DEGREES OF COMPARISON
Compare the animals:
A giraffe is ____than an antelope.
A giraffe is taller than an antelope.
What is the antonym for 'better'?
worse
Use the correct homophone from 'your' or ' you're ' to complete this sentence:
________ cooking dinner for the family tonight.
you're
What is another word for 'extreme anger'?
wrath
complete the sentence:
Bismi wondered what was ____ the bag.
inside
Complete the sentence with the correct degree of comparison: Kevin writes ____ of all the three of us. (neatly)
Kevin writes most neatly of all the three of us.
Write the synonym for 'incorrect'.
wrong
Choose the correct homophone:
The troupe of dancers took a ____ after their performance. (bough/ bow)
What is the word used in the poem meaning cunning or treacherous?
deceitful
Complete the sentence using the correct preposition:
We are now flying _____ the clouds in the sky.
above
Complete the sentence with the superlative form of the adjective: They have got a very good house. It is the ___ house I have ever seen.
They have got a very good house. It is the best house I have ever seen.
Write the synonym as well as the antonym for the word 'angry'.
mad / wrathful
happy
Complete the sentence by adding the correct homograph in both blanks.
I usually ____ my car near the sidewalk before I enter the _____ for jogging.
park
What is a mechanical gate consisting of revolving horizontal arms fixed to a vertical post, allowing only one person at a time to pass-through?
turnstile
Rewrite the preposition in the following sentence:
I jumped on the moving skateboard and sped.
on
Use the adjective in the bracket in the comparative or superlative form: Speak _____. I cannot hear you. (loud)
Speak louder. I cannot hear you.
Rewrite the sentence by replacing the underlined word with its synonym:
Tharun described his concern over the increase in covid cases.
Tharun explained his concern over the increase in covid cases.
Write a homograph that matches both the definitions given below:
(i) to move a boat using oars
(ii) arranged in a line
row
What is a horizontal bar hanging by two ropes and free to swing, used by acrobats in a circus
trapeze
Whom was she talking ___?
to
Complete the sentence with the correct degree of comparison: This is the _____ published book in the country. (wide
This is the most widely published book in the country.
Write the antonym for the word first and then complete the below sentence using the antonym pair:
aloud - _____
Our teacher told us not to talk ____, so we did our work _______.
aloud - silence/quiet
Our teacher told us not to talk aloud, so we did our work silently / quietly.
Complete the sentence with the appropriate homophone:
Within a ____ after the injury, the ___ lamb was jumping and prancing around. (weak,week)
week
weak
the act of trimming a plant is called as _____.
pruning
Rewrite the prepositional phrase and also state whether it is an adjective phrase or an adverb phrase:
The train passed through a dark tunnel.
The train passed through a dark tunnel.
adverb phrase