Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition.

1. She is always envious … her cousin’s long blond hair.

2. He joined the boys … herding the buffaloes.

3. The computer provides access … all the information.

4. A ger can be put up, then taken … and transported.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.

1. People in rural areas wear … than those in the big city. (simple)

2. Robert arrived at the meeting … than Francis. (late)

3. These trousers are too wide. Do you have any that are … ? (narrow)

4. My mother always gets up … than everybody else in the house. (early)

5. Rene speaks … than the other ELS students in the class. (fluent)

6. Can’t you think of anything … to say? (intelligent)

7. I think his new book is much … than his last one. (boring)

8. Max finished the homework … than anyone else in the class. (fast)

9. He doesn’t look as … as he used to. (happy)

Underline the correct words or phrases.

6. Don’t worry. The river is not as deep / deeper as it looks.

7. After a hard working day, you may sleep soundlier / more soundly than usual.

8. My father has been much healthier / more healthy since he stopped smoking.

9. The air in the mountainous zones is more fresh / fresher than that in the cities.

10. I can’t understand. Would you ask him to speak clearlier / more clearly?

Underline the correct words or phrases.

1. Cattle usually cross over the road. You should drive more careful / more carefully.

2. Life in some parts of the country is boring / more boring than that in other parts.

3. The old usually get up earlier / more early than the young.

4. An ox doesn’t plough weller / better than a buffalo.

5. These 7 thinking habits will help you become more confident / more confidently.

Complete the sentences with the comparative form of adverbs in the box. Add ‘than’ where nescessary.

[carefully ; hard ; quietly ; slowly ; healthily ; well ; badly ; quickly ; far ; fast]

1. The teacher spoke … to help us to understand.

2. She answered all the questions … the other students and she got a very good mark.

3. The Spanish athlete ran … the other runners, so he won the race.

4. Jim threw the ball … Peter.

5. This street is crowded and narrow. Couldn’t you drive a bit … ?

6. These days we are eating … ever before.

7. I did … on the test than Mark did. He got an A+ and I just got an A.

8. Machines can help farmers harvest … .

9. Does more money make you work … ?

10. You’re talking so loudly. Could you speak a bit … , please?

Underline the correct form of the word.

1. We’ve all been working very hard / hardly and now we’re tired.

2. Our school Internet connection is really slow / slowly.

3. What’s the matter with him? He looks angry / angrily.

4. The children are playing quiet / quietly in the garden.

5. Rural areas are common / commonly known as the countryside or a village.

6. Nomadic children are very brave / bravely to learn to ride a horse at the age of five.

7. The sun is shining bright / brightly through the trees.

8. We all find living in the city very stressful / stressfully.

9. Don’t talk so fast / fastly - I can’t understand what you’re saying.

10. John was a kindly and generous / generously man.

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