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COMPARING PEOPLE
Bob is Alice is Bob is Alice is Homer is Homer is Bob is Alice is
tidier younger

(YOUNG) than Homer. (OLD) than Alice. (SLIM) than Bob. (SHORT) than Homer. (FAT) than Bob. (SHORT) than Homer. (UGLY) than Alice. (SLOW) than Bob. (BEAUTIFUL) than Bob. (LONG) hair than Bob.
better

Homer is

older slimer

shorter

Homer is

fatter
shorter

uglier slow er

(TIDY) than Homer.

longer

more beautiful

Alice has got Alice can run Alice draws Bob is Homer is a

Homer can play the guitar

faster
w orse

(GOOD) than Alice.

(FAST) than Homer. (INTELLIGENT) than Homer. (INTERESTING) person than Bob.

(BAD) than Bob.

more intelligent

more interesting

SUPERLATIVES
Complete these sentences using the correct comparative. Be careful with your spelling.

Mt Fuji is the 2. The

smallest

the biggest

mountain in Japan (big)

continent in the world is Australia (small)

longest

3. Do you know what the 4. Which one is the 5. I live in the

best
largest

river in Africa is? (long)

? The Pacific Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean? (large) country in the world! (good)
most beatiful

6. I think South Africa is one of the 7. The Amazon River is

shorter

places to visit (beautiful)

than the Nile River (short)

most amazing

8. From the top of the Eiffel Tower you can see the

view (amazing)

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9. Where is the 10. What is the

hottest strangest

place on earth? (hot) animal youve ever seen? (strange)

A. Fill in the blanks with the correct comparative forms.

1. Mara es ms mayor que Juan. Mara is older than Juan. 2. Ella es la ms joven de la familia. She is the youngest of the family. 3. Esta pelcula es peor que la otra. This movie is worse than the other. 4. Esa pelcula es la peor de todas. That movie is the worst one of all. 5. Ese auto es el mejor That car is the best. 6. La nia es joven . The little girl is young. 7. La abuela es mayor . The grandmother is old. 8. Esta pluma es This pen is good.
buena

. .

9. Ese libro es malo That book is bad.

10. Aquella casa es la mejor . That house over there is the best.

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11. Aquella casa es la ms grande de todas. That house over there is the biggest one of all. 12. Aquel auto es ms grande que ste. That car over there is bigger than this one. 13. Aquel auto es mejor que ste. That car over there is better than this one. 14. Estos perros son These dogs are big.
grandes

15. Esos perros son ms Those dogs are bigger.

grandes

16. Aqullos son los ms grandes de todos. Those over there are the biggest of all. 17. El nio es ms mayor que la nia. The boy is older than the girl. 18. La nia es mas joven que el nio. The girl is younger than the boy. 19. El hombre es mas viejo que la mujer. The man is older than the woman. 20. La mujer es mas joven que el hombre. The woman is younger than the man.
1 The blue car is ______ than the red car. more fast more faster
X

faster fast

2 This is _______ than that one.

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more interesting interestinger more interest interesting

3 Mt. Everest is _____ than Mt Fuji. more high highest

X

higher more higher

4 This is the ______ shirt in the store. expensivest

X

most expensive most expensiver more expensiver

5 The Mona Lisa is one of the ______ paintings in this museum. more beautifuler
X

most beautiful beautifuler most beauty

6 The Lut Desert in Iran is the ______ place in the world as of 2005. hottest X hotter most hot more hottest 7 Antarctica is the _______ place on earth. coldest X more colder most coldest most colder
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8 Bob is ______ than Mike. most knowledgeable

X

more knowledgeable more knowledgeabler more knowledge

9 Michael Jordan is the _______ basketball player. most best

X

best most better more better

10 This soup is _______ than that soup. most delicious more deliciouser deliciouser
X

more delicious

11 A tiger is _________ than a cat. more strong strongest more stronger

X

stronger

12 A cow is ______ than a puppy. hungrier X more hungrier hungriest more hungry 13 Albert Einstein was _______ than me. intelligenter intelligent most intelligent
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more intelligent

14 This is the ______ movie I've ever seen. more bore

X

most boring boring boringest

15 A kitten is _______ than a puppy. cuter X more cuter most cuter cute 16 This is the ______ book in the store. worse most bad baddest
X

worst

17 A mouse is _________ than a lion. weaker X weakest more weak more weaker 18 Some governments are ________ than others. most bad more worse more bad
X

worse

19 Sugar is ________ than salt. more sweet

X

sweeter
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more sweeter sweetest 20 That was the __________ exam I had all semester. more difficult difficultest
X

most difficult most difficultest

21 Some sports are ________ than others. more excite most exciting
X

more exciting excitinger

22 Water is _______ than tequila. healthier X more healthier most healthy healthiest 23 Oxygen is the __________ natural resource. cheapest X most cheap more cheapest more cheaper 24 Elvis Presley is ______ than me. more popular X popularer more popularer most popular 25 This is the ________ meal on the menu. most nutritiousest X
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nutritiousest more nutritious most nutritious 26 Some children are __________ than others. more louder most loud
X

louder loudest

27 I live in the ________ city in the world. comfortablest most comfortablest

X

most comfortable more comfortable

28 A desert is ________ than a jungle. more drier more driest

x

drier more dry

29 A blue whale is the ________ animal in the world. heaviest x most heavy most heaviest heaver 30 Sometimes email is ______ than a telephone. most convenient more convenientest
x fat-fatter-fattest

more convenient convenienter

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Comparative - superlative

1-All one -syllable and most two -syllable adjectives take the endings -er in the comparative form and -est in the superlative form. tall-taller-tallest happiest fat-fatter-fattest happy-happier-

2-We form the comparative of adjectives with three or more syllables (and some two-syllables adjectives) with more+adjective and the superlative with most +adjective. beautiful-more beautiful-most beautiful

3- All one-syllable adverbs and 'early' take the endings -er in the comparative form and -est in the superlative form. fast-faster-fastest early-earlier -earliest

4- We form the comparative of adverbs with three or more syllables with more+adverb and the superlative with most+adverb. nicely-more nicely-most nicely

Use the superlative and comparative forms of the adjectives given.

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English exercise "Comparative - superlative"

1. The car is
slow er cheaper heavier

(slow) than the plane. (cheap) than the T-shirt. (heavy)than the chair. (short) of the three. (interesting) than History. (tidy) of all. (fat) than my brother.
cleaner

2. The gloves are 3. The armchair is 4. Susan is the 5. Geography is 6. His class is the 7. My sister is

shorter more interesting tidier

fatter

8. My classroom is

(clean) than the other one.

more frightening

9. The story about the ghost was about the magician. 10. Ben is the
tallest

(frightening) than the story

(tall) boy in the class.

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