ENGLISH QUIZ: Can YOU fill in the blanks?

Answer these questions and find out just how good you are with English degrees of comparison! Illustration: Uttam Ghosh

Are you good, better or the best when it comes to degrees of comparison?

Fill in the blanks for each sentence in the following pages with the appropriate degree of comparison -- positive, comparative or superlative.

Answers are provided upon submission of results on each page and you can draw your own conclusions about your performance!

Fill in the blank with the correct degree of comparison:
That has got to be __________ movie I have ever seen.
1) the worst
2) worse
3) most worst

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Back in school, Rajul was the __________ of the two sisters.
1) most smart
2) smartest
3) smarter

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To cheer him up, Grandpa told him __________ story he could come up with.
1) a funny
2) the funniest
3) the most funny

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That is one __________ apple pie!
1) delicious
2) deliciousest
3) more delicious

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Is Pluto __________ planet from the sun?
1) farther
2) the farthest
3) most farthest

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Must you always pick __________ item in the store?
1) the expensiver
2) the most expensive
3) the expensive

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A R Rahman has composed some of the __________ music the world has ever heard.
1) best
2) better
3) good

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Of all Amar's ex-girlfriends, Ambika was __________.
1) crazy
2) crazier
3) the craziest

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At 72 kilos, Soham is considerably __________ than she was last year.
1) fat
2) fatter
3) more fatter

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Opinions are divided as to whether tea or coffee is __________ beverage.
1) the healthiest
2) the healthier
3) healthy

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New York is one of __________ visited holiday destinations in America.
1) the most
2) most
3) the mostest

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He is a __________ child if ever there was one!
1) bratty
2) brattier
3) brattiest

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I can't think of a __________ way to tell my boss I'm resigning than via e-mail.
1) polite
2) most polite
3) more polite

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The taste of Alphonso mangoes is __________ to other varieties of the fruit.
1) the best
2) far superior
3) better

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And then he laid eyes on __________ girl he had ever seen.
1) the beautifullest
2) the most beautiful
3) the beautifuller

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