Grammar: Superlative

Name: ________
Date:
I. Fill in each blank with a word in the box.
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to see the world (1) _______ the eyes of a stranger? To
see what they think and how life must feel for them? How different or (2) _______ are you? Being a pen pal is
essentially just that. Pen pals are sets of people who regularly write to each other, primarily via postal mail or
email. They don’t usually have a well-established (3) _______ in person and so are, most of the time, strangers.
They share their thoughts and (4) _______ with each other and often develop lifelong friendships. For some
individuals the fun of having pen pals often lies in the fact that the letters are handwritten, therefore snail mail is
their preferred way of communicating, while for others the modernity of (5) _______ interaction is a better fit.
Regardless of the preferred mode, having a pen pal is super fun and (6) _______ .
II. Read the passage and answer the questions.
Education is an important part of British life. There are hundreds of schools, colleges and universities in
England, including some of the most famous in the world.
Education is free and compulsory for all children between the ages of 5 - 16. Some children are educated at
home rather than in school.
Children’s education in England is normally divided into two separate stages. They begin with primary
education at the age of five and this usually lasts until they are eleven. Then they move to secondary school,
there they stay until they reach sixteen, seventeen or eighteen years of age.
Teachers in primary schools (4-11 years old) are always addressed by their surname by parents and pupils
alike, always Mr., Mrs. or Miss Smith... In secondary schools (11 - 16 years), teachers are usually addressed as
Miss or Sir.
1. How many schools, colleges and universities are there in Britain?

2. Is education free and compulsory for all children between the ages of 5 - 16?

3. How many stages is children’s education in England divided into?

4. At what age do children move to secondary school?

5. How do parents and pupils address teachers in primary schools?

6. How are teachers in secondary schools addressed?

XV. Rearrange the words to make meaningful sentences.

1. excited/ my/ first day/ school/ at/ I’m/ about

2. subjects/ and geography/ favourite/ My/ literature/ are

3. in/ are/ How many/ your/ bedrooms/ there/ house?

4. a/ a/ is/ maths teacher/ at/ My father/ secondary school

5. blue eyes,/ has/ straight nose/ Grace/ and a/ full lips

6. are/ some books/ on/ next to/ There/ the desk/ my chair

7. watering/ likes/ flowers/ our garden/ in/ My brother/ the

8. attend/ with/ Would/ like/ to/ you/ birthday party/ Mai’s/ me?

Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.

1. _______ son caused some trouble at _______ school yesterday.
A. Her - his B. His - her C. Hers - his D. Her - her
2. The bird is flapping _______ wings against the bars of _______ cage.
A. it - it B. it - its C. its - its D. its - it
3. There’s a big contrast between _______ neighbourhood and _______.
A. him - hers B. his - her C. hers - his D. her - his
4. I’ll show you to _______ room. _______ is across the hall.
A. your - Ours B. yours - Ours C. yours - Our D. your - Our
5. We gave them _______ address, and they gave us _______.
A. ours - their B. our - theirs C. our - their D. ours - theirs
6. He decorated _______ room with pictures of all _______ favourite sports figures.
A. his - mine B. his - his C. his - hers D. his - theirs
7. Bob, are these old books in this drawer _______? - Yes, they’re all _______.
A. yours - mine B. your - my C. your - mine D. yours - my
8. _______ mother is a teacher. She started _______ job fifteen years ago.
A. My - hers B. Mine - hers C. Mine - her D. My - her
9. _______ work is bad, but _______ is worse, and _______ is the worst of all.
A. Yours - hers - mine B. Yours - her - my
C. Your - her - my D. Your - hers - mine
10. Arthur and William are good friends of _______. I often visit _______ hometown.
A. mine - theirs B. my - theirs C. mine - their D. my - their
I. Complete the sentences. Use the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
1. _______ robot, or nanobot, can enhance the precision of a surgeon. (small)
2. This is _______ travelling robot vacuum I have watched on TV. (slow)
3. What are some of _______ things you could order a robot to do? (funny)
4. I think 250-Year-Old Automaton was _______ robot in the world. (old)
5. Is Saarang Sumesh no longer _______ robot maker in India? (young)
6. Robots replacing humans to do most jobs wouldn’t be _______ future. (bad)
7. At the current time, Japan is the world's _______ producer of robots. (big)
8. For starters in robotics, what is _______ robot that one can make? (easy)
9. _______ space probe mankind has launched from Earth is Voyager 1. (far)
10. This path finder robot reaches the destination with _______ route around obstacles. (short)
II. Complete the sentences. Use comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
1. Your robot is so much _______ than the one I bought last summer. (nice)
2. Space robots can explore the _______ planets in the solar system. (hot)
3. This flying robot is only slightly _______ than the diameter of a pencil. (tall)
4. What is the cheapest drone with the _______ flight time? (long)
5. This robot can walk upstairs and his arms stretch _______ than a car. (wide)
6. Investment in new robot technologies has become _______ than before. (large)
7. My pen friend said, 'There is nothing _______ than being served by a robot!' (bad)
8. Where can I buy the _______ robot vacuum for pet hair cleanup? (good)
9. Singapore was the country with the _______ robot density in 2019. (high)
10. Explorers built this robot to work in the _______ temperatures on Earth. (cold)
III. Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.
1. Using robots is one of _______ ways to explore this deep cave.
A. safest B. the safer C. safer D. the safest
2. Robots work 24/7 at a _______ price than _______ wage exists today.
A. lower much - lowest B. much lowest - the lower
C. much lower - the lowest D. lower much - the lowest
3. _______ robot was designed for war, almost _______ than a human.
A. The smartest - smarter B. Smarter - smartest
C. The smartest - smartest D. Smarter - the smartest
4. The automotive industry is one of _______ users of industrial robots.
A. the larger B. the largest C. larger D. largest
5. A robot called Cheetah is _______ than the _______ human, Usain Bolt.
A. the faster - fastest B. faster - fastest
C. the faster - the fastest D. faster - the fastest
6. Can we put those robots in order from _______ to _______?
A. heaviest - lightest B. the heavier - the lighter
C. heavier - lighter D. the heaviest - the lightest
7. RoboBee is currently the world's _______ robot, even a paper clip is _______ it.
A. smallest - bigger B. the smallest - bigger
C. smallest - bigger than D. the smallest - bigger than
8. Robots don’t get tired and some are _______ than the _______ human.
A. far stronger – strongest B. far strongest - strongest
C. stronger far - strongest D. stronger far - stronger
9. Even if you’re _______ person in the world, our robot _______ after your mess.
A. tidier - cleans up B. the tidier - will clean up
C. tidiest - cleans up D. the tidiest - will clean up
10. The _______ robot mowers are _______ a petrol-powered lawnmower.
A. noisier - much quieter B. noisiest - much quieter than
C. noisiest - quieter much D. noisier - quieter much than
IV. Choose the word or phrase that needs correcting.
1. Can the smartest robots understand and speak much than 100 languages?
A B C D
2. Robots will be very useful because they won’t do almost everything instead of us.
A B C D
3. This is the smallest of all home robots, and I can put them in my school bag.
A B C D
4. Dr. Adam’s home robot do the dishes, irons clothes, and puts toys away.
A B C D
5. A doctor robot can helps sick people and do many things like humans.
A B C D