1. Rita plays violin good.
2. That is an intensely novel.
3. The sun is shining bright
4. The girls speak fluently French.
5. The boys speak Spanish fluently.
6. The table has a smooth surface.
7. We must figure our income tax returns accurately.
8. We don’t like to drink bitterly tea.
9. The plane will arrive soon.
10. He had an accident because he was driving too fast.
Exercise 27:
Linking (Compulative) verbs
Circle the correct form in
parentheses.
1. Your
cold sounds terrible.2. The pianist plays very well.
3. The food in the restaurant always tastes good.
4. The campers remained calm despite the thunderstorm.
5. They became sick after eating the contaminated food.
6. Professor Calandra looked quickly at the students sketches.
7. Paco was working diligent on the project.
8. Paul protested vehement about the new proposals.
9. Our neighborsappreadrelaxed after their vacation.
10. The music sounded too noisy to be classical.
Exercise 28:
Comparisons
Supply the correct form of the
adjectives and adverbs in parentheses. Let asand
thanbe your clues. Add any other
words that may be necessary.
1. John and his friends left as soon as the professor had finished his lecture.
2. His job is more important than his friends.
3. He plays the guitar as well as Andres Segovia.
4. A new house is much more expensive than an older one.
5. Last week wasas hot as this week.
6. Martha is more talented than her cousin.
7. Bill’s descriptions are more colorful than his wife’s.
8. Nobody is more happythan Maria Elena.
9. The boys felt worse bad than the girls about losing the game.
10. A greyhound runs more fastthan a Chihuahua.
Exercise29:
Comparisons
Supply than, as, or from in
each of the following sentences.
1. The
Empire State Building is taller than
the Statue of Liberty.
2. California
is farther from New York than Pennsylvania.
3. His
assignments is different from mine.
4. Louie
reads more quickly than his sisters.
5. No
animal is so big from King Kong.
6. That
report is less impressive than the government’s.
7. Sam
wears the same shirt as his teammates.
8. Dave
paints much more realistically than his professor.
9. The
twins have less money at the end of the month than they have at the
beginning.
10. Her
sports car is different from Nancy’s.
Exercise 30:
Comparisons
Select the correct form in
parentheses in the following sentences.
1. Of
the four dresses, I like the red one best.
2. Phil
is happier
person that we know.
3. Pat’s
car is faster than Dan’s.
4. This
is the creamiest ice cream I have had in a long time.
5. This
poster is more colorful than the one in the ball.
6. Does
fred feel better today than he did
yesterday.
7. This
vegetable soup tastes very good.
8. While
trying to balance the baskets on her head, the woman walked more
awkwardly than her daughter.
9. Jane
is the less athletic of all the women.
10. My
cat is the prettiest of the two.
