Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010

Calling Mr. President
Special adjectives and comparing
Adjectives

Herbert Hoover was the first president to have one of these on his desk. What was it?

To answer the question, complete each sentence below with the correct adjective. Choose your answers from the words after each sentence. Write the letter of each answer in the space above its sentence number at the bottom of the page. You will need to divide the letters into words.

1. Julie’s cell phone is _____ than Ali’s cell phone.

O. smaller

C. smallest

2. Ali’s phone is _____ than Julie’s.

P. old

E. older

3. Ali’s phone is also _____ than Julie’s.

A. heavier

E. heaviest

4. Bradley’s phone is the _____ phone of all.

R. better

H. best

5. His phone is the _____ phone of them all.

G. newer

E. newest

6. The reception on Julie’s phone is very _____.

N. clear

O. clearer

7. Julie’s phone is the _____ phone of all.

N. thinner

L. thinnest

8. The battery in Julie’s phone lasts _____.

T. long

M. longer

9. Her phone is _____ to use than her brother’s phone.

P. easier

A. easiest

10. Julie feels that cell phones are the _____ invention ever.

C. greater

E. greatest