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1.

It was ___ music I have ever heard.
A) more beautiful

B) less beautiful

C) the most beautiful

D) beautiful

E) most beautiful

2.

It’s ___ powder I have ever used.
A) good

B) -

C) the best

D) best

E) better

3.

John is ___ of all to act.
A) quickest

B) quick

C) -

D) quicker

E) the quickest

4.

He is ___ strong ___ his brother.
A) as / like

B) similar / as

C) as / as

D) strong / than

E) so / as

5.

English grammar is ___ than Russian one.
A) easy

B) easier

C) the easiest

D) as easy as

E) not so easy

6.

I have ___ time than he does.
A) bigger

B) larger

C) most

D) less

E) least

7.

This girl is ___ intelligent than the rest of the class.
A) most

B) the most

C) more

D) the more

E) much

8.

Two heads are ___ than one.
A) good

B) bad

C)  worse

D) worst

E) better

9.

Alice came late, Philip came later, and Tony ___
A) latest

B) last

C)  the latest

D) later

E) the last

10. Mark Twain, one of ___ and ___ American writers, lived in a small

town in his childhood.
A) greater / most popular
B) great / more popular
C) the greatest / most popular
D) more great / the most popular
E) most great / the popular

11. -Why didn’t you discuss this question yesterday?

-It was ___ important than the others.
A) little

B) least

C) the least

D) -

E)  less

12. Your English is much ___ now. You’ve made___ mistakes this

time.
A) best / least

B) better / less

C) the best / less

D) good / less

E) best / the least

13. The Thames is ___ river in Great Britain.

A) the longest

B) long

C)  longest

D) -

E)  longer

14. Do you have ___ or ___ rain this autumn than the last one.

A) many / little

B) more / less

C) more / fewer

D) much / less

E) more / few

15. Please, tell me something ___ than this old joke.

A) interesting

B) less interesting

C) more interesting

D) the most interesting

E) the least interesting

16. This question is ___ than the first one, let’s discuss it tomorrow.

A) important

B) less important

C) the most important

D) the least important

E) -

17. Do you have ___ or ___ sunny days this summer?

A) more / few

B) many / less

C) much / little

D) more / less

E) many / few

18. We have ___ money than they have.

A) little

B) much

C)  less

D) few

E) many

TEST 10

Comparatives - Superlatives

19. -Please, give me this bouquet of flowers. I think it is___ than the rest

ones.
-But it’s ___ .
-Never mind. I’ll buy it.
A) beautiful / expensive
B) more beautiful / more expensive
C) the most beautiful / most expensive
D) beautiful / most expensive
E) most beautiful / most expensive

20. Of the four girls Marcia is ___ .

A) prettiest

B) prettier

C) -

D) the prettiest

E) prettier

21. It’s ___ to go by car than by train.

A) cheap

B) cheaper

C) -

D) cheapest

E) the cheapest

22. It is much ___ to speak English than to understand

A) -

B) the most difficult

C)  more difficult

D) difficult

E) most difficult

23. He’s ___ intelligent than my brother.

A) most

B) good

C) better

D) more

E)  last

24. He is ___ among his classmates.

A) old

B) taller

C) the youngest

D) short

E) higher

25. This is ___ place I’ve ever seen.

A) dirty

B) the dirtiest

C) more dirty

D) dirtier

E) -

26. What is ___ crime than loss of time.

A) greater

B) greatest

C)  great

D) -

E) most great

27. He came home in the ___ mood.

A) sun

B) sunniest

C) more sunny

D) much sunny

E) sunnier

28. False friend is ___ than open enemies.

A) worst

B) worse

C)  the worst

D) -

E) bad

29. “Why do you always buy five loaves, no ___ and ___?”

A) many / little

B) less / fewer

C) more / much

D) more / less

E) most / less

30. It’s ___ in here than it is in the street.

A) hot

B) the hottest

C) -

D) hotter

E) hottest

31. Are the streets of London ___ or ___ than the streets of Belfast?

A) the narrowest / wider

B) narrow / wide

C) narrower / wider

D) more narrow / wide

E) most narrow / most wide

32. I make ___ mistakes now than last year.

A) few

B) fewer

C) -

D) the fewest

E) fewest

33. The weather is much ___ pleasant than it usually is at this time.

A) most

B) more

C) the most

D) little

E) -

34. To spend summer at the seaside is ___ pleasant than in the town.

A) -

B) less

C) the most

D) more

E) the least

35. It is ___ and ___ to live here than there.

A) warm / most pleasant

B) warmer / pleasant

C) warmest / pleasanter

D) warmer / more pleasant

E) warm / more pleasant

Comparatives - Superlatives

Book 1 Part C