Irregular Forms of Comparison

 

 

 

 

 

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
bad/ badly good/ well little many/ much far   old     small/ little late	worse better less more farther (distance) further (in addition) older elder (never used with than)   smaller	worst best least most farthest furthest oldest eldest (of members of a family) smallest latest (most recent)

 

 

 

 

 

1. Choose the right forms.

1. Is your house much (far)?
2. Who is the (old) in class?
3. Your driving is (bad) than mine.
4. It's the (little) of two evils.
5. Have you heard the (late) news?
6. We have no (far) information.
7. His last words were: "The end".
8. My flat is (little) than yours.
9. London is five miles (far).
10. I've got (little) than you.
11. Jane is (old) than I am.
12. This is (much) expensive.
13. His English is (good) than mine.
14. It's (good) in the shop.
15. It's (far) point west.
16. She's my (old) sister.
17. I've got (little) money.
18. You've got (much).
19. She went on to (far) education.

 

2. Choose the correct form.

A) The (good) place I have ever stayed in is one of (strange) villages in England. Its (interesting) feature is that the buildings there are (small) than average. As a result the doors are (low) and the windows (little) than most ones, making the rooms very dark. (Big) and (impressive) one was there one hundred years before most of the others. Its garden is (pretty) I have ever seen and I have never come across a  (wide) variety of flowers. When I am there, the sky seems (blue), the grass (green) and the air seems (fresh) than anywhere else. (bad) aspect is that being one of (peaceful) spots in the country, it is becoming (popular) as the time passes. As the pace of life becomes (fast) it seems that a (large) number of people visit it as it is one of (good) places to go to, to escape from (hectic) pace of life in the city.

B) The two men were sitting at the bar. The one (near) to me was the (big) and (strong) man I have ever seen. The one (far) from me was (little) and (weak). They were having (violent) argument I had ever heard. Suddenly the little man said, "It's a case of (little) brain in the world fitted into the (big) head." They were his last words. The little man didn't know what hit him as he fell to the floor. "When Shortie wakes up, tell him that was my (good) Karate chop," the big man told the barman as he left. The next evening, King Karate was at the bar as usual when Shortie crept in quietly, swung his arm and the champ fell to the floor. "When Karate wakes up," Shortie said, "Tell him it was my (old) Land Rover starting handle.'