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COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE. Translation Adjective Comparative Superlative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2- Use the comparatives and superlatives:
- The second pencil is than the first one. ( long ) - The first pencil is less than the second one. ( long ) - The second pencil is the one. ( long ) - The first pencil is not as the second one. ( long ) - The first pencil is than the second one. ( short ) - The first pencil is the one. ( short ) 1) The following table gives information about five children. Write sentences comparing the children in each of the pairs indicated below (use the adjectives: tall, short, fat, slim, old, and young): Name Joseph Katy Sue Lucy Jack
Age 17 13 10 7 5
Height 1.65 m 1.67 m 1.58 m 1.35 m 1.09 m
Weight 65 kg 75 kg 62 kg 33 kg 22 kg
Examples: Katy is taller than Jack is. Sue is slimmer than Katy is.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Katy and Lucy _____________________________________________________. Sue and Lucy _____________________________________________________. Sue and Lucy _____________________________________________________. Joseph and Lucy _____________________________________________________. Sue and Joseph _____________________________________________________. Sue and Jack _____________________________________________________. Lucy and Sue _____________________________________________________. Angela and Jack _____________________________________________________.
9. Jack and Lucy _____________________________________________________. 10. Lucy and Jack _____________________________________________________. 2) Use the comparative of the adjectives in brackets to complete the sentences: 1. London countryside is ____________________ the urban area. (pretty) 2. Tigers are much ________________________ wolves. (big) 3. Trains are ______________________________ airplanes. (slow) 4. This pineapple cake is ___________________ the lemon pie. (sweet) 5. The cinema is ___________________________ the supermarket. (close) 6. The temperature in Brazil is ______________________________ in Alaska. (high) 7. My brother is ________________________________ yours. (fat) 8. The Smiths arrived _______________________________ they had expected. (soon) 9. It is _________________________ in Rio de Janeiro than it is in São Paulo. (sunny) 10. Britney Spears is ___________________________________ Beyoncé. (young) 11. The afternoon is usually ______________________________ the evening. (hot) 12. I am _______________________________ Mike Tyson. (weak) 13. Everything is falling from the table because it is ____________ at this end. (low) 14. This book is ___________________________________ the Bible. (thick) 15. An elephant can be ________________________________ a car. (heavy) 3) Complete the following sentences with the superlative of the adjectives in brackets: 1. This is the ____________________ avenue in Germany. (wide) 2. Yesterday the sunset was amazing! It was _________________ sunset I have ever seen. (red) 3. Winter is ___________________________________ season of the year. (cold) 4. I think Math is _____________________________ subject in school. (easy) 5. My uncle’s house is ________________________________ house I’ve ever seen! (clean) 6. I bought a computer. _____________ model currently available. (new) 7. Grapes are __________________________________ fruits I have ever eaten. (sweet) 8. “The Green Mile” is __________________________________ film we’ve ever seen. (sad) 9. ________________________ temperature on record in Brazil was minus ten degrees. (low) 10. David Crystal is _______________________________ teacher in my University. (wise) 11. Look at John! Isn’t he _________________________ boy you’ve ever seen? (short) 12. Katy is dating Fred! She is _________________________________ girl I know. (lucky) 4) Complete the following sentences by with the superlative forms of the irregular adjectives in brackets. 1. Finally my trip to Japan is over! It is _______________________ I’ve ever travelled. (far)
2. Argentina has produced _________________________________ apples in Latin America. (many) 3. My soccer team is _______________________________________. (good) 4. John is so strange! He loves jam but today he ate _____________ jam among his brothers. (little) 5. The smell of rotten eggs is ___________________________ odour I’ve ever smelled. (bad) 6. Lucy loves cheese that’s why she eats __________________ cheese we buy. (much
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2- Use the comparatives and superlatives:
- The second pencil is than the first one. ( long ) - The first pencil is less than the second one. ( long ) - The second pencil is the one. ( long ) - The first pencil is not as the second one. ( long ) - The first pencil is than the second one. ( short ) - The first pencil is the one. ( short ) 1) The following table gives information about five children. Write sentences comparing the children in each of the pairs indicated below (use the adjectives: tall, short, fat, slim, old, and young): Name Joseph Katy Sue Lucy Jack
Age 17 13 10 7 5
Height 1.65 m 1.67 m 1.58 m 1.35 m 1.09 m
Weight 65 kg 75 kg 62 kg 33 kg 22 kg
Examples: Katy is taller than Jack is. Sue is slimmer than Katy is.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Katy and Lucy _____________________________________________________. Sue and Lucy _____________________________________________________. Sue and Lucy _____________________________________________________. Joseph and Lucy _____________________________________________________. Sue and Joseph _____________________________________________________. Sue and Jack _____________________________________________________. Lucy and Sue _____________________________________________________. Angela and Jack _____________________________________________________.
9. Jack and Lucy _____________________________________________________. 10. Lucy and Jack _____________________________________________________. 2) Use the comparative of the adjectives in brackets to complete the sentences: 1. London countryside is ____________________ the urban area. (pretty) 2. Tigers are much ________________________ wolves. (big) 3. Trains are ______________________________ airplanes. (slow) 4. This pineapple cake is ___________________ the lemon pie. (sweet) 5. The cinema is ___________________________ the supermarket. (close) 6. The temperature in Brazil is ______________________________ in Alaska. (high) 7. My brother is ________________________________ yours. (fat) 8. The Smiths arrived _______________________________ they had expected. (soon) 9. It is _________________________ in Rio de Janeiro than it is in São Paulo. (sunny) 10. Britney Spears is ___________________________________ Beyoncé. (young) 11. The afternoon is usually ______________________________ the evening. (hot) 12. I am _______________________________ Mike Tyson. (weak) 13. Everything is falling from the table because it is ____________ at this end. (low) 14. This book is ___________________________________ the Bible. (thick) 15. An elephant can be ________________________________ a car. (heavy) 3) Complete the following sentences with the superlative of the adjectives in brackets: 1. This is the ____________________ avenue in Germany. (wide) 2. Yesterday the sunset was amazing! It was _________________ sunset I have ever seen. (red) 3. Winter is ___________________________________ season of the year. (cold) 4. I think Math is _____________________________ subject in school. (easy) 5. My uncle’s house is ________________________________ house I’ve ever seen! (clean) 6. I bought a computer. _____________ model currently available. (new) 7. Grapes are __________________________________ fruits I have ever eaten. (sweet) 8. “The Green Mile” is __________________________________ film we’ve ever seen. (sad) 9. ________________________ temperature on record in Brazil was minus ten degrees. (low) 10. David Crystal is _______________________________ teacher in my University. (wise) 11. Look at John! Isn’t he _________________________ boy you’ve ever seen? (short) 12. Katy is dating Fred! She is _________________________________ girl I know. (lucky) 4) Complete the following sentences by with the superlative forms of the irregular adjectives in brackets. 1. Finally my trip to Japan is over! It is _______________________ I’ve ever travelled. (far)
2. Argentina has produced _________________________________ apples in Latin America. (many) 3. My soccer team is _______________________________________. (good) 4. John is so strange! He loves jam but today he ate _____________ jam among his brothers. (little) 5. The smell of rotten eggs is ___________________________ odour I’ve ever smelled. (bad) 6. Lucy loves cheese that’s why she eats __________________ cheese we buy. (much
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