Comparatives exercise

Choose the right adjective to complete the paragraph.

A consumer is a person who buys things, and a consumer society is a society that encourages people to buy and use goods. Some people think that a consumer society provides people with_______lives.

• better

• the good

• the best

• the better than

People in consumer societies tend to live more comfortably. They eat a _________variety. They go to restaurants _______________. They also buy a lot of products, maybe more than they need.

• wider/more often

• wide/often

• more wider/the most often

Products such as TVs, cellphones, and computers used to be luxuries. Today people can buy these things ______________ ever before the market for these goods is growing ________ all the time.

• more easily than/faster

• more easily than/more faster

• easier than/the most faster

Consumer societies encourage people to buy ________ and _______ products.

• biggest/goodest

• bigger/better

• the bigger/the best

People are often buying _______ and ___________ products. This creates a lot of waste.

• newest / the more advanced

• more new/advancer

• newer/more advanced

Nowadays, many people are thinking ___________about the effects of consumer societies on the environment, and they are trying to become _____________consumers.

• more seriously/more responsible

• seriouser/most responsible

My new oven works a lot _________ my old oven. It heats up much quicker.

• better than

• good than

• the best than

Now that he's the manager, Gerry works a lot __________than he used to. He travels more frequently than he did before, and his trips last ___________than they used to.

• harder/longer

• hard/long

• the hardest/the longest

1. Dennis thinks that online reviews are not very important in marketing.

• false

• true

1. Newspaper ads used to be more effective.

• True

• false