Adjective --- Degrees of Comparison

I. Choose the correct use of degrees of comparison.

1. Mr Peters is a (kind, kinder, kindest) man.
2. Many (rich, richer, the richest) people live in this town.
3. Which is (short, shorter, the shortest) of the three routes?
4. Hassan is as (thin, thinner, the thinnest) as his brother.
5. Farouk’s writing is (neat, neater, the neatest) than mine.
6. (Strong, Stronger, The strongest) man will carry the heaviest box.
7. Many people helped Sasha because she was (poor, poorer, poorest).
8. The people were happy when their (cruel, crueler, the cruelest) ruler
died.
9. Mr Liew is (important, more important, the most important) person
in this office.
10. Sumathi is (hardworking, more hardworking, the most hardworking)
pupil in this class.
11. Fook Lai’s results were (good, better, the best) in the school.
12.Melina used to be (popular, more popular, the most popular) than
Rani.

II. Complete the sentence by using the bolded adjective in its correct form.

1. This is a nice cat. It's much ..... than my friend's cat.
2. Here is Emily. She's six years old. Her brother is nine, so he is .....
3. This is a difficult exercise. But the exercise with an asterisk (*) is the ..... exercise on the worksheet.
4. He has an interesting hobby, but my sister has the .....one in the world.
5. In the last holidays I read a good book, but father gave me an even .....one last weekend.
6. School is boring, but homework is ..... than school.
7. Skateboarding is a dangerous hobby. Bungee jumping is ..... than skateboarding.
8. This magazine is cheap, but that one is ......
9. We live in a small house, but my grandparents' house is even ..... than ours.
10. Yesterday John told me a funny joke. This joke was the ..... joke I've ever heard.