Comparative Adjectives Exercises

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES NAME: _______________________________________ I. Look at the pictures and write the comparative (older/more modern, etc.)

II. Write the comparative (older/more modern, etc.). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

old / _______________________ stronger / _______________ ____ happy / _____________________ careful / ____________________ important / __________________ bad / _______________________

7. difficult / __________________ 8. large / ____________________ 9. far / ______________________ 10. serious / __________________ 11. crowded / _________________ 12. pretty / ___________________

III. Write the opposite. 1. younger ≠ ________________ 2. nearer ≠ _________________ 3. colder ≠ __________________

4. cheaper ≠ ________________ 5. easier ≠ __________________ 6. better ≠ __________________

IV. Complete the sentences. Use a comparative.

Sue’s car isn’t very big. She wants _________________________________ car. 2. This house isn’t very modern. I prefer ______________________________ houses. 3. You’re not very tall. Your brother is ______________________________________. 4. Bill doesn’t work very hard. I work ______________________________________. 5. My chair isn’t very comfortable. Yours is ___________________________________. 6. Ann’s idea is not very good. My idea is _________________________________. 7. These flowers aren’t very pretty. The blue ones are _________________________. 8. My book isn’t very heavy. Your book is ______________________________. 9. I’m not very interested in art. I’m ________________________________ in history. 10. It isn’t very warm today. It was _____________________________ yesterday. 11. These tomatoes don’t taste very good. The other ones tasted ________________ 12. A bear isn’t very big. An elephant is ________________________________. 13. This city isn’t very beautiful. Paris is ____________________________________. 14. This knife isn’t very sharp. Do you have a __________________________ one? 15. People today aren’t very polite. In the past they were ______________________

V. Complete the sentences using comparative adjectives: 1.

Carla’s house is _________________________ than Patty’s. (big)

2.

Samuel isn’t very tall. Frank is ________________________.

3.

El Porvenir is __________________(dangerous) than El Golf.

4.

Billy works hard but Peter works _______________________.

5.

Mall aventura Plaza is_____________ than Real Plaza. (good)