Page 48 - English Grammar - 8

logIcal thInkIng
Learn with Fun

I. Study the table and fill in the blanks with the correct degrees of the adjectives given in
brackets.

Shweta Sheela Julie
Height 5′4″ 5′5″ 5′7″

Weight 43 kg 61 kg 55 kg
Class result 1 10 14
st
th
th
Comes to school cycling walking By bus
Game(s) played Volleyball Very few All
No. of friends 5–6 8–10 18–20

Singing, dancing,
Extracurricular Reading Dancing, elocution
dramatics
1. Sheela is _______________ than Shweta, but Julie is the _______________ of the three.
(tall)

2. Shweta is _______________ in games than Sheela, and Julie is the _______________
among them. (interest)

3. Sheela is the _______________ of the three, but even Julie is _______________than
Shweta. (heavy)
4. Judging from their mode of transport, Sheela stays the _______________ (near) and

Julie the _______________ (far).
5. Julie seems to be the _______________ (popular) girl in class, but Shweta seems to be
the _______________ (intelligent).
II. Write a paragraph on ‛‛The need to preserve our environment’’ using adjectives in
positive, comparative, and superlative degrees.
III. Write a paragraph about your family. Use degrees of comparison of adjectives to make
your description interesting.

Adjectives

46