The Preposition

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Prepositions and Conjunctions

Degrees of comparison

Test

1. London is ___ than Leeds.

A large

B larger

C the largest

2. Mary makes ___ mistakes than you do.

A more

B many

C most

3. «A Farewell to Arms» is one of the ___ novels of Hemingway.

A good

B the best

C better

4. Henry is not ___ his elder brother Bob.

A so strong as

B strong as

C stronger

5. Public transport in London is the ___ in Europe.

A expensive

B the most expensive

C more expensive

6. Do you think Americans are ___ English people?

A nicer than

B the nicest

C nice than

7. My ___ sister doesn't live with us.

A older

B elder

Cold

8. Go to the library if you need ___ information.

A farther

B further

C far

9. Life isn't ___ it used to be.

A so easy as

B more easy than

Ceasy

10. The problem is ___ we expected.

A serious than

B more serious than

Cserious

11. Let's go by train. It's much ___ .

A cheap

B cheaper

C the cheapest

12. I earn ___ money than he does.

A little

B more little

C less

13. The 22 nd of December is ___ day in the year.

A short

B the shortest

C shorter

14. This house is ___ of all the houses in the street.

A as old as

B older

C the oldest

15. He has ___ time than me.

A bigger

B much

C more