Thursday 25 April 2024

CHANGE THE DEGREES / DEGREES OF COMPARISON QUESTIONS

 


CHANGE THE DEGREES WITHOUT CHANGING THE MEANINGS OF THE SENTENCES.

 Exercise: 1

1. Ram is as clever as Hari.

2. Night is as important as day.

3. Sita is as pretty as Gita.

4. Rakesh plays as well as Ramesh.

5. Namita ran as fast as Kavita.

6. Krishna is not as dull as Dev.

7. Gopal is not as dull as Naresh.

8. Namita was not as smart as Susmita.

9. Nilesh does not bowl as fast Priyesh.

10. England did not score as many runs as India.

 

Exercise: 2

1. Gopi is taller than Bapi.

2. Sita is prettier than Gita.

3. Iron is heavier than paper.

4. Mita is more intelligent than Lata.

5. Mother is kinder than father.

6. Ram is not cleverer than Hari.

7. England is not richer than America.

8. Rohan does not bat more defensively than Mohan.

9. The Indians are not more industrious than the Japanese.

10. Hindi is not more important than Sanskrit.

 

Exercise: 3

1. Abdul is as strong as his brother.

2. Akbar was one of the greatest kings.

3. Some boys are at least as industrious as Karim.

4. Mahabaleshwar is cooler than Mysore.

5. No other bowler in the eleven is so good as Rama

6. Very few cities in India are as big as Chennai.

7. No other story-book is so popular as The Arabian Nights.

8. This pony is better trained than yours.

9. This church is the biggest in Mumbai.

10. This newspaper has a bigger circulation than any other morning papег.

 

Exercise: 4

1. Helen of Troy was more beautiful than any other woman.

2. The airplane flies faster than birds.

3. Hyderabad is one of the biggest of Indian cities

4. Some beans are at least as nutritious as meat.

5. Samudra Gupta was one of the greatest of Indian kings

6. Australia is the largest island in the world.

7. Very few Indo-Anglian novelists are as great as R.K. Narayan

8. This is one of the hottest districts in India.

9. It is better to starve than beg.

10. He loves all his sons equally well.

 

Exercise: 5

1. A horse la more intelligent than an ass

2. A wise enemy is better than a foolish friend

3.  Bombay is the best sea port in India.

4. Disraell was the greatest statesman of England

5. There are few districts so fertile as Hoshiarpur

6. Kalkiasa is one of the greatest poets.

7. Very few books are as popular as Dickens' 'David Copperfield

8. Golf is one of the most precious metals.

9. It is easier to speak than to act.

10. The train runs faster than a horse-cart.

 

Exercise: 6

1. He knows you better than I.

2. He knows you better than me.

3. Of all men he is the meanest.

4. Let us see who runs fastest.

5. He does his work more honestly than anybody else.

6. Few historians write as graphically as Macaulay.

7. John bowls faster than Jack.

8. Ashoka was one of the noblest of Indian kings.

9. A live ass is better than a dead lion.

10. Jim seemed more cheerful than any of his companions.

 

Exercise: 7

1. Iron is more useful than any other metal.

2. Meera works faster than Sheela.

3. My house is farther from school than yours.

4. He is a more faithful friend to me than you are.

5. Ankita is as intelligent as her sister.

6. Shipra is not so intelligent as Rashi.

7. It is better to starve than to beg.

8. Dehradun is not so cool as Shimla.

9. Beans are as nutritious as milk.

10. Delhi is one of the busiest cities in India.

 

Exercise: 8

1. The Arabian Nights is the most popular story book.

2. Very few games are as popular as Cricket.

3. The elder sister is not so clever as the younger one.

4. India is the largest democracy in the world.

5. A sunset on seashore is one of the loveliest sights of nature.

6. Chandigarh is one of the most beautiful cities in India.

7. I have never seen so big a diamond as this.

8. Jacob is more industrious than any other boy in the colony.

9.  Australia is smaller than any other continent in the world.

10. The degrees of comparison is one of the most interesting topics in grammar.

 

N.B. – The above questions have been collected from the different grammar books.



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