Degrees of comparison - Grammar Exercise

Complete the following sentences using adjectives or adverbs in the appropriate degrees of comparison.

1	Mary is ---------------------- than her three sisters.
	taller
	tall
	tallest
	either taller or tallest

2	Can’t you drive any ------------------------?
	fast
	faster
	fastest
	either faster or fastest

3	We sell --------------------- expensive clothes for the fuller figure.
	less
	lesser
	least
	either less or lesser

4	I like Jane and Alice, but I think Jane is the -------------------- of the two.
	nice
	nicer
	nicest
	either nicer or nicest

5	I have got --------------------- energy than I used to.
	less
	lesser
	least
	either less or least

6	My accent is the ------------------- in my class.
	worst
	bad
	worse
	either worse or worst

7	She is one of the -------------------- people in town.
	richer
	richest
	rich
	either richer or richest

8	I will give you the -------------------- steak: I am not very hungry.
	bigger
	biggest
	big
	either bigger or biggest

9	Could you talk ------------------?
	more quietly
	most quietly
	quietlier
	quietliest

10	The --------------------- students in my class are two girls from Mumbai.
	clever
	cleverer
	cleverest
	either cleverer or cleverest

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