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COMPARATIVE OF ADJECTIVES
Here is a list of some common adjectives and their comparative forms:
angry – angrier
anxious – more anxious
Beautiful – more beautiful brave – braver
bright – brighter broad – broader
calm –calmer cold – colder
cool – cooler curly – curlier
dirty – dirtier dry – drier
dull – duller earlier – earlier
embarrassed – more embarrassed evil – more evil
fine –finer friendly – friendlier
fresh – fresher happy – happier
hard – harder hot – hotter
immense – more immense long – longer
lovely – lovelier nervous – more nervous
odd- odder old – older
perfect – more perfect quick – quicker
rich – richer smart – smarter
sweet – sweeter thin – thinner
Long adjetives To form comparatives of long adjectives add “more”. Example: Handsome - more handsome Beautiful - more beautiful Intelligent – more intelligent Irregular Forms Some adjectives have irregular forms in the comparative degree, meaning they don’t have a suffix –er nor do they need the words more or less. The comparative forms of these adjectives are totally different words.
good – better little – less
bad – worse far – farther
much – more
COMPARATIVE EXERCISES
A) Complete with the comparative form. 1) She’s much __________ than her husband. (young) 2) It’s a __________ day than yesterday. (warm) 3) The vegetables in the shop are __________ _____ the one ones in the supermarket. (fresh) 4) The train is __________ _____ the bus (expensive) 5) The new TV programme is __________ _____ the old one. (funny) 6) Mrs. Jones is a __________ teacher than Mr. Andrews. (good) 7) My office is __________ _____ Helen’s. (near) 8) The traffic is _______________ it was last year. (noisy) 9) You have a __________ life than I have. (busy) 10) Drivers in this country are _______________________ _____ drivers in my country. (dangerous) 11) The exam today was _______________ _____ last year’s exam. (difficult) 12) She’s __________ _____ her sister. (smart) 13) Micheal is __________ _____ than Mathew. (Rich) 14) The students ask _______________ questions _____ they did before. (intelligent) 15) Her second book is _______________ _____ her first one. (interesting) B) Correct the mistakes in each sentence. 1) This computer is more newer than your computer. 2) Lisa is oldier than George. 3) George is more young than Lisa. 4) That car is more expensive this car. 5) Your car is fastier than this car. C) Make comparative sentences. (Long Adjectives)
Example: 1- Santiago – modern – Antofagasta Santiago is more modern than Antofagasta 2-Viña del Mar – beautiful – Iquique
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3-Football – popular – baseball
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4- A movie – interesting – a book
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5- Monkeys – intelligent – cats
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D) Tick the correct option It's ____ than mine.
o smaller o more small
He's ____ than he looks.
o cleverer o more clever
It's ____ than it looks.
o badder o worse o bader
It's ____ than it was.
o beter o better o gooder
E) Make comparative sentences. (Short adjectives) Example: 1. Chile – Long – Peru. Chile is longer than Peru. 2. The winter – bad – the fall
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3. A cheetah – fast – a lion
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4. Arica – dry – Valparaíso
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5. Brazil – big – Argentina
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COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE OF ADJECTIVES
Regular Comparative Superlative
Sweet Sweeter sweetest
Angry Angrier angriest
Bright Brighter brightest
Calm Calmer calmest
Cold Colder coldest
Cool Cooler coolest
Curly Curlier curliest
Early Earlier earliest
Rich Richer richest
Lovely Lovelier loveliest
Smart Smarter smartest
Simple Simpler simplest
Famous more famous most famous
Immense more immense most immense
Long Longer Longest
Perfect more perfect most perfect
Quick Quicker Quickest
Thin Thinner Thinnest
Long Adjectives To form the superlative of long adjectives add “the most”. Examples: Handsome the most handsome Beautiful the most beautiful Intelligent the most intelligent Sentence examples: Michael is the oldest boy at the party. Katie wore the prettiest dress she owned. Rebecca was the most talented singer in the competition. John is the smartest boy in his class. Who is the richest man in America? Luke threw the longest touchdown pass in high school history. February was the coldest month of the year. Irregular Forms There are some adjectives that have irregular forms meaning that the superlative can’t be formed by adding the suffix -est or by using the words most or least. Here are some examples: Good–the best Little–the least Add–the worst Far– the furthest
SUPERLATIVE EXERCISES
A .Write the correct form of the adjectives.
1. Which is _______________________(long) river in the world?
2. Which is _______________________(dry) desert in the planet?
3. Which is _______________________(high) mountain in Europe?
4. Which is _______________________(poisonous) snake in the world?
5. Which is _______________________(dangerous) animal in Africa)
6. Which is _______________________(heavy) animal in the world?
7. Which is _______________________(large) city in the world?
8. I thing that Maths is __________________ (difficult) subject of all.
9. That was __________________(sad) film that I have ever seen!
10. This is __________________(interesting) book I have ever read. What a waste of money!
11. The __________________(old) plant in the world is Namibia.
12. This is __________________(good) disco in town.
13. He is __________________(rich) guy in school.
14. Liam must be __________________ (lazy) student in class.
15. That’s __________________(dirty) city that I ever been on.
16. That was __________________(tiring) trip that he has ever been on.
17. Nobody likes him. He is __________________ (popular) boy in the school.
18. That was __________________(easy) test that I have ever done! I got full marks, not a single
thing wrong.
1-SUMMER IS……………
(HOT) THAN
WINTER
2-A TURTLE IS
……………….(SLOW)
THAN A RABBIT
4-YOUR CHIRSTMAS
TREE IS ………………….
(TALL) THAN MINE
3-MATHS IS THE
………………………………….
(DIFFICULT) SUBJECT
OF ALL
6-SUMMER IS THE.
…………………(HOT)
SEASON OF ALL
5-A CAR IS …………………..
…….(EXPENSIVE)
THAN A BIKE
8-MY HOUSE IS …………
(SMALL) THAN YOUR
HOUSE
7-THE PLANE IS
THE ………………..(FAST)
MEANS OF
TRANSPORT
10- MY COUSIN,
MELISA, IS THE ………….
………(YOUNG) GIRL IN
MY FAMILY
9-SALLY IS THE …………...
(GOOD) STUDENT IN
MY CLASS
11-READING A BOOK
IS ……………………………….
(INTERESTING)
THAN WATCHING
T.V.
12-TOM’S EXAM
WAS ………………..(BAD)
THAN PAM’S EXAM
14-FEBRUARY IS
THE …………………..(SHORT)
MONTH OF THE YEAR
13-MY CAT IS ………..
…………(THIN) THAN
YOUR CAT
TALL – TALLER
HOT – HOTTER
HEAVY – HEAVIER
BORING – MORE BORING
GOOD - BETTER
My bike is …….(fast)
than yours. I’m ……….. (old)
than you.
Tennis is …….. (easy)
than cricket
Caribbean beaches are
………. (exciting) than
Mediterranean ones.
Lucy is …….. (fat) than
Lisa.
African elephants are
……….(large) than
Asian.
My schoolbag is …….
(heavy) than Paul’s.
Robert is a ……….(good)
bowler than his friend
Tom.
Trains are …….
(comfortable) than
buses.
A chocolate cake is ……..
(delicious) than an apple
Rabbits have ……
(small) ears than dogs.
This band is …….. (bad)
than the previous one.
OLD – THE OLDEST
HOT – THE HOTTEST
INTELLIGENT – THE MOST INTELLIGENT
BEAUTIFUL – THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
GOOD - THE BEST
BAD - THE WORST
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVE
1.- Laura is …………. (quick) girl in my class.
2.- They are ……………… (young) in the school.
3.- Mary and Sarah didn’t get ……………. (good) marks at the exam.
4.- Everest is ……………. (high) mountain in the world.
5.- New York is probably …………….(important) city in the USA.
6.- My cousin Sylvia is ……….. (elegant) woman in my family.
7.-Peter isn’t ………… (rich) man in my town.
8.-Emma was ……………. (sweet) girl that I knew in Berlin.
9.-Jude Law is one of the …………. (handsome) actors in Hollywood.
10.- Grammar is …………….. (boring) activity in my life.