ComparativeandSuperlativeAdjectiveExercise2

Shortadjectives Consonant+vowel+consonant Ys
Simons shirt is as clean as Michaels Spainisas hot asGreece Mydog is as lazy as mycat
Richards shirt is cleaner than Johns Australiais hotter thanThailand Mybrotheris lazier than mysister
Marks shirt is the cleanest Maliisthe hottest Myteacheris thelaziest personIknow
Longadjectives Irregularadjectives
Naomiis as beautiful as Scarlett good better thebest
Maribelis morebeautifulthan Penelope bad worse theworst
Maribelis themostbeautiful womaninSpain far further thefurthest

AFillthegapsusingtheadjectivesinbracketsinthecorrectform.

1ThedistancefromSydneytoMadridis.........................................thanthedistancefromNewYorktoLondon.(far)
2David'skitchenisverydirty.Mineismuch..........................................(clean)
3 Thatfilmwasterrible.Infact,it's.........................................filmI'veeverseen.(bad)

4Generallyspeaking,thecoffeeinSpainandItalyis.........................................thanthecoffeeyougetinBritain.(good)
5Ridingamotorbikeis.........................................thandrivingacar.(dangerous)
6Clare'sapartmentisjustas.........................................asMichael's.(big)

7OnenightatTheRitzis.........................................thanaweekinTheHolidayInn.(expensive)
8RollsRoycemakesomeof.........................................carsintheworld. (luxurious)
9Ifyoubuy.........................................,youwon'tgetthebest.(cheap)

10TheaquariuminValenciais.........................................inEurope.(big)
11Saras.........................................thanCarmela.(tall)
12Rapunhas.........................................tastethanMarta. (bad)

13Physicsexamsareas.........................................asmathsexams.(difficult)
14KingKongwasthe......................................... monkeyever.(big)
15IthinkEnglishis.........................................thanGerman.(easy)
16Chineseis......................................... languagetolearntowrite.(hard)

17Whois.........................................personinyourfamily?(intelligent)

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Answers

1 ThedistancefromSydneytoMadridisfurtherthanthedistancefromNewYorktoLondon.
2 David'skitchenisverydirty.Mineismuchcleaner.
3 Thatfilmwasterrible.Infact,it'stheworstfilmI'veeverseen.
4 Generallyspeaking,thecoffeeinSpainandItalyisbetterthanthecoffeeyougetinBritain.
5 Ridingamotorbikeismoredangerousthandrivingacar.
6 Clare'sapartmentisjustasbigasMichael's.
7 AnightatTheRitzismoreexpensiveORmoreluxuriousthanaweekinTheHolidayInn.
8 RollsRoycemakesomeofthemostluxuriousORthemostexpensivecarsintheworld.
9 Ifyoubuythecheapest,youwon'tgetthebest.
10 TheaquariuminValenciaisthebiggestinEurope.
11 SarastallerthanCarmela.
12 RapunhasworsetastethanMarta.
13 Physicsexamsareasdifficultasmathsexams.
14 KingKongwasthebiggestmonkeyever.
15 IthinkEnglishiseasierthanGerman.(easy)
16 Chineseisthehardestlanguagetolearntowrite.(hard)
17 Whoisthemostintelligentpersoninyourfamily?(intelligent)

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