Exercise in Composition

Exercise in Composition

Change the following sentences by using 'less' or 'least' without changing the meaning:-

1. The mango is sweeter than the pine-apple.

2. Silver is more plentiful than gold.

3. This is the most useless of all my books.

4. Wolfram is one of the rarest minerals.

5. The wild-apple is the sourest of all fruits.

6. Iron is more useful than copper.

Exercise in Composition

Change the Degree of Comparison, without changing the meaning:-

1. Malacca is the oldest town in Malaysia.

2. Soya beans are at least as nutritious as meat.

3. No other planet is so big as Jupiter.

4. Very few boys are as industrious as Latif.

5. He would sooner die than tell a lie.

6. India is the largest democracy in the world.

7. Shakespeare is greater than any other English poet.

8. Samudra Gupta was one of the greatest of Indian Kings.

9. The tiger is the most ferocious of all animals.

10. Australia is the largest island in the world.

11. Lead is heavier than any other metal.

12. Some people have more money than brains.

13. A wise enemy is better than a foolish friend.

14. The Marwaries are not less enterprising than any other community in India.

15. I know him quite as well as you do.

16. You do not know him better than I do.

17. No other man was as strong as Bhim.

18. Some boys are the list as industrious as Suresh.

19. Mount Everest is the highest peak of the Himalayas.

20. Very few animals are as useful as the cow.

21. America is the richest country in the world.

22. It is easier to preach than to practise.

23. Iron is more useful than all the other metals.

24. Open rebuke is better than secret love.

25. The Sears Tower is the tallest building in the world.

26. Sir Surendranath was at least as great an orator as any other Indian.

27. Ooty is as healthy as any resort in India.

28. The pen is mightier than the sword.