Class 12 C English | Unit: 8 | Human Culture | Land of plenty | Grammar Exercise Solution
Grammar Rules:
Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
🔹 Comparative Adjectives
Comparative adjectives show the difference between two things or people.
Structure:
Subject + verb + comparative adjective + than + object
How to use:
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Use “-er” or “more” depending on the adjective.
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Use “than” to compare two things.
✅ Examples:
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This road is wider than that one.
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My phone is cheaper than yours.
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His car goes faster than mine.
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She is more careful than her brother.
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I like tea better than coffee. (irregular)
🔹 Superlative Adjectives
Superlative adjectives show that one thing is the most or least among a group.
Structure:
Subject + verb + the + superlative adjective + object
How to use:
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Use “-est” or “most” depending on the adjective.
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Use “the” before the superlative form.
✅ Examples:
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This is the tallest building in the city.
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That was the funniest movie I’ve seen.
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She is the most talented singer in the group.
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He is the least active member of the team.
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This is the best book I’ve ever read. (irregular)
📘 Forming Comparatives and Superlatives
🔸 One-Syllable Adjectives
| Adjective | Comparative | Superlative |
|---|---|---|
| cold | colder | coldest |
| big | bigger | biggest |
| thin | thinner | thinnest |
| tall | taller | tallest |
Rule: Double the final consonant if the word ends in consonant + vowel + consonant.
🔸 Two-Syllable Adjectives
If the word ends in “y”, change “y” to “i” and add -er/-est.
| Adjective | Comparative | Superlative |
|---|---|---|
| happy | happier | happiest |
| busy | busier | busiest |
| gentle | more gentle | most gentle |
| peaceful | more peaceful | most peaceful |
Use more for comparative and most for superlative.
| Adjective | Comparative | Superlative |
|---|---|---|
| beautiful | more beautiful | most beautiful |
| expensive | more expensive | most expensive |
| difficult | more difficult | most difficult |
🔸 Irregular Adjectives
| Adjective | Comparative | Superlative |
|---|---|---|
| good | better | best |
| bad | worse | worst |
| far | farther | farthest |
| little | less | least |
| much/many | more | most |
✅ Irregular Examples:
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This cake is better than the one you made yesterday.
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That was the worst decision ever.
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He has less patience than me.
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This is the most useful tool in the box.
Exercise Solution
Use the words from the brackets to complete the sentences.
- This house is very small. I want to buy a …much bigger…………. one. (much / big)
- I liked the magic show. It was ..far more exciting..…… than I’d expected. (far / exciting)
- It was very cold yesterday. It’s ...a bit warmer….. today. (a bit / warm)
- The warmer the weather the ….better.…… I feel. (good)
- An average American earns …considerably higher…………….. than an average Nepali. (considerably / high
- Health care in Nepal is not as …expensive..…… as it is in the US. (expensive)
- I think the problem is …far more complicated …….. than it seems. (far / complicated)
- You are driving very fast. Would you please drive …a bit more slowly…….? (a bit/ slowly)
- Your handwriting is not legible. Can you write ..a bit neater.…..? (a bit/ neat)
Rewrite the following sentences with the sentence beginnings given below.
- Kabir is less intelligent than he pretends. He is not as talented as he pretends.
- I am busy today but I was busier yesterday. I’m not as busy as I was yesterday.
- Hari has lived in Kathmandu for 10 years but Bikram for 20 years. Bikram has lived more than Hari in Kathmandu.
- I used to study 12 hours a day but nowadays I study only 5 hours a day. I don’t study as much as I used to.
- It’s a very good room in our hotel. In fact, it’s the best one.
- He earns 30 thousand rupees a month but spends 40 thousand. He spends more than he earns.
- There is no other mountain higher than Mt. Everest in the world. Mt. Everest is the highest one.
- The place was nearer than I thought. It was not as far as I had thought it to be.
- Bharat can play better than Mohan. Mohan can’t play as good as Bharat.