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Grammar extension
Comparative adjectives
1 Complete the chart with the correct forms of
the adjectives.
Adjective

Comparative

fast

faster

old

funnier

hot

more expensive

boring

later

nice
good

worse

2 Complete the sentences with the comparative

form of the adjectives and than.
Math is more boring than science. (boring)
1 New York is
Toronto.
(big)
2 Madonna is
Lady
Gaga. (famous)
3 Today is
yesterday.
(cold)
4 My PC is
yours. It has
a webcam! (good)

as as
3 Complete the sentences with as ... as and the
adjectives.
Your English is very good. Mine is bad!
My English isnt as good as yours. (good)
1 My sister is 1.52m. Im 1.52m.
My sister
me. (tall)
2 The red T-shirt is $12. The blue one is $15.
The red T-shirt
the
blue one. (expensive)
3 Skiing is very difficult. Roller skating is very
difficult too.
Skiing
roller skating.
(difficult)
4 Joe is very intelligent. Rob isnt very intelligent.
Rob
Joe. (intelligent)

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less than
4 Rewrite the sentences.
Your ideas are more interesting than his ideas.
His ideas are less interesting than your
ideas. (less)
1 Anns car is more expensive than Gemmas car.

(less)
2 MP3 players are more fashionable than digital
radios.

(as ... as)
3 Thrillers are more frightening than musicals.

(as ... as)
4 A computer is more expensive than a radio.

(less)

Got it?
5 Study the information about New York and
Tokyo. Complete the sentences.
popular
big old populated expensive with
tourists
New
York
Tokyo

New York isnt as big as Tokyo. (big)

1 New York
Tokyo. (old)
2 Tokyo
New York.
(expensive)
3 Tokyo isnt
New York.
(popular)
4 New York is
Tokyo.
(populated)

6 Correct the mistakes in the sentences. One

sentence is correct.
Im tall than my brother. taller
1 Lions arent dangerous as elephants.
2 Documentaries are less exciting that action
movies.
3 That movie was more funny than the last one.
4 Skiing is more difficult than swimming.

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