4 Complete the gaps with the right comparative. 1 People in the countryside are ..... (friendly) than they are in the city. 2 These suitcases were heavy, but this one was the ..... (heavy) of all. 3 Mary is as ..... (pretty) as Nancy. 4 Ann was the ..... (beautiful) girl I knew.

Completing Comparative and Superlative Gaps

This exercise requires filling in the blanks with the correct comparative or superlative forms of the given adjectives to make grammatically sound comparisons.

Exercise 4:

• 1. People in the countryside are friendlier than they are in the city. (Comparative form of 'friendly')
• 2. These suitcases were heavy, but this one was the heaviest of all. (Superlative form of 'heavy')
• 3. Mary is as pretty as Nancy. (Comparative form showing equality, using 'as...as')
• 4. Ann was the most beautiful girl I knew. (Superlative form of 'beautiful')

Explanation:

• For 'friendly', the comparative form is 'friendlier'.
• For 'heavy', the superlative form is 'heaviest' because it refers to 'this one' being the most heavy among all.
• For 'pretty' used with 'as...as', the base form is used, or its comparative form can be used for equality: 'as pretty as'.
• For 'beautiful', which is a longer adjective, the superlative form is 'most beautiful'.