Fill in the blanks with an appropriate comparative expression.
1. We have got ………………………… expensive clothes for the fuller figure.
Less is the comparative form of little.
2. We are going …………………………….
We use double comparatives to indicate that something is changing.
3. …………………………. now own a car.
We use double comparatives to indicate that something is changing.
4. You are getting ………………………………
We use double comparatives to indicate that something is changing.
5. The more he works, …………………………
In this construction, the word order in both clauses is ‘the + comparative + subject + verb’.
6. The population of China is ………………………….
The population of China cannot be greater than India. It can only be greater than the population of India. We add the expression ‘that of’ to express that idea.
7. Who is …………………………. person ever to climb Mt. Everest?
We use the before the superlative.
8. She is the brightest student ………………………… the class.
After superlatives we use ‘in’ with a singular noun referring to a place or group.
9. She was the nicest person ………………………………… them all.
After superlatives, of can be used before plurals.
10. She earns more than …………………………….
Object pronouns are more common after than. Subject pronouns can also be used with verbs.
11. She looks ………………………. than her daughter.
We can use the adverb'no' to modify comparatives.
12. This restaurant is ………………………… than that restaurant.
The expression 'a little' can be used to modify comparatives.
Answers
1. We have got less expensive clothes for the fuller figure.
2. We are going more and more slowly
3. More and more families now own a car.
4. You are getting fatter and fatter.
5. The more he works, the less he earns.
6. The population of China is greater than that of India.
7. Who is the youngest person ever to climb Mt. Everest?
8. She is the brightest student in the class.
9. She was the nicest person of them all.
10. She earns more than me / I do.
11. She looks no older than her daughter.
12. This restaurant is a little less expensive than that restaurant.
