Comparison of adjectives

The words like senior, junior, superior, inferior are always followed by to instead of than; as

Incorrect : Mr. Black is more inferior than me.
Correct : Mr. Black is inferior to me.
Incorrect: I am junior than you.
Correct: I am junior to you.
Incorrect : Mr. Smith is the most superior of all.
Correct : Mr. Smith is superior to all.

Choose the right word from within the brackets:

He is cleverer ………… me. (than, to)

He is senior ………… me by five years. (than, to)

Reeta is the most intelligent ………… all the students of the class. (than, of)

Choose the ………… (better, best) of the two.

Uttar Pradesh is the ………… populated state of India. (more, most)

Make ………… noise. (little, less)

Shamil is the ………… painter of the two. (good, better)

You are junior ………… me. (than, to)

Health is ………… than wealth. (better, best)

The Taj Mahal is one of the ………… beautiful buildings in the world., (more, most)

Adjectives with two syllables ending in ‘ful’ (e.g. resentful), ‘less’ (e.g. senseless), ‘ing’ (e.g. boring) and ‘ed’ (e.g. surprised) and many others (e.g. foolish, famous, certain, recent, modern) take ‘more’ and ‘most’.

The following adjectives: angry — злой
clever — умный cruel — жестокий friendly — дружелюбный narrow — узкий pleasant — приятный polite — вежливый quiet — тихий simple — простой can form degrees of comparison in two ways:

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