Assignment
Problem with Comparatives and Superlative
Do the exercises in groups, Skill 27, 28, and 29
Exercises
1. With the exception of iron, .......... at standard temperature and pressure.
(a) the metallic elements are solid
(b) which is a solid metallic element
(c) metallic elements being solid
(d) since the metallic elements are solid
2. When water freezes in the cracks of rock, .......... expands, causing the rocks to break
apart.
(a) it
(b) but
(c) then
(d) and
3. Elizabeth Eddy's introduction to social service came .........., when she assisted victims
of the great Chicago Fire of 1871.
(a) was sixteen years old
(b) had sixteen years
(c) at age sixteen
(d) sixteen
4. It is reported that .......... adopted children want to know who their natural parents are.
(a) the most
(b) most of
(c) most
(d) the most of
5. We are a little late - the play ......... begun.
(a) has just
(b) just
(c) is just
(d) had just
6. .......... wooden structures helps protect them from long term damage due to weather.
(a) Varnishing
(b) Varnished
(c) The varnish
(d) By varnishing
7. Maria Callas, .........., assumed directorship of the Philladelphia Opera in 1989.
(a) be a star soprano
(b) was a star soprano
(c) a star soprano and
(d) a star soprano
8. .......... susbstance in one form is changed to another form, a phase transfer is said to
have taken place.
(a) Such
(b) Then
(c) Whenever
(d) Seldom
9. The theory of quantum mechanics states .........., for example heat, is given off and
absorbed in tiny definite units called photons.
(a) energy that
(b) that it is energy
(c) it is energy
(d) that energy
10. There is evidence that early humans used fire .......... 400,000 B.C.
(a) so early
(b) the earliest
(c) as early as
(d) so early that