

Multiple Choice Quiz

C O M P A R A T I V E A D J E C T I V E S
one syllable	two syllables - ends in "-y"	two syllables - others	3 or more syllables
USE "-er than"	USE "-er than"	USE "more ... than"	USE "more ... than"
EX: "Tom is smarter than* Tim."*	EX: "Mindy is happier than* Mary."*	EX: "This bus is more crowded than* that one."*	EX: "I am more beautiful than* you!"*

Choose the correct answer to make a correct comparative sentence. Only one answer is correct for each.

Frank is __ (tall) his brother Fred.
1. taller than
2. more tall than
3. more taller than
My new car is __ (fast) my old car.
1. faster then
2. faster than
3. faster
The Samsung tablet is good, but the new iPad Air is __ (good).
1. more good
2. gooder
3. better
There are two moons in the solar system that are __ (big) the planet Mercury.
1. biger than
2. bigger than
3. more big than
My second IELTS test score was __ (bad) my first one. I need to study more!
1. badder than
2. worst than
3. worse than
Denver’s airport is __ (busy) all the airports in my country combined.
1. more busier than
2. busier
3. busier than
I think soccer is __ (interesting) baseball.
1. more interesting
2. busier
3. busier than
Most people agree that Hawaii is __ (beautiful) than Florida.
1. beuitifuller than
2. more beautiful than
3. more beautifuller
Now that they are both retired, my father seems __ (relaxed) my mother.
1. more relaxed than
2. relaxeder than
3. more relaxing than
Pizza Hut pizza is __ (delicious) pizza from most other pizza places in America.
1. more delicious than
2. deliciouser than
3. more deliciouser than
The U.S. economy is still __ (large) China’s economy.
1. more large than
2. more larger than
3. larger than
At lunchtime, this restaurant is always __ (crowded) at dinnertime.
1. crowdeder than
2. more crowded
3. more crowded than
My Toyota goes __ (far) my Ford on a tank of gasoline.
1. farer than
2. farrer than
3. farther than
I think the people in Denver are __ (friendly) the people I met in Miami.
1. more friendlier than
2. more friend than
3. friendlier than
The house we bought was __ (expensive) the other houses we looked at, but it was worth it.
1. more expensive than
2. expensiver
3. more expensiver than