English Grammar - Degrees of Comparison

Question 1: Identify the degree of the underlined adjective: "Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world."

(A) Positive Degree (B) Comparative Degree (C) Superlative Degree (D) Relative Degree

Question 2: Choose the correct Comparative and Superlative forms for the irregular adjective 'Bad':

(A) Badder, Baddest (B) Worse, Worst (C) More bad, Most bad (D) Lesser, Least

Question 3: Change into Comparative Degree: "No other metal is as useful as iron."

(A) Iron is useful than any other metal. (B) Iron is more useful than any other metal. (C) Iron is the most useful of all metals. (D) Iron is as useful than all metals.

Question 4: Fill in the blank with the correct preposition: "Mr. Sharma is senior _______ me in office."

(A) than (B) to (C) from (D) over

Question 5: Change into Positive Degree: "Shakespeare is greater than most other dramatists."

(A) No other dramatist is as great as Shakespeare. (B) Very few dramatists are as great as Shakespeare. (C) Few dramatist is greater than Shakespeare. (D) All dramatists are as great as Shakespeare.

Question 6: When comparing two persons or things only, which degree must be used? (e.g., "Of the two brothers, Rahul is the _______")

(A) tallest (B) taller (C) more tall (D) most tall

Question 7: Identify the error in the sentence: "This building is more taller than that one."

(A) 'more taller' is a double comparative error; use 'taller'. (B) 'than' should be replaced with 'then'. (C) 'that' should be replaced with 'this'. (D) No error in the sentence.

Question 8: What is the Comparative form of the multi-syllable adjective 'Beautiful'?

(A) Beautifuller (B) More beautiful (C) Most beautiful (D) Beautifulest

Question 9: Which sentence correctly transforms: "Gold is the most precious of all metals" into Comparative Degree?

(A) Gold is more precious than all metals. (B) Gold is more precious than all other metals. (C) Gold is precious than any other metals. (D) Gold is as precious as other metals.

Question 10: What does the sentence "Ravi is not as clever as Kiran" imply?

(A) Ravi is cleverer than Kiran. (B) Kiran is cleverer than Ravi. (C) Both are equally clever. (D) Kiran is not clever at all.