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Cambridge English: Preliminary

Vocabulary practice for the Cambridge PET exam

Grammar: Comparatives and Superlatives Revision

If you've tried our exercises to practise comparative and superlative forms and want to see how well you know them, try this Sentence Transformation-style test. All of the answers require a comparative or superlative form.

Revise Comparatives and Superlatives

For each question, complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.
Use no more than three words.

1. He has never scored so highly in a test as he did in this one.
This ........................................ score he has received in a test.

That's right.No. The correct answer is 'is the highest' or 'is the best'.Your answer has been saved.Check your answer

 

2. The shop is not very busy today compared to yesterday.
The shop is not ........................................ it was yesterday.

That's right.No. The correct answer is 'as busy as'.Your answer has been saved.Check your answer

 

3. We were told that the show was not very entertaining but it was.
The show ........................................ than we had been told.

That's right.No. The correct answer is 'was more entertaining'.Your answer has been saved.Check your answer

 

4. I've never had to wait this long for a bus before.
This ........................................ I have ever had to wait for a bus.

That's right.No. The correct answer is 'is the longest'.Your answer has been saved.Check your answer

 

5. We had the same meal tonight and last night.
Dinner tonight ........................................ as it was last night.

That's right.No. The correct answer is 'was the same' or 'is the same'.Your answer has been saved.Check your answer

 

6. I don't think I have ever had such a bad haircut.
This ........................................ haircut I have ever had.

That's right.No. The correct answer is 'is the worst'.Your answer has been saved.Check your answer

 

 

 

Study Tip, Grammar

Were there any questions above that you got wrong? Is so, learn these new patterns. The best way to do this is to use them in sentences that mean something to you. For example, in question 2 we had this pattern:
The shop is not very busy today compared to yesterday.
The shop is not as busy as it was yesterday.

Use these patterns in sentences of your own. For example:
My French is not very good compared to my English.
My French is not as good as my English.