COMPARATIVE OF ADJECTIVES Here is a list of some common adjectives and their comparative forms: angry angrier Beautiful more beautiful bright brighter calm calmer cool cooler dirty dirtier dull duller embarrassed more embarrassed fine finer fresh fresher hard harder immense more immense lovely lovelier odd- odder perfect more perfect rich richer sweet sweeter anxious more anxious brave braver broad broader cold colder curly curlier dry drier earlier earlier evil more evil friendly friendlier happy happier hot hotter long longer nervous more nervous old older quick quicker smart smarter 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 bad worse much more little less far farther
A) Complete with the comparative form. COMPARATIVE EXERCISES 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 3-Football popular baseball 4- A movie interesting a book 5- Monkeys intelligent cats
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 3. A cheetah fast a lion 4. Arica dry Valparaíso 5. Brazil big Argentina
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 Beautiful Intelligent the most handsome the most beautiful 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 3-MATHS IS THE. (DIFFICULT) SUBJECT OF ALL 4-YOUR CHIRSTMAS TREE IS. (TALL) THAN MINE 5-A CAR IS...(EXPENSIVE) THAN A BIKE 6-SUMMER IS THE. (HOT) SEASON OF ALL 7-THE PLANE IS THE..(FAST) MEANS OF TRANSPORT 8-MY HOUSE IS (SMALL) THAN YOUR HOUSE 9-SALLY IS THE... (GOOD) STUDENT IN MY CLASS 10- MY COUSIN, MELISA, IS THE. (YOUNG) GIRL IN MY FAMILY 11-READING A BOOK IS. (INTERESTING) THAN WATCHING T.V. 12-TOM S EXAM WAS..(BAD) THAN PAM S EXAM 13-MY CAT IS.. (THIN) THAN YOUR CAT 14-FEBRUARY IS THE..(SHORT) MONTH OF THE YEAR
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.