A. Fill in the blanks with the correct comparative or superlative form of the word in brackets and the appropriate preposition (in or of) where necessary.
I went on holiday last year but it was a disaster. My hotel room was 1)-----smaller than--------(small) the one in the photograph in the brochure. I think it was 2) ------------(small) room --------- the hotel. The weather was terrible too. It was 3) -------------(cold) in England. The beach near the hotel was very dirty - it was 4) ----------------(dirty) all the beaches on the island. The food was 5) ------------(expensive) I expected and I didn't have enough money. One day I went shopping in a big department store and I broke a vase. It was 6) -------------(expensive) vase -------- the whole shop. But 7) -----------(bad) thing -------all was that I lost my passport and I couldn't go back home. It was 8) ------------(horrible) holiday -------- my life.
B. Fill in the blanks with the correct comparative or superlative form of the word in brackets.
M: I'm happy I'm not a woman.
W: Why?
M: Men are 1)--------better-than-----(good) women.
W: But you are 2)----------------(stupid) person I know!!
M: Don't be horrible. Men are 3)-------------------------(intelligent) ------------- women. They are 4) --------------------(logical) and 5) --------------------(good) cooks. ------------ women.
W: Your ideas are 6) -------------------(old-fashioned) --------------- mine. I think women are 7) -------------------------(clever). They are 8) ------------------------(sensible) and 9) --------------------(practical) ------------- men are. - and men are 10) ------------------(bad) drivers ----------------- women because women are 11) ------------------(patient).
M: But men are 12) ------------------------(athletic).
W: Oh, please, let's talk about something else. This is 13) ------------------------(ridiculous) conversation I have ever had!
Source : Round-Up 4 by Virginia Evans
ANSWERS
A. 2)the smallest / in 3) colder than 4) the dirtiest of 5) more expensive than 6) the most expensive / in 7) the worst / of 8) the most horrible / of
B. 2) the most stupid 3) more intelligent than 4) more logical 5) better....than 6) more old-fashioned than 7) cleverer / more clever 8) more sensible 9) more practical than 10) worse.....than 11)more patient 12) more athletic 13) the most ridiculous
