Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Comparative And Superlative.

1- Choose the correct answer.

A lion is as ___________ as a tiger.
A) More intelligent B) intelligent C) vary intelligent
2. A giraffe is _________ than monkey.
A) Big B) beiger C) bigger
3. An eagle is more dangerous _______ wasp.
A) From B) that C) than
4. Maria is __________ than Jenny.
A) Friendlier B) more friendlier C) friendly
5. Parrots are _________ colorful than butterflies.
A) Than B) As C) less



2- Make sentences using comparative.

Zebra / Cheetah / fast _____________________________________________
Spider / Tarantula / Poisonous ________________________________________
Liz / Carmen / intelligent____________________________________________
Shark / Lion / As .. As (aggressive)____________________________________
Today / yesterday / cool_____________________________________________



3- Write the adjective in the correct syllable sound.

ONE SYLLABLE TWO SYLLABLE THREE SYLLABLES FOUR SYLLABLES

____________ ____________ _______________ _____________

____________ _____________ ________________ _____________

____________ _____________ ________________ _____________


(Friendly, fat, hot, pretty, ambitious, interesting, attractive, intelligent, tall, happy, talkative, confortable)


4- Put in the adjective on the blank space from the first sentence into the second sentence in its correct form (comparative or superlative).

Example: I have a fast car, but my friend has a ______ car.
Answer: I have a fast car, but my friend has a faster car.

1) This is a nice cat. It's much _____________than my friend's cat.
2) Here is Emily. She's six years old. Her brother is nine, so he is ______________.
3) This is a difficult exercise. But the exercise with an asterisk (*) is the ___________exercise on the worksheet.
4) He has an interesting hobby, but my sister has the _____________hobby in the world.
5) In the last holidays I read a good book, but father gave me an even ______________one last weekend.
6) School is boring, but homework is _______________than school.
7) Skateboarding is a dangerous hobby. Bungee jumping is ____________than skateboarding.
8) This magazine is cheap, but that one is ________________.
9) We live in a small house, but my grandparents' house is even ______________than ours.
10) Yesterday John told me a funny joke. This joke was the _______________joke.

5- Use either as … as or not as … as in the sentecnes below.
Example: Ben Nevis is __________ as Mont Blanc (not/high).
Answer: Ben Nevis is not as high as Mont Blanc.

1) The blue car is _______________the red car. (fast)
2) Peter is ____________________Fred. (not/tall)
3) The violin is _________________the cello. (not/low)
4) This copy is __________________the other one. (bad)
5) Oliver is ____________________Peter. (optimistic)
6) Today it's ___________________yesterday. (not/windy)
7) The tomato soup was ________________the mushroom soup. (delicious)
8) Grapefruit juice is __________________lemonade. (not/sweet)
9) Nick is _________________Kevin. (brave)
10) Silver is ____________________gold. (not/heavy)

6- Choose the correct for of the comparative.

big : a)biger b)bigger c)more big
expensive: a)expensiver b)expensiveer c)more expensive
blue: a)bluer b)blueer c)more blue
red: a)reder b)redder c) more red
tall: a)taller b)taler c)more tall
pretty: a)prettyer b)prettier c)more pretty
silly: a)sillyer b)sillier c)more silly
intelligent: a)intelligenter b)intelligentier c)more intelligent

7- Guess the missing comparative adjective.

English wine is good but French wine is ____________ .
English cooking is bad but Scottish cooking is ___________ .
It's a long way from London to Moscow but London to Sydney is even __________ .
I've got two daughters. Sophie is the younger one and Kathryn is the ___________ one.
My job is getting harder and ___________. I cannot cope.
The earlier we leave, the ____________ we'll arrive.
It's becoming more and ____________ difficult to find time to play golf.
Do it when you can but the sooner it's done, the ___________ .
I like visiting Switzerland but it is getting ____________ and more expensive.
The older I get, the ____________ I forget!

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