Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct comparative form for the word given in parentheses.
1. John is ________ than Paul. (old)
2. Buses are ________ than cabs. (cheap)
3. I am ___________ than my wife. (polite)
4. Cabs are _________ than buses. (fast)
5. You pay more for the ______ products. (good)
6. This hotel is ________ than the Peachtree Plaza. (expensive)
7. The bus driver drives _________ than the limo driver. (slowly)
8. The bus goes ________ than the shuttle. (far)
9. She is __________ than her sister. (pretty)
10. John drives ________ than Paul. (bad)
11. Paul drives _________ than John. (carefully)
12. I drive _______ than my brother. (well)
Exercise 2: If the opposite of the biggest is the smallest and the opposite of the most expensive is the cheapest what is the opposite of the following?
1. The largest city.
2. The most dangerous place.
3. The best singer.
4. The youngest person.
5. The most beautiful view.
6. The most careless drivers.
7. The greatest actor.
8. The shortest man.
9. The shortest river.
10. The most difficult question.
11. The meanest person.
12. The most stupid student.
13. The lightest room.
14. The lightest suitcase.
15. The wildest animal.
16. The strongest coffee.
17. The strongest cigarettes.
18. The most horrible person.
19. The most competitive group.
Exercise 3: “Superlatives” questionnaire.
1. What is the smallest object you can buy in the supermarket?
2. What is the smallest object you own?
3. What is the oldest possession you have?
4. What is the oldest thing anyone in your family has?
5. What is the smallest thing you have ever bought?
6. What is the largest present you have ever given anyone?
7. Which is the most comfortable chair you have in your home?
8. What is the largest sum of money you have ever carried round on your person?
9. What is the longest meal you have ever eaten?
10. What is the shabbiest thing you own?
11. What is the nicest thing you possess?
12. Which two things would you most want to save if your home caught fire?
13. If you were to burgle your own house, which three things would you take?
14. Which is your strongest leg?
15. What is the smallest thing you have ever seen?
16. What is the shortest book you have ever read?
17. What is the hottest place you have ever been in?
18. When has your hair been longest?
19. How old is the youngest member of your family?
20. What is the smallest amount you’ve been paid for an hour’s work?
Exercise 4: Make sentences to compare the animals and the things. Use than and adjectives with –er, more or irregular forms.
1. a bus, an aeroplane (cheap)
2. climbing, golf (dangerous)
3. a cat, a mouse (big)
4. a car, a bicycle (expensive)
5. Egypt, England (hot)
6. an elephant, a dog (heavy)
7. a monkey, a bird (intelligent)
8. a bear, a fly (strong)
9. television, homework (entertaining)
10. Jenny’s report, Nick’s report (good)
11. The desert, the forest (dry)
12. A broken leg, a cold (bad)
Exercise 5: Complete the sentences using the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
1. The whale is ________(big) mammal.
2. The Atlantic is __________ (dangerous) ocean.
3. Nick is _________(bad) pupil in the class.
4. Mountain Everest is __________(high) mountain.
5. The Antarctic is _________(cold) continent.
6. Jenny likes __________(expensive) dress in the shop.
7. Miss Hill is _________(popular) teacher in the school.
8. Tom is _________(good) player in the team.
9. Fred has __________(large) ice-cream.
10. English is ____________(exciting) subject.
11. Amanda lives _________(far) from school.
12. Paris is ________(beautiful) city in France.
Exercise 8: Decide which negative adjectives in the right hand column are most appropriate to complete the sentence opening on the left.
| 1 Their house burned down and ever since they have been | a) worthless |
| 2 I couldn’t understand his reaction – it was | b) speechless |
| 3 Don’t bother to keep those coins – they’re | c) harmless |
| 4 Throw away that old machine – it’s | d) restless |
| 5 When I finished the run I was quite | e) homeless |
| 6 The flowers you gave me are lovely – I’m absolutely | f) breathless |
| 7 He slept very badly – he was really | g) useless |
| 8 Don’t worry about the dog – he’s | h) meaningless |
Exercise 6: Put the words below in the correct order to complete the sentences.
My mother cooks the ……………………………... beef in the world. (roast/most delicious)
His father worked in a ………………………….. building. (concrete/grey/modern)
On the table was a ……………………………. tablecloth. (chequered/ red and white/ pretty)
He had …………………………. hair. (light brown/straight/ordinary)
Exercise 7: Use prefixes to form the opposite of these adjectives and adverbs.
| a) ……………. mobile | k) …………….. courteously |
| b) ……………. aware | l) ……………... reliable |
| c) ……………. explicably | m) ……………. practical |
| d) ……………. reverent | n) …………….. legal |
| e) ……………. adjusted | o) …………….. rational |
| f) ……………. revolutionary | p) …………….. agreeable |
| g) …………… clockwise | q) …………….. profit-making |
| h) …………… moral | r) ……………. replaceable |
| i) ……………. existent | s) …………….. natural |
| j) ……………. productive | t) …………….. remarkable |
NOUNS AND ARTICLES
Exercise 1: Answer the question using the plural form of the noun in the brackets.
1. Now two of my -------- are hurting. (tooth)
2. Actually, two -------- rented the apartment. (man)
3. Actually, two ------- rented the car. (lady)
4. She has two new -------- - twins. (baby)
5. All ----------- offer a flat rate. (agency)
6. I actually caught four -------. (fish)
7. No, I only see the ---------- in the corner. (woman)
8. No. Now both of my -------- hurt. (foot)
9. I actually bought two --------- of bread. (loaf)
10. I actually need two ----------- of water. (glass)
11. He actually has two ------------. (secretary)
12. She had both of her --------- with her. (child)
13. I actually saw three ---------. (deer)
Exercise 2: Using “a few,” “few,” “a little,” and “little” determine whether the statement is POSITIVE or NEGATIVE.
1. Paul has little money.
2. John has a few friends.
3. Sue has few ideas fir the report.
4. Fred sees a little rain outside.
5. Sharon has a few quarters for the washing machine.
6. Mary has little popcorn left.
7. Stephanie has a few tomatoes.
8. Chris has very little luggage.
Exercise 3: Replace the of-phrase by the noun in the possessive case.
1. The house of Mr. Rochester.
2. The wife of our teacher.
3. The novels of Dickens.
4. The ball of the boy.
5. The life of the bachelor.
6. A dress of a lady.
7. A meeting of students.
8. The flat of my mother-in-law.
9. The rights of women.
10. A distance of two miles.
11. The crew of the ship.
12. The theatres of Kyiv.
13. An interval of three hours.
14. The oil deposits of the world.
Exercise 4: Replace the possessive case by a prepositional group where possible.
1. The only thing that stood out clearly was his parents’ house. 2. Nobody could explain the young girls’ behavior at yesterday’s dinner. 3. The boy got his first week’s salary and looked very proud. 4. You don’t object to the speaker’s proposal, do you? 5. We found the boy looking through a children’s magazine. 6. After an hour or so’s break the committee resumed their work. 7. In those days he lived, for economy’s sake, in a little town. 8. There was a moment’s silence between them. 9. It was a typical student’s mistake. 10. The morning’s post brought me a surprise in the shape of a letter. 11. They are the same author’s books.
Exercise 6: Replace the prepositional groups by the possessive case where possible.
1. The teacher drew the attention of the students to the peculiarity of the style of the author. 2.Before I could say a word, the sound of carriage wheels was heard. 3.The girl was nicely dressed for the ceremony of the evening. 4.He did not want to hurt the feelings of the girl. 5.There was a spot of ink on the table cloth. 6.I spent a fortnight in the house of my friend. 7.The pursuit of the enemy stopped only at nightfall. 8.There was a great variety of books for children on display. 9.I could not agree with the interpretation of the piece by the conductor. 10.Never shall I forget those words of my father. 11.We could not tear our eyes off the hands of the pianist. 12.The river was at a distance of a mile and a half from the camp. 13.The wings of the plane were getting ice-crusted.
Exercise 8: Give the plural of:
toe, city, hero, piano, calf, cliff, proof, chief, stitch, bath, Negro, Hindoo, belief, life, shelf, berry, valley; foot, boot, ox, fox, man, German, woman, mouth, mouse, child, sheep, ship, goose, moose, deer, cheese, Burmese; crisis, phenomenon, datum, nucleus, basis, apparatus, corps, criterion, series, analysis, formula; room-mate, fellow-worker, court-martial, man-of-war, boy-messenger, onlooker, passer-by, sister-in-law, merry-go-round.
Exercise 9: State the number of the following nouns and give the corresponding singular or plural, if any.
Brethren, memoranda, antenna, means, scissors, school-inspector, pence, Frenchman, Roman, sanatoria, strata, vertebra, automata, fish, photo, axes, physics, mechanics, cloth, commander-in-chief, works, forget-me-not, swine, halves, staff, sleeves, grief, mice, species, governor-general, contents, sledges, business, knowledge, feet, corps, phenomena, clothes, bases, headquarters, Japanese.
Exercise 10: Choose the most likely alternative to complete the following sentences.
1. The staff is/are united on this issue.
2. The staff is/are all here and is/are waiting in the staffroom.
3. The council has/have made numerous improvements in the area.
4. The council has/have agreed to a re-vote.
5. The press is/are unreliable as its/their source remains uncertain.
6. The press is/are outside – you’d better go out the back way.
7. The government consists/consist of a number of MPs.
8. The government is/are arguing fiercely with its/their opponents.
Exercise 11: Use prefixes to form the opposite of the following nouns.
a) ………... ability k) …………. accuracy
b) ………… practice l) …………. espionage
c) ………… action m) ………… wife
d) ………… information n) ………… happiness
e) …………. responsibility o) …………. management
f) …………. co-operation p) ………… sincerity
g) …………. matter q) …………. hero
h) ………… efficiency r) ………… possibility
i) ………….. legibility s) ………... Prime Minister
j) …………. reverence t) ………… apartheid
Exercise 12: Rewrite the passage replacing the nouns denoting gender to their opposites.
My aunt went to London to buy an ewe, a sow, a mare, a drake, a gander, a bull and a cock. In London she saw a king, two countesses, one prince and a brother of a queen. But when she was in London her husband died and she became a widow. She thought she’d been the only heiress to that money her husband left. But he left it to his nephew, an old bachelor, who was now a bridegroom and was about to merry a lady, a duchess of Buckingham.
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