Exercise on Comparison of Adjectives Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (comparative or superlative).

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

My house is (big)

than yours. than that one. book I have ever read.

This flower is (beautiful) This is the (interesting)

Non-smokers usually live (long) Which is the (dangerous)

than smokers. animal in the world? than a holiday in the mountains.

A holiday by the sea is (good)

It is strange but often a coke is (expensive) Who is the (rich)

than a beer.

woman on earth?

The weather this summer is even (bad) He was the (clever)

than last summer.

thief of all.

Put the adjectives into the correct form.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Los Angeles is (large)

than Chicago. city of the United States.

But New York is the (large)

The weather in Hollywood is (good) Nestor Studios is the (old) Disneyland is (interesting)

than in New York or New Jersey. movie company in Hollywood. than any other amusement park.

Write down the correct form of the word in brackets (adjective or adverb).

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Tom is (slow)

. He works

Sue is a (careful) The dog is (angry)

girl. She climbed up the ladder . It barks . He's an

. actor.

He acted (excellent)

They learn English (easy) Max is a (good)

. They think English is an singer. He sings

language.

7. 8.

It's (awful)

cold today. The cold wind is

. . If that is true,

Dogs rely on their noses as they can smell (extreme / good)

why does dog food smell so (terrible)

? . I went over to comfort him and he looked at me

9.

The little boy looked (sad) . I tasted the soup (careful)

10.

but it tasted (wonderful)

Write down the correct form of the word in brackets (adjective or adverb).

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Tom is (slow)

. He works

Sue is a (careful) The dog is (angry)

girl. She climbed up the ladder . It barks . He's an

. actor.

He acted (excellent)

They learn English (easy) Max is a (good) It's (awful)

. They think English is an singer. He sings

language.

. . . If that is true,

cold today. The cold wind is

Dogs rely on their noses as they can smell (extreme / good)

why does dog food smell so (terrible)

? . I went over to comfort him and he looked at me

9.

The little boy looked (sad) . I tasted the soup (careful)

10.
A 2

but it tasted (wonderful)

cheetah Susans

is hair is

than

a than

horse. Bettys.

(fast) (short)

3 The Mt Blanc is 4 5 June Table is tennis

than the Groglockner, the Mt Everest is the

mountain. (high)

than

May, than tennis

but but

July

is is

the the

. .

(hot) (easy)

is

badminton

6 French is 7 "Airforce

than English, but Chinese is the One" is the

language. (difficult) ever seen. (interesting)

film

have

8 No, I dont think so. "Contact" is 9 10 11 Hot This is dogs the is

than "Airforce One". (interesting)

are chocolate as

than I have

hamburgers. ever a

(good) (good) (easy)

cake as

eaten. bike.

Skiing

riding

12 Carol sings as 13 Tennis is 14 Detective

as Mary, but Cindy sings than skiing, but football is the

. (beautiful)

. (popular) films. (boring)

films

are

as

as

western

15 No, I dont think so! Romantic films are the

than western films, but nature films are have ever seen.

films

(boring) . (large)

16 The United States are 17 A mouse is as 18 A canary is 19 Peter

than Mexico, but Russia is the

as a hamster, but a rat is

than a mouse. (clever)

than an eagle, but a parrot is is as

. (colourful) (clever)

as

George.

20 January is as

as February. (cold)

1.

Dad's

car

is

much

(fast)

than

mine.

2. I think scuba diving is 3. His thirst grew

(fascinating) than climbing.

(big)

and

(big)

4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

He

found

this live the

test in

(difficult)

than

the

last. house. world. girl.

They She is

a (good)

(beautiful) player

tennis

of (nice)

the

Susan This Hotels suitcase in

is is are

(heavy)

than than

the in

others. Vienna. (tall).

London

(expensive)

10. Bob is

(tall) than Keith but Phil ist the

11. Doris reads 12. France

(many) books than Peter but Frank reads is

(many). Spain. (big) one.

as

(beautiful)

as

13. They live in a 14. My sister

(big) house but Fred lives in a is three years

(young)

than

me.

15. This was the

(bad) film I have ever seen.

Fill in the words in brackets as adjective or adverb like in the example. Example: Peter works ______ (slow). Answer: Peter works slowly.

1) He

reads a book. (quick)

2) Mandy is a 3) The class is 4) Max is a 5) You can

girl. (pretty) loud today. (terrible) singer. (good) open this tin. (easy)

6) It's a 8) He is a

day today. (terrible) driver. (careful) . (careful) . (loud)

9) He drives the car 10) The dog barks