Comparatives and Superlatives

A) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjectives.

1. New York is ________________________ Madrid. (big)
2. Madrid is ______________________ Rome (expensive)
3. Rain in Puno is ____________________ rain in Lima. (heavy)
4. The underground in London is ____________________ the metro in Madrid. (good)
5. The buildings in the town are _________________________ the buildings in the country. (modern)
6. Charles is _____________________ Melissa. (intelligent)
7. What is _______________ mountain in the world? (high)
8. Paris is ________________________city in France during Christmas. (cheerful)
9. Who is _______________________ person in Britain? (rich)
10. Sandra is ______________________ Sophia. (pretty)
11. What is ______________________ drink in your country? (popular)
12. Who is __________________________ singer in your country?
13. The Amazon is ______________________ the Nile. (wide)
14. This song is _________________________ the previous one. (bad)
15. What is _____________________ river in the world? (long)
16. My brother has a __________________room than me. (tidy)
17. My boat is _______________________ your boat. (- expensive)
18. Australia is __________________ than England. (big)
19. I'm ______________________ now than yesterday. (good)
20. She's got________________ friends than you, but she doesn't care. (little)
21. He thinks Chinese is ______________________ (difficult) language in the world
22. Valencia played ______________________ than Real Madrid yesterday.(bad)
23. Cats are ______________________ (intelligent) as dogs.
24. Show me _______________________restaurant downtown. (good)
25. ______________________ desert of all is the Sahara and it's in Africa. (hot)
26. Who is ______________________ person in your family? (talkative)


B) Choose the best option to complete the statements.
1. I am ________ my brother.
a) taller than
b) the tallest
2. She is ________ student in her class
a) younger than
b) the younger
c) the youngest
3. The dog is ________ the cat.
a) the older than
b) older than
c) the oldest
4. The red jacket is ________ the blue jacket.
a) expensiver than
b) more expensive than
c) the most expensive
5. My mother is ________ in her family.
a) the short
b) the shorter than
c) the shortest
6. I like sushi, but Chinese food is ________.
a) better
b) the better
c) more better
c) the bestest
7. My drink is ________ of all the drinks.
a) colder than
b) the coldest
c) the most cold
8. My sister is ________ student in her class.
a) smarter than
b) the smarter
c) the most smart
d) the smartest
9. Those books are ________ than the other books.
a) expensiver than
b) more expensive than
c) most expensive than
d) the most expensive
10. Her brother is ________ soccer player on his team.
a) the better
b) better than
c) the most good
d) the best
11. Anna is _________ than Tom today because passed her test.
a. happier
b. happiest
c. most happy
d. happy

12. This book is __________ than the book I read last week.
a. interesting
b. more interesting
c. most interesting
d. interestinger
13. This is the ___________ concert I have ever been to in my life!
a. most loud
b. louder
c. loudiest
d. more loud
14. My dog is ______.
a. most fat
b. fattest
c. fatter.
d. fat
15. It is the __________ in August.
a. hotter
b. hottest
c. the hottest
d. hot
16. Sugar is ________ than salt.
a. sweetest
b. sweeter
c. more sweet
17. My drink is ______________ than yours.
a. more delicious
b. most delicious
c. deliciouser
d. delicious more
18. I think I am the __________ person in my family.
a. wisest
b. wiser
c. more wiser
d. most wise
19. Bill Gates is ________ than me.
a. more rich
b. most rich
c. richest
d. richer
20. I think Hanna is .................. Laura.
a. a best student
b. a better student than
c. best student

21. I think that Greta ........................Rachel.
a. is as attractive as
b. is most attractive as
c. is the most attractive

22. In my opinion, Laura is ........................of the girls.
a. the most clever
b. the cleverest
c. more clever than

23. As I see it, Greta's job must be .................
a. the more difficult
b. as difficult as
c. the most difficult

24. I think Hanna must be ........................the rest of the girls
a. funnier than
b. the funniest
c. more funny

C) Read the statements and complete them with the correct form of the adjective
1. Jeremy is 10 years old. Jenny is 8 years old. Jeremy is (old) ____________ ______ Jenny.
2. The Alps are very high. They are (high) _____ _______________ mountains in Europe.
3. An ocean is (large) ____________ _______ a sea.
4. A Rolls Royce costs a lot of money. A Twingo costs less.
A Rolls Royce is (expensive) _______ ________________ _____ a Twingo.
5. John's results were bad. Fred's were very poor. Fred's results were (bad) __________ _____ John's.
6. This exercise is not very difficult. It's ____________ ______ I expected. (easy)
7. The weather is not good today. It's raining. I hope the weather will be (good) _____________ next week.
8. People are not very friendly in big cities. They are usually (friendly) ________________ in small towns.
9. In the government of a country, the President is (important) _____ ______ _______________ person.
10. People say that Chinese is (difficult) ______ ____________ to learn than English.



















Adjectives with one syllable
In general, if the adjective has one syllable,
then the letters -er or -estare added:

warm warmer warmest
quick quicker quickest
tall taller tallest
Adjectives with one syllable ending in e
If the adjective has one syllable and ends in e,
just add -r or -st:

late later latest
nice nicer nicest
large larger largest
Adjectives with two syllables
Adjectives with two syllables vary. Some add -
er/est or -r/-st:

Some use the words more for the
comparative and most for the superlative:
famous more famous most famous
Many, such as clever, can do either:
Clever
cleverer/more
clever
cleverest/most
clever
feeble feebler feeblest
Adjectives with three syllables or more
If the adjective has three syllables or more,
then the words more and most are used:
interesting more interesting most interesting
attractive more attractive most attractive






Adjectives that change their spelling
Some one-syllable adjectives that end with a single consonant (e.g., big, wet, sad, fat)
double this consonant before adding er or -est:
big bigger biggest
wet wetter wettest
sad sadder saddest
If the adjective ends in y (e.g., happy, greedy, or tidy), change they to an i and add -er or -
est:
happy happier happiest
greedy greedier greediest
tidy tidier tidiest
Some common adjectives have irregular comparative and superlative forms that you just
have to learn:
bad worse worst
good, well better best
little (of a quantity) less least
much, many more most
far
further/
farther
furthest/
farthest