Comparatives and Superlatives (Exercise: Choose the Correct Answer)

Which do you prefer, MP3 files or CDs? Mp3 files are betterbest if you only want to buy one or two songs by an artist or group. It's most expensivemore expensive to buy CDs. It's also the most convenientmore convenient to carry an MP3 player around, because they are smallerthe smallest and lighter than CD players. On the other hand, some people prefer to collect CDs. Each CD has unique artwork on the cover so that you can see more clearclearly which artist recorded it. And although MP3 players can be easilyeasiest downloaded, not everyone owns a computer.

Prague is one of the moremostvery popular tourist destinations in Europe. After all the political changes of the early 1990's, the capital of the Czech Republic began to take advantage of its beautiful cultural and architectural heritage to attract biggermoremany tourists than ever before.
Prague is a smallermore smallsmallest city than many people imagine and it is verymoresuch easy to move around this wonderful city on foot. Public transport is very cheapmore cheapcheaper in Prague than in everymostmore other European cities but it is often bettermore goodmost good to walk, enabling you to appreciate marvellous buildings you might have missed if you had been sitting on a bus or a tram.
FewMuchLittle people leave the city of Prague without commenting on the superb food and drink available here. Eating out here is a very cheaperlittle more expensivelittle cheaper than it used to be but you can still have a three course meal for around $15 without any problems.


1. He lives fartherthe farthest than Peter.
2. He lives fartherthe farthest out of all of us.
3. He lives fartherthe farthest than the rest of us.
4. Jim drives fasterthe fastest than most people that I know.
5. Jim drives fasterthe fastest of all my friends.
6. Frank welcomed us more warmlythe most warmly than his wife did.
7. Frank's wife cooks betterthe best out of anyone I know.
8. Frank's wife cooks betterthe best than anyone I know.
9. Which of these three girls dances betterthe best?
10. Which of these two girls dances betterthe best?
11. I visit my parents more oftenthe most often than my brothers do.
12. He thinks he always knows betterbest.
13. Out of all my siblings, I visit my parents more oftenthe most often.
14. David did worsethe worst than he thought he would do on his test.
15. I did worsethe worst out of all the students on my test.
16. Out of all the students, Frank studied lessthe least, but got the best grade.
17. We argued longerthe longest than I thought we would.
18. My sisters laughed louderthe loudest out of the whole audience.
19. The two guys who enjoyed the game moremost were Tom and Robert.
20. George drives more recklesslythe most recklessly than his brother.
21. There are 10 houses on our street. Our house is the biggestbigger one.
22. My brother sings better than I do, but I play guitar the bestbetter than he does.
23. This is betterthe best song I have ever heard!
24. Tom is strongerthe strongest than I am.
25. Out of all the students in our class, I am the shortestshorter.
26. Everyone says that my sister is the best lookingbetter looking than I am.
27. She is the best lookingbetter looking girl in our school.
28. This is boring. Let's do something the most interestingmore interesting.
29. This isn't more interestingthe most interesting book I have ever read.
30. Your apartment is cleanerthe cleanest than mine.
31. This is more expensivethe most expensive book in the whole store.
32. That shirt is dirtierthe most dirty than the other one.
33. Peter was laughing hard, but his wife was laughing even the hardestharder!
34. He is strongerthe strongest man that I know.
35. Robert is never on time. He always arrives laterthe latest than the rest of us.
36. That is betterthe best song I've ever heard!
37. Your cat is smallerthe smallest than ours.
38. I thought this test would be difficult, but it's the easiesteasier test I've ever taken.
39. Out of all the films I've seen, this one is sadderthe saddest.
40. Your answer is wrong, but it's the most correctmore correct than the other students' answers.
41. What is the coldestthe most coldest place in the world?
42. The weather in Libya is more extremeextremer than the weather in Italy.
43. May is usually sunniestsunnier than March.
44. Which part of Germany has the bestgoodest weather?
45. Europe is weterwetter than Africa.
46. Scotland had the heaviestheavyest snowfall last month.
47. Kareem Abdul Jabaar used to be one of the tallertallest basketball players in the NBA.
48. Even though he was one of the best players in the game, he earned lessfewer money than even the mediocre players in the NBA do today.
49. The harder one studies, the more most one learns.
50. Math is more easyeasiermore easilyeasilier for her than physics.
51. Of all the girls in my English class, Maria is morethe mostmostlythe mostly attractive.
52. Studying English grammar was the more excitingmost excitingmostily excitingworse experience in Jack's life.
53. Of the two papers, the one on the physical and psychological benefits of yoga is the betterbest.
54. Of her three jumps, the second was the longerlongest.
55. Maria thinks that Jack is attractivermore attractive than Max.
56. The tallertallest they are, the harder they fall.
57. I have a goodbestthe bestthe better friends in the world.
58. Joe has been working very hardharderhardesthardly since he graduated.
59. It's getting more harderthe most difficultmore and more difficultso more difficult to find a good job.
60. I did very well on the TOEFL test. It seemed much easyeasiereasiesteasily than the last time I took it.
61. The movie was so boringlyboredboringbore that we had difficulty staying awake.
62. Could you speak more slowslowlyslowerslowlier?
63. Mary talks as fastfasterfastestthe fastest than anyone else I know.
64. Thank you for the compliment. That's nicernicestthe nicerthe nicest thing anyone has ever said to me.
65. That chocolate ice cream tastes deliciousdeliciouslymore deliciouslythe most deliciously.
66. My dog is bigbiggerbiggestthe biggest than the other dogs in the neighborhood.
67. I think she is still ill. She looks even more badworsebaddermore worse than last week.
68. His results are not so good asto good likeas good asso good likehis colleague's.
69. Which of the three supermarkets do you think has widestthe most widewiderthe widestthe most widest range of products?
70. He has biggerbigerthe biggerbigthe biggest potential than anyone thought.
71. It's becoming harder and hardesthard and hardhard and harderharder and harder to attract new customers. What we need is a new strategy.
72. In the last few months, competition has become much toughermore toughmore toughermuch more tough.
73. Things are better organised now - we have lessmore lessleastfewerlittler problems than before.
74. There are more accidents on this road because it's narrowernarrowmore narrowthe narrowest than the others.
75. I chose this car as my favourite because it's the faster frommore faster thanmore faster asthe fastest asthe fastest of all the ones I have driven.
76. She's a lot happyhappyerhappierthe happier in the new job than she was in the previous one.
77. It's better asthenthanlike I thought.
78. Brazil is biger thanbigger asbigger thanbiger as England.
79. She is the bestbestbetter thanas good as in the class
80. I'm not as successful aslikethanthen she is.
81. It was morethe moremostthe most expensive restaurant I've ever been to.
82. I'd like some fartherfurtherEither could be used here. information.
83. It's finerfinestthe finerthe finest art collection in Europe.
84. It was cheapercheapestEither could be used here. than I was expecting.
85. This is the dirtyestdirtiestEither could be used here. kitchen I've ever seen.
86. Which is more difficultmost difficultEither could be used here. of the two?
87. She finished more quicklyquickerEither could be used here. than everyone else.
88. The underground is more expensivemost expensivethe most expensivemore expensive than buses.
89. The plane would be more quicklyquickerEither could be used here. than the coach.
90. It was the most hardthe hardestEither could be used here. test I have ever done.
91. There were mostmoremany people at the game than expected.
92. The moremostIt depends on how many things there were. difficult thing was communication.
93. Karen is youngyoungeryoungest than her sister.
94. The mouse is the smallsmallersmallest animal in the zoo.
95. Barbara is as intelligentmore intelligentmost intelligent as Janet.
96. The dog is largelargerlargest than the hamster.
97. Everyone in our family sings beautifully, but my mother is the goodbetterbest singer.
98. A knife is dangerousmore dangerousmost dangerous than a spoon.
99. His aunt is as oldolderoldest as my father.
100. There are many exciting cities, but New York is the excitingmore excitingmost exciting city in the world.
101. The bus is badworseworst than the train.
102. There are many cheap things in that shop, but the salt is the cheapcheapercheapest thing.
103. Betty is carefulmore carefulmost careful than George.
104. All the boys are bad, but Larry is the badworseworst.

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