GRAMMAR EXERCISE
Now use your knowleage of the rules and examples given above and select the best answer to fill in the blanks.
1)………………….has just arrived.
a.a piece of new aquipments b. a few new equipments
2)…………………….students enrolled this year than last year.
A . less of the b. a few more
3)you don’t hear ………......... news about mr.wijekoon these day.
A . many b. a lot
4) I don’t know there are…………………. Birds in this area
A . so few b. no a lot of
5) “are you sure you don’t want to watch the teledrama tonight?
I can’t. have………………”
A . too many home works b. much too many homework
6) how was your trip to the jeweller’s I ve never seen…….........bangles in one place
A . so much gold b. more than a little gold
C . so many gold d. as much of gold
7) I’m sorry I’m late. L hope I didn’t’t cause you……………………….
A . too much problems b. many more trouble
8)”the price of dried fish has really gone up” yes, they give you…………….. for your money now
A . so few b. so little
9) the principal……………( gives, give) us information on the war from time to time
10) the cricket team……………………( plays, play) matches from morning till night.
11) the soccer team……………………( consists, consist) of 15 players.
12) mathematics……………………( is, are) a useful subject but it’s not popular.
13) modern music…………………( gives, give) us a lot of pleasure, but old people find it too loud
14) television………………..( is, are) a wonderful medium, but television sets…………………( is,are) expensive.
15) akka is ………………………( more tall, taller, more taller) than mufthazar.
16) amithab bhatchan is …………………….( more rich, richer, more richer) than madhuri dixit.
16) kotmale is ……………………. ( more cold, colder, more colder) than nikaweratiya.
17) upcountry tea is …………….. ( more cheap, cheaper, more cheaper) than imported coffee.
18) Nigeria is ………………………..( more wealthy, wealthier, more wealthier) than Ghana in natural resources.
19) she’s the……………… ( nice,nicer, nicest) achchi in the world.
20) I have two brothers, but the …………………..( young, younger, youngest) is the bigger of the two.
21) that sports club meeting was the …………………( unruly, most unruly, most unruliest) meeting I’ve been to in my life.
22) he has the ……………………… ( loud, liuder, loudest) voice in the office and the …………….. (kind, kinder, kindest) heart.
23) of the two students mala is the ……………………. (good, better, best) one.