Comparative and Superlative Quiz

If the debt incurred by the US government gets any.…………, then we can expect further falls in the value of the dollar.

• big enough

• as big

• too big

• bigger

The intercity bus drivers who smoke while they work do not follow.…………regulations.…………those observed by their passengers.

• such - that

• the same - as

• so - as

• both - and

According to Greek legend, Helen of Sparta was.…………woman who ever lived, and it was rivalry over her that led to the Trojan War.

• very beautiful

• so beautiful

• the most beautiful

• more beautiful

Although the crocodile is.…………the alligator, there are some small differences between them.

• similar to

• distinct from

• the same as

• rather than

Although the Italian Marco Polo is undoubtedly the most famous traveller of the Middle Ages, the Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta actually journeyed.…………further.…………him.

• more - than

• as - as

• too - like

• much - than

Nobel Prize winner author J.M. Coetzee has been called “the new Kafka”, as he writes about.………… sense of individual dislocation.…………Franz Kafka did.

• not only - but also

• more - than

• both - and

• the same - as

After they had finished watching Halloween, Christopher said that it was definitely.………… movie that he had ever seen.

• so scary

• very scary

• the scariest

• much scarier

Out of all the civilizations that have been categorized by historians, all agree that the one that began 5000 years ago on the plains of Mesopotamia is.………….

• very early

• the earlier

• too early

• the earliest

The driver of the Mercedes skidded off of the bridge because he was driving.…………he should have been.

• far faster than

• too fast that

• so fast that

• as fast as

Although for visiting, the USA is .………… more popular than Mexico, Mexico actually has a .…………longer history and is full of places of historical value.

• far - more

• just - so

• very - much

• much - far