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COMPARI
Bob is

(YOUNG) than Homer.

younger

Homer is

(OLD) than Alice.

older

Alice is

(SLIM) than Bob.

slimer

Bob is

(SHORT) than Homer.

shorter

Homer is

(FAT) than Bob.

fatter

Alice is

(SHORT) than Homer.

shorter

Homer is

(UGLY) than Alice.

uglier

Homer is

(SLOW) than Bob.

slow er

Bob is

(TIDY) than Homer.

tidier

Alice is

(BEAUTIFUL) than Bob.

more beautiful

Alice has got

(LONG) hair than Bob.

longer

Homer can play the guitar

(GOOD) than Alice.

better

Alice can run

(FAST) than Homer.

faster

Alice draws

(BAD) than Bob.

w orse

Bob is

(INTELLIGENT) than Homer.

more intelligent

Homer is a

(INTERESTING) person than Bob.

more interesting

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

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Mt Fuji is the

mountain in Japan (big)

the biggest

2. The

continent in the world is Australia (small)

smallest

3. Do you know what the

river in Africa is? (long)

longest

4. Which one is the

? The Pacific Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean? (large)

largest

5. I live in the

country in the world! (good)

best

6. I think South Africa is one of the

places to visit (beautiful)

most beatiful

7. The Amazon River is

than the Nile River (short)

shorter

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

view (amazing)

most amazing

9. Where is the

place on earth? (hot)

hottest

10. What is the

animal youve ever seen? (strange)

strangest

A. Fill in the blanks with the correct comparative

forms.
1. Mara es

que Juan.
ms mayor

Mara is older than Juan.

2. Ella es la

ms joven

de la familia.

She is the youngest of the family.

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3. Esta pelcula es

que la otra.
peor

This movie is worse than the other.

4. Esa pelcula es la

de todas.
peor

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

.
buena

This pen is good.

9. Ese libro es

.
malo

That book is bad.

10. Aquella casa es la

.
mejor

That house over there is the best.

11. Aquella casa es la ms

de todas.
grande

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.

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13. Aquel auto es

que ste.

mejor

That car over there is better than this one.

14. Estos perros son

.
grandes

These dogs are big.

15. Esos perros son ms

grandes

Those dogs are bigger.

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

que el nio.
mas joven

The girl is younger than the boy.

19. El hombre es

que la mujer.
mas viejo

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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X

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.
X
hottest
hotter
most hot
more hottest
7 Antarctica is the _______ place on earth.
X
coldest
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.

X
hungrier
more hungrier
hungriest
more hungry
13 Albert Einstein was _______ than me.
intelligenter
intelligent
most intelligent
X

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

more bore
X

most boring
boring
boringest

15 A kitten is _______ than a puppy.

X
cuter
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.

X
weaker
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
more sweeter

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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.

X
healthier
more healthier
most healthy
healthiest
23 Oxygen is the __________ natural resource.
X
cheapest
most cheap
more cheapest
more cheaper
24 Elvis Presley is ______ than me.
X
more popular
popularer
more popularer
most popular
25 This is the ________ meal on the menu.
X
most nutritiousest
nutritiousest

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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.

x
heaviest
most heavy
most heaviest
heaver
30 Sometimes email is ______ than a telephone.
most convenient
more convenientest
x

more convenient
convenienter

fat-fatter-fattest

Comparative - superlative

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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.

English exercise "Comparative - superlative"

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1. The car is

(slow) than the plane.

slow er

2. The gloves are

(cheap) than the T-shirt.

cheaper

3. The armchair is

(heavy)than the chair.

heavier

4. Susan is the

(short) of the three.

shorter

5. Geography is

(interesting) than History.

more interesting

6. His class is the

(tidy) of all.
tidier

7. My sister is

(fat) than my brother.

fatter

8. My classroom is

(clean) than the other one.

cleaner

9. The story about the ghost was

(frightening) than the story

more frightening

about the magician.

10. Ben is the

(tall) boy in the class.

tallest

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