Adjective Comparison

Adjective Comparison Comparatives 1. Greece is ……………….. (near) the equator than Denmark. 2. Places ……………….. (far) from the equator are colder. 3. Mrs Brown is ……………….. (tall) than Mrs Taylor. 4. I think English is ……………….. (easy) than French. 5. My scarf is ……………….. (long) Peter’s. 6. Rebecca is ……………….. (nice) than Jane. 7. My football socks are ……………….. (dirty) than yours. 8. This suitcase is ……………….. (heavy) than that one. 9. A mouse is ……………….. (light) than an elephant. 10. Mr Brown is ……………….. (fat) than Mrs Brown. Superlatives 1. Mount Everest is ………..………….. (high) mountain in the world. 2. My house is ………..………….. (large) in the street. 3. Tokyo is ………..………….. (big) city in the world. 4. That is the ………..………….. (funny) joke I know. 5. Cindy is ………..………….. (tall) girl in the class. 6. Lead is ………..………….. (heavy) metal. 7. January is usually ………..………….. (cold) month in the northern hemisphere. 8. April is often ………..………….. (wet) month. 9. As a rule July and August are ………..………….. (hot) months. 10. Which car has ………..………….. (small) engine? Irregulars 1. Were you always ………..………….. (good) in your class? 2. Tony gets ………..………….. (little) pocket money in our class. 3. I was always ………..………….. (bad) at the high jump. 4. Who is ………..………….. (good) singer: Tom or Jim? 5. He gets ………..………….. (little) exercise than his son. 6. He gets ………..………….. (much) exercise on Saturday and Sunday. 7. Who has ………..………….. (many) teeth: a child or an adult? 8. I was ………..………….. (bad) than the other pupils in my class. 9. In my family my brother has ………..………….. (many) CDs. 10. Ben wants to be ………..………….. (good) than the other boys in his class. Long Adjectives 1. I find French ………..………….. (interesting) than History. 2. Julian is ………..………….. (popular) boy in our class. 3. The new hotel is ………..………….. (modern) building in our town. 4. English is ………..………….. (exciting) lesson in our class. 5. I find French ………..………….. (difficult) than English. 6. This is ………..………….. (expensive) dress I have got. 7. John is ………..………….. (intelligent) boy in our class. 8. Good health is ………..………….. (important) than money. 9. This is ………..………….. (wonderful) place for a holiday. 10. Helen is ………..………….. (good-looking) girl in town.

Comparative

Superlative

Example: oranges / sweet / apples -> Oranges are sweeter than apples.

Example: all the boys / fast / Peter -> All the boys are fast, but Peter is the fastest.

1. February / cold / April 2. boats / slow / lorries 3. planes / fast / balloons 4. cars / expensive / bikes 5. classes / important / games 6. flying / dangerous / driving 7. films / interesting / books 8. my street / long / yours 9. our garden / beautiful / theirs 10. your room / small / mine

1. those cities / beautiful / San Francisco 2. his records / good / mine 3. those subjects / hard / physics 4. those men / rich / Mr Smith 5. all the boys / tall / Louis 6. all the bags / heavy / mine 7. the whole family / happy / my brother 8. all the books / interesting / this one 9. all the houses / big / ours 10. all the girls / pretty / my sister

Negative Comparison Example: Apples are less sweet than oranges. April is less cold than February. Lorries are less slow than boats. etc.

Example: This boy is the least fast. This small town is the least beautiful. That record is the least good. etc.

Opposite Comparison :-) Example: Oranges are more sour than apples. April is milder / warmer than February. Lorries are faster than boats. etc.

Example: This boy is the slowest. This town is the ugliest. That record is the worst. etc.

Form a new sentence following the example Example: He’s very handsome - just like his father. -> He’s as handsome as his father. 1. She’s very short - just like her mother. 2. Your child is very thin - just like her father. 3. You’re very pretty - just like your mother. 4. He’s very smart - just like his grandfather. 5. I’m very hungry - just like you. 6. I’m very tired - just like everybody else. 7. He is very rich - just like Rockefeller. 8. He is very strong - just like Rocky. 9. She’s very tall - just like a basketball player. 10. He’s very old - just like Mathusalem. Form a new sentence following the example Example: the Tisa - long - the Danube -> The Tisa is not so long as the Danube. 1. history - simple - maths 6. autumn - cold - winter 2. Mary’s hair - long - Jane’s 7. a bike - expensive - a car 3. our street - narrow - yours 8. Mt.Blanc - high - Mt.Everest 4. I - ambitious - you 9. a chocolate cake - delicious - a fruit cake 5. a lake - deep - an ocean 10. Sarah - famous - Madonna

Similes - as …as big

black

blue

brave

cold

cool

deep

good

green

high

red

tall

white

the sea a mountain the sky snow grass ice an elephant a lion a giraffe a beetroot a cucumber coal gold

Comparison: comparative & superlative 1. (good) Andrew is better than Alex at cricket, but Max is the best cricket player in our class. 2. (easy) English is _ German, but Italian is _ language. 3. (heavy) My sister is _ me, but my father is _ in my family. 4. (exciting) Videos are _ the television, but the cinema is _ place to see a film. 5. (bad) The weather yesterday was _ last week, but the weather today is _ weather this year. 6. (difficult) Science _ Geography, but Maths is _ school subject. 7. (thick) The novel is _ the English course book, but the dictionary is _ book. 8. (expensive) The violin is _ the guitar, but the piano is _ musical instrument. 9. (big) Australia is _ England, but the USA is _ English-speaking country. 10. (healthy) Cheese is _ cakes, but vegetables are _ food. Cross out the incorrect form in the following sentences 1. Motor-cars are faster / fastest than motor-cycles. 2. Mary is the taller / tallest of all her friends. 3. Jack is older / oldest than John. 4. A worse / worst mistake could not be made. 5. There are fewer / fewest desks here than in the other classroom. 6. Newton is one of the greater / greatest of British scientists. 7. He had less / fewer difficulty with his work. 8. He met with fewer / less difficulties in his work. 9. Where is the nearest / nearer chemist’s? 10.She is slimmer / slimmest than I am. Adjective Comparison 1. The weather is ………………............ (cold) than it was yesterday. 2. Going by car took twice as ………………............ (long) as going by train. 3. I think English spelling is by far ………………............ (difficult). 4. Subotica is nearly as ………………............ (far) away from us as Novi Sad. 5. Ellen was ………………............ (cheerful) than she usually is. 6. Marco is ………………............ (fat) boy in the family. 7. Sheila is as ………………............ (pretty) as her cousin. 8. The Tisa is ………………............ (wide) at BeGej than it is at Szolnok. 9. The film Rambo is as ………………............ (exciting) as Rocky. 10. People say that Raoul is ………………............ (brave) policeman in our country. 11. This test was ………………............ (easy) than all the other tests. 12. Mrs Black has ………………............ (many) books in town. 13. Tom went as ………………............ (red) as a beetroot. 14. My grandmother is ………………............ (kind) person I know. 15. Jane is ………………............ (thin) than Ann. 16. Derek has ………………............ (lazy) cat in our street. 17. Geoff is usually ………………............ (bored) at school than he is at home. 18. Is your grandpa as ………………............ (wise) as Socrates was? 19. This composition of yours is ………………............ (good) that the one you wrote last week. 20. Is the lion ………………............ (dangerous) animal in the world?

Wrestlers – Make sentences WRESTLERS Height Horrible Harry 182 cm Terrible Tony 182 cm Angel-face Arthur 174 cm Sweet Sid 190 cm

Weight 94 kg 82 kg 85 kg 94 kg

Age 22 38 28 38

Arm length

65 cm 70 cm 72 cm 70 cm

Ex.: Horrible Harry is as tall as Terrible Tony. Horrible Harry is not as tall as Sweet Sid. Horrible Harry is taller than Angel-face Arthur. Horrible Harry is shorter than Sweet Sid. Angel-face Arthur is the shortest. Sweet Side is the tallest. Angel-face Arthur is the least short. Terrible Tony is less tall than Sweet Sid. etc. Rewrite: 1. No-one is as tall as Tom. -> Tom is the tallest. 2. No-one has a longer pencil than Tim. 3. Their house isn’t as big as yours. 4. This book is more interesting than that one. 5. No (other) film is as interesting as this one. Read through this text about Prague and decide on the best answer for each blank. There are three possibilities for each one. Prague is one of the (1)___________ popular tourist destinations in Europe. After all the political changes of the early 1990's, the capital of the Czech Republic began to take advantage of its beautiful cultural and architectural heritage to attract (2)___________ tourists than ever before Prague is a (3)___________ city than many people imagine and it is (4)___________ easy to move around this wonderful city on foot. Public transport is (5)___________ in Prague than in (6)___________ other European cities but it is often (7)___________ to walk, enabling you to appreciate marvellous buildings you might have missed if you had been sitting on a bus or a tram. (8)___________ people leave the city of Prague without commenting on the superb food and drink available here. Eating out here is a (9)___________ than it used to be but you can still have a three course meal for around $15 without any problems. * 1. a. more b. most c. very * 2. a. bigger b. more c. many * 3. a. smaller b. more small c. smallest * 4. a. very b. more c. such * 5. a. very cheap b. more cheap c. cheaper * 6. a. every b. most c. more * 7. a. better b. more good c. most good * 8. a. few b. much c. little * 9. a. very cheaper b. little more expensive c. little cheaper