Degrees of Adjectives (Adverbs)

For exercises 1 to 10, choose the correct alternative.

1-Quanto mais cedo você sair, melhor.

a) How much early you leave, the gooder.

b) How much soon you leave, better.

c) The soonest you leave, the best.

d) The sooner you leave, the better.

e) The earlier you leave, better.

2--Ele não é tão astuto quanto eu.

a} He's not so shrewd as Iam.

b) He is not shrewder than Iam.

c} He is not shrewd so Iam.

d) He's not shrewdest as Iam.

e) He is less shrewd as Iam.

3-Ele é o filho mais jovem daquele homem.

a) He's the youngest son of that man

b} He's the most young son of that man

c) He's the more young son of that man

d) He is young son of that man

e) He is less young son than that man

4-- Ela parecia cada vez mais feliz.

a) She looked the more and the more happy.

b) She looked happy and happy.

c) She looked happier and happier.

d) She looked happiest and happiest.

e) She looked more and more happy.

5-- The the gadget (aparelho) is, .

a) cheapest; worse

b) cheapest; the worst

c) more cheap; the worse

d) cheaper; worst

e) cheaper; the worse

6-- His hair has turned bis mother's.

a) greyer d) the greiest

b) greier than e) greyer than

c) the greyest

7- Which is river in the world?

a) the most long d) the tallest

b) the longest e) the most high

c) the longer

8--The old woman used to be and -than

the other beside her.

a) thinnest -prettiest

b) thinner -prettyest

c) thinner -prettyer

d) thinner -prettier

e) more thin -more pretty

9--Pick up clothes in the basket.

a) dryer d) the driest

b) drier than e) driest

c) dryest

10--Try to be a little when you talk to the

poor kids.

a) humblest d) the humblest

b) humbler e) less humble as

c) as humbler

Texto para os exercícios de 11 a 16.

(UFPE-2000) "Brazilians at the bottom of the social

pyramid have made some important gains over the last

decades. These gains are not the work of any one

government or of a social crusade but the gradual result

of decades of economic growth, urbanization and the

spread of the market economy. The poorest Brazilians

are -I- , live –II_ and eat –III_ protein than ever. Ali but a

handful are enrolled in school, and fewer are dropping

auto Thanks to stable prices, they now own goods that

were once luxuries: color televisions, refrigerators,

stoves and washing machines. Cardoso always knew

that stopping inflation was only the bare beginning of

true social reform. But what now, with the economy on

the brink?"

(Source: "A Tale of Two Countries", by Mac Margolis, WORLD

ECONOMY, NEWSWEEK, February 1,1999. pages 14 and 16.)

11--The words that best fill blanks I, II and III are,

respectively:

a) tallest; longest; most

b) more tall; more long; more

c) taller; longer; as much i

d) taller; longer; more !

e) the most tall; the most long; the most !

12--.m Choose the adjective that does not form the !

superlative in the same way as "the poorest".

a) silly d) cheap

b) nice e) tiring

c) few

Para os exercícios de 13 a 16 marque V para as afirma-

ções verdadeiras e F para as afirmações falsas, de acordo

com o texto.

13- What were the gains the poorest Brazilians have

made lately? .~1.

(O)luxuries.

(1) goods.

(2) health.

(3) employment.

(4) imports.

V___F___

14-- These gains are due to:

(O) inflation.

(1) Cardoso's government.

I(2) a social crusade.

(3)economic growth.

(4) misfortune.

V ___F __

15- "Thanks to" is equivalent to:

(O) as a refusal of

(1) in gratitude to

(2) as the result of

(3) due to

(4~because of

V ___F ___

16—"On lhe brink" means:

(O) stable

(1) unstable (2) on the decrease

(3)successful

(4) uncertain

V ___F ____

For exercises 17 to 29, choose the correct alternative.

17--(UFUbe-MG) Escolha a alternativa em que a forma

comparativa esteja empregada corretamente.

a) Planes are usually the most fast than trainS.

b) Planes are usually more fast than trains.

c) Planes are usually more faster than trains.

d) Planes are usually as faster as trains. ~ "

e) Planes are usually faster than trains.

18-(ESAN-SP) The Westminster Abbey is not -the

Tower of London.

a) as big than d) biggest

b) bigger e) biger than

c) as big as

19--(FAAP-SP) Translate into English: "Esta é a aveni-

da mais larga desta cidade".

a) This is the greatest avenue in this citY.

b) This is the broadest avenue in this citY.

c) This is the larger avenue in this citY.

d) This is the bigger avenue in this citY.

e) This is the most large avenue in this citY.

20---(FAAP-SP) It seems that John's camera is _Joe's.

a) more new than d) the newest than

b) newer that e) newer than

c) less new as

21--(Carlos Chagas-SP) A medida que você viqja para o

Norte, o solo se torna mais seco.

a) As you traveI Northward, the earth gets dry.

b) As in measure you traveI Northward, the soil

gets driest.

c) As you traveI Northward, the soil becomes more

dry.

d) As you traveI Northward, the soil gets more dry.

e) As you traveI Northward, the soil gets drier.

22-(FMU-SP) Alice is ___girl in her classroom.

a) nicer d) pretty

b) nice e) the nicest

c) prettier

23--(PUCCamp-SP) This is one of the ___ tests I've

taken.

a) hardest

b) harder than

c) more hard

d) most hard

e) None of the above applies

24-- (Carlos Chagas-SP) No one was__ than John

when he heard a lie.

a) angrier d) most angry

b) so angry e) angry

c) angriest

25--.m (Carlos Chagas-SP) Today it has not been __ it

was yesterday.

a) so hoter than d) so hot as

l b) so hot than e) more hot than

! c) as hot than

26 --(Carlos Chagas-SP) Mr. Landers feels much -

today.

a) good d) worse

b) best e) worst

c) bad

 

27.-m (PUC-MG) Miss Devlin made few friends not

because she was _____ than the others,

but because of her manners.

a) less popular d) the more popular

b) as popular e) not so popular

c) the most popular

28--(PUC-SP) The hole in front of his garage is becoming ___

a) deep and deep d) deeper and deepest i

b) deeper and deeper e) deepest and deepest i

c) deep and deeper i

29--(FMU-SP) Mr. Jones has been absent from work i

only four times this year. i

"Mr. Smith has been absent even _____times

than that."

a) few d) a few

b) least e) the less

c) fewer

For exercises 30 and 31, follow the instructions. !

30--(FUVEST) Reescreva completando com o grau

adequado dos adjetivos indicados:

They are three brothers. Peter is___ (old)

of them, but not the___ (intelligent).

31--(UFMG) Rewrite the sentence, changing the

construction so that you can use the superlative of

slow.

Dr. C was slower than alI other doctors.

Texto para os exercícios de 32 a 38.

(UNICAMP-SP) leia o texto abaixo:

Day by day the Point got -I-. And day by day the

shadow got II

All around flowers died, grass turned brown and

rooms became dark and cold. Old people had to turn on

heaters, even in the middle of summer.

'It's just so ugly,' said Doll to Harold as they ate dinner

one night. 'Once I used to look out of the window and

see trees and flowers, hear singing birds. Now all I see

is that ugly grey thing. There're no flowers, no trees, no

light, no grass, no birds, nothing.'

'Oh, it's not that bad,' said Harold.

'Don't give me that,' snapped Doll. 'You don't have to

watch it. Day in day out. Watch it getting –III-

 

Rosie sat at the table and ate her dinner. She

thought her mum was being stupid, although she didn't

say so. Instead, she just filled her mouth with a forkful of

mashed potatoes and stared at her plate.

Later, though, while Doll was washing up, Rosie couldn't

help saying, 'I don't think it's ugly.' 'Well, you're –IV_ your

father, then.' 'I just think it's...it's a gigantic finger pointing

up to the sky. or a tall flower. or a wonderful steeple.'

'Listen, young lady,' interrupted Doll. 'It's not a finger

and it's not a flower and it's not a steeple. It's just a

shadow. Nothing else. It's just a point of shadow.'

And that was how the Point became known as

Shadow Point. .

(Philip Ridley, Mercedes Ice. London, Puffin Books.

1996, pp. 18-19)

In exercises 32 to 35, choose the correct form to fill

blanks I, II, III and IV, respectively.

32--a) tallest and tallest c) taller and taller

b) more and more tall d) the taller, the taller

33-a) the longer c) the most long

b) more long d) longer and longer

34--a) biger and biger c) biggest and biggest

b) most and most big d) bigger and bigger

35-a) foolisher than c) most foolish than

b) as foolish as d) less foolish as

In exercises 36 to 38, answer in Portuguese, according

to the texto

36--Quem é quem nessa história?

37--A que se refere "Shadow Point"?

Por que recebeu esse nome?

38--O texto menciona mudanças. Que mudanças são

essas?

In exercises 39 to 44, write down the form of compara tive

of superiority for the given adjectives:

39-thin (magro):

40--grey (cinza):

41-dry (seco):

.42- attractive (atraente):

43 -good (bom):

44- bad (mau):

In exercises 45 to 50, write down the form of superlative

for the given adjectives:

45-pretty (bonita):

46-bad (mau):

47-fat (gordo):

48-good (bom):

49- interesting (interessante):

50--slow (lento):

In exercises 51 to 60, choose the correct alternative.

51---His financial situation is getting .

a) so bad as d) worse

b) more bad e) worst

c) badder

51--(FMU-SP) This dog is __dangerous__a lion.

a) more -as d) as -as

b) as -most e) as -more

c) so -than

52--(UFPR) Mary is tall. Beatriz is __Mary.

Anne is __.

a) as tall- the most tall of alI

b) more tall than -the most tall of alI

c) taller than -the tall of alI

d) taller than -the tallest of alI

e) taller as -the tallest of alI

53 (ESAN-SP) Brazil is __country in South

America.

a) as big as d) the bigest

b) the most big e) the biggest

c) biggerthan

54--(PUCCamp-SP) Their daughter is__ my son

a) so young than

b) young as

c) so young as

d) as young than

e) none of the above applies

55--(PUCCamp-SP) Is Larry a good football player?

-Oh, no! He is __ in the team.

a) worse

b) the worst

c) bad

d) worst

e) none of the above applies

56- (PUCCamp-SP) Those boxes are than

they look.

a) more lightest

b) more lighter

c) lightest

d) lighter

e) none of the above applies

58--(Cásper Líbero-SP) He was probably ___ than

anybody else.

a) old c) oldest

b) older d) more old

59---(Cásper Líbero-SP) Her knowledge of English is

not yours.

a) as well as

b) as well as

c) good than

d) so good as

60- (Belas Artes-SP) The weather is ___today____it

was yesterday.

a) more good -than c) better -as

b) worse -than d) best –than