Exercise 5: Choose the best answer 1. The weather is …………………….. today than yesterday. A. much better B. very better C. more good D. not so good 2. She is the …………….. member of the family. A. taller B. tallest C. tall D. most tall 3. This box is the ………………. of the two ones. A. heavy B. heaviest C. heavier D. most heavy 4. He was only nine, but he ate ………………….. his father did. A. much than B. as much as C. much more D. as much than 5. Susan is 28, but Jane, her sister, is only 14. A. Susan is older than her sister. B. Susan is twice as old as her sister C. Susan is two times as older as her sister D. Her sister is as twice as old as Susan. 6. The …………………….. the room, the ………………. furniture it needs. A. smaller/ less B. smaller / fewer C. small / fewer D. small/ less 7. Liz is ………………….. than Linda. A. 2 years old B. older 2 years C. 2 years older D. old 2 years 8. There is now much …………………. water in the lake than there was last year. A. smaller B. fewer C. less D. too little 9. Why don’t you buy bananas when they are ……………. apples? A. less expensive than B. less expensive as C. not expensive than D. not so expensive than 10. “Is he a good student?” - “ Yes, he speaks English …………… of all? A. the fluentest B. the most fluently C. the most fluent D. more fluently 11. This apartment is ………………. in the building. A. the biggest than any other one B. bigger than any other one C. biger than any other one D. biggest than any other one 12. The weather has been bad this week. Next week it will probably even………….. A. more badly B. worse C. worser D. worst 13. Lan doesn’t speak Chinese …………… Nam. A. well as B. as good as C. better as D. as well as 14. This coat and that one are ………………. A. like B. alike C. same D. likely 15. ……………….. we jog, ………………. we are. A. The most/ the healthiest B. the most/ the healthier C. The more/ the most healthy D. the more/ the healthier 16. The winter is coming, it is getting ……………………. A. more cold B. the more cold C. colder and colder D. the most cold 17. My car is ………….. yours. A. more cheap and beautiful than B. cheaper and more beautiful than C. more cheap and more beautiful than D. cheaper and beautiful as 18. The problem seems to be ……………………. A. most serious B. more serious than C. more serious D. more and more serious 19. Their house is ………………….. beautiful than mine. A. too much B. so many more C. a lot much D. much more 20. He is ………………. than his brother. A. lazy B. more lazy C. lazier D. as lazy 21. This tooth-brush is ………………… of the pair. A. good B. well C. the best D. the better 22. She is ……………… her father than her mother. A. liker B. more like C. as like D. very like 23. He is one of the …………………. writer in American Literature. A. well-known B. best-known C. most well-known D. B & C are correct 24. This is the …………….. matter of all A. simpler B. simplest C. most simple D. more simple