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Comparative and superlative - 26 Exercícios com gabarito

01. (EsFCEx) Choose the alternative that correctly shows the comparative form of the adjectives below:
Good – bad – ill – far – old
a) best – worse – worst – further – elder
b) best – worst – worse – farthest – eldest
c) better – worse – worse – further – elder
d) better – the worst – worse – the farther – older
e) The best – the worst – the worse – farther – older

02. (EsFCEx) Choose the best alternative to complete the question below:
Which vegetable is __________ : carrots, onions or potatoes?
a) healthier
b) most healthy
c) the healthiest
d) a lot healthy
e) little healthy

03. (EsFCEx) Some adjectives are used only in the attributive position. Which sentence exemplifies that?
a) My elder brother is a doctor.
b) The baby is asleep.
c) The film was interesting.
d) The old car belongs to me.
e) She is lost.

04. (EsFCEx) Choose the best alternative to complete the question below:
Which animal do you like _________, tigers or lions?
a) most
b) the most
c) many
d) more
e) much

05.  (EsFCEx) Choose the alternative that correctly completes the sentences below:
My car wasn‟t big enough, so, I needed a ________ one. My new car is______ and __________ than the one I had. It is _________ car in the world.
a) bigger – nicer – better – the most beautiful
b) more big – more nice – good – the beautiful
c) the biggest – the more nice – the better – the more beautiful.
d) the bigger – the nicer – better – the beautiful
e) the most big – nicer – the best – the more beautiful.

06. (ESCOLA NAVAL) What is the correct way to complete the text below?
"American Field Service, one of (1) ____ Exchange programs, said it saw a 6 percent increase in the number of families willing to host students next year."
a) older
b) the oldest
c) the older
d) oldest
e) the most old

07. (ESCOLA NAVAL) Which of the alternatives below completes the sentence correctly?
Rio de Janeiro doesn' t get (1)____ Petrópolis.
a) as many rain as
b) as much rain than
c) as much rain as
d) so many rain than
e) so much rain than

08. (ESCOLA NAVAL) 
Unclean Water Kills Half a Million Newborns a Year
In 18 countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, access to water in health care facilities is as ________ 20 percent. Access to water in larger hospitais is typically ________ than it is in smaller, primary health clinics, where most people receive their care, the report finds.
(Adapted from http://www.newsweek.com).
Which is the correct way to complete the paragraph below?
a) low as/better.
b) low/better.
c) less than/good.
d) least/good.
e) less than/best.

09. (EEAR) Choose the alternative so as to have the passage completed correctly.
Many people believe that pilots earn a lot of money. But the real fact is _____ the airline is, _____ pilots’ salary is. Smaller budget airlines can not afford to pay their pilots that much.
a) the largest – the highest
b) the larger – the highest
c) the largest – the higher
d) the larger – the higher

10. (ESCOLA NAVAL)  What is the correct way to complete the text below?
If you are visualizing many paradisiacal swims in clear blue waters, then the Croatian islands are calling your name. Most of the residents of Croatian islands have their own small boats to travei between islands and the coast - it's ____ __________ way to get around.
(Adapted from http://www.travelchannel.com)
a) easy
b) the easier
c)easiest
d) the easiest
e) easier

11. (UNIOESTE) Assinale a alternativa que expressa uma comparação de igualdade.
a) We are the world's leading producer.
b) You used to wait years to have a telephone installed.
c) These resources are no longer exploited at the cost of the environment.
d) Brazilians are as technology-hungry as anywhere in the world.
e) We are the world's largest producer of sugar.

12. (FATEC) Das frases reproduzidas a seguir, aquela que traz exemplos de graus de comparação está na alternativa:
a) “Neither, in fact, are the programmers themselves, who have grown up writing softwares to run on a single engine – serially, that is, not in parallel”.
b) "For 50 years we've done things one way, and now we're changing to a different model".
c) "Within a decade we will likely see chips with 100 cores, maybe even more, Rattner says".
d) "Moore's Law has held true, making computers cheaper and faster and more powerful".
e) "Writing programs for them is incredibly difficult and time consuming".

13. (FMU) That table is __________ than this one.
a) long
b) more long
c) longest
d) longer
e) most long

14. (PUC) Papyrus was used ____________ than paper.
a) early
b) earlier
c) more early
d) earlyer
e) earliest

15. (ESCOLA NAVAL) What is the correct way to complete the text below?
Learning a second language is not _______ learning a first language. It is _________.
a) the same like/harder
b) the same/more hard
c) the same as/harder
d) the same/more harder
e) the same as/iore hard

16. (EFOMM) Choose the alternative that correctly shows the comparative form of the adjectives below.
far - good – bad – easy - old
a) further - best - worst - easier - oldest
b) farther - better - worse - easiest - older
c) further - better - worse - easier - elder
d) farther - best - worse - easier - oldest
e) farthest - better - worst - easiest - eldest

17. (ESCOLA NAVAL) Which is the correct way to complete the paragraph below?
No language is easy to learn well, though languages which are related to our first language are __________ . Learning a completely different writing system is a huge challenge, but that does not necessarily make a language __________ another. In the end, it is impossible to say that there is one language that is ______ language in the world.
(Adapted from www.usingenglish.com)
a) easier/ more difficult/ harder
b) the easiest/ more difficult/ harder
c) as easy as/ the most difficult/ the hardest
d) easier/ more difficult than/ the hardest
e) the easiest/ more difficult than/ the harder

18. (EFOMM) Mark the only option which is NOT grammatically correct.
a) We’ve all got terrible voices, but I sing worst of all.
b) Thank you very much indeed. That is most kind of you.
c) She’s the fastest player of them all.
d) We’re walking by far the slowest.
e) The more it is dangerous, the more I like it.

19. (COLÉGIO NAVAL) Complete the dialogue using the right form of the adjectives.
A: Would you like to go to the beach on Friday?
B: Actually, I think Saturday is ___________________ for
me. Friday is my___________________ day.
Choose the item that respectively completes the gaps.
a) the best / busier
b) better / busiest
c) good / the most busiest
d) best / the busiest
e) good / the busier

20. (EsFCEx) Choose the word that best completes the sentence below.
_________________ place I’ve ever visited was the Netherlands.
a) The most
b) The more far
c) The farthest
d) The far most
e) The farest

21. (IOBV) Choose the alternative that contains the correct answer following the comparative form:
a) Non-smokers usually live longer than smokers.
b) My house is more big then yours.
c) This top model is beautifuler than that one.
d) Which is the very dangerous animal in the world?
e) A holiday in the sea is gooder than in the mountain.

22. (EEAR) Read the text to answer question.
To tip, or not to tip? 
The word tip comes from an old English slang. Americans usually tip people in places like restaurants, airports, hotels, and hair salons. 
People who work in these places often get paid low wages. A tip shows that the customer is pleased with service. 
 usually depends on the service. People such as parking valets or bellshops usually get (small) _____________ tips. The tip for people such as taxi drivers and waiters or waitresses is usually (large) _____________. 
When you’re not sure about how much to tip, do what feels right. You don’t have to tip for bad services. And you can give a (big) _____________ tip for a very good service. Remember, though, your behavior is (important) _____________ than your money. Always treat service providers with respect. 
Adapted from Interchange
Choose the alternative that completes the text with the correct comparatives.
a) smaller – larger – bigger – more important.
b) smaller – the largest – bigger – the most important.
c) the smallest – the largest – bigger – the most important.
d) the smallest – the largest – the biggest – the most important. 

23. (ESCOLA NAVAL) Mark the option that completes the excerpt below correctly.
Our study analyzed 7.1-billion miles ______, to update o u r______distracted driving study w ith _______ and_____data. We covered 4.5-miilion drivers across all American states and territories, from December 2017 through Fébruary 2018. We found that distracted driving is far______previously reported.
(Abridged from http ://blog,zendrive.com/)
a) further / latest / fresher / deeper / worse than
b) farthest / the later / fresher / deeper / worse than
c) farther / latest / the freshest / the deepest / worst than
d) farer / the later / the freshest / the deepest / the worst
e) furthest / the later / the freshest / the deepest / the worst

24. (ESCOLA NAVAL) Which option completes the tips below correctly?
Leadership
- ______ way to lead is to lead by example. A good leader tells you how it’s done, a great one shows you how.
- As a leader,________ thing that you can give your team members is your time. A lot of them will go through a bad phase or will be clueless about what to do. At those times, they need to know you are there.
- People will look up to you. At times, even for things in which they are fa r________ than you. You don’t have to take their decisions, just provide them your confidence so that they can take their decisions.
(Abridged from: https://yourstory.com/mystory/4b6ce51011-85-things-ilearned-being-a-ceo)
a) The better / the bigger / the most skill
b) The better / the bigger / more skilled
c) Better / bigger / most skilled
d) The best / the biggest / more skilled
e) The best / the biggest / most skilled

25. (ESCOLA NAVAL) Mark the option that completes the paragraph below correctly.
The Russian Vostok weather station in Antarctica has recorded temperatures as ______ as -89.2ºC (-128.6ºF). Here, the _______ temperature ever measured is -14ºC (7ºF).
Adapted from <https://www.climatestotravel.com/clîmate/antarctica>)
a) lowest / high
b) low / higher
c) low / highest
d) lower / higher
e) lower / highest

26. (EEAR) Choose the incorrect sentence.  
a) She is the oldest student in class. 
b) My English homework was not complicated.
c) He wants to buy a bigger house for his family. 
d) That black car is most expensive than the green one. 








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