TECNHOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO

Name
Melanie Valdez

Matriculate
1-18-3752

Professor
Alexander Féliz

Subject
English Intermediate I
 UNIT 8. COMPARATIVE AND EQUIVALENT.
I. Complete the blank space with the correct comparative or
equivalent.
1- Choose the correct answer.
1. Lion is as intelligent as a tiger.
A) More intelligent B) intelligent C) vary intelligent

2. A giraffe is bigger than monkey.

A) Big B) biger C) bigger

3. An eagle is more dangerous than wasp.

A) From B) that C) than

4. Maria is friendlier than Jenny.

A) Friendlier B) more friendlier C) friendly

5. Parrots are less colorful than butterflies

A) Than B) As C) less

2- Make sentences using comparative.

Zebra / Cheetah / fast Zebra is less fast than Cheetah

Spider / Tarantula / Poisonous Tarantula is more poisonous than Spider

Liz / Carmen / intelligent Liss is more intelligent Carmen

Shark / Lion / As ... As (aggressive) Shark is as aggressive as Lion

Today / yesterday / cool Today is cooler than yesterday

3- Write the adjective according to its spelling rules.

(Friendly, fat, hot, pretty, ambitious, interesting, attractive, intelligent, tall, happy, ugly,
talkative, comfortable)

ONE SYLLABLE TWO THREE FOUR

SYLLABLES SYLLABLES SYLLABLES
Fat Happy Ambitious Interesting
Hot Ugly Talkative Comfortable
Tall Pretty Attractive Intellingent
Friendly
4- Put in the adjective on the blank space from the first sentence into
the second sentence in its correct form (comparative or superlative).

Example: I have a fast car, but my friend has a ______ car.

Answer: I have a fast car, but my friend has a faster car.

1) This is a nice cat. It's much nicer than my friend's cat.

2) Here is Emily. She's six years old. Her brother is nine, so he is older.

3) This is a difficult exercise. But the exercise with an asterisk (*) is the most
difficult exercise on the worksheet.

4) He has an interesting hobby, but my sister has the most interesting hobby in the
world.

5) In the last holidays I read a good book, but father gave me an even better one
last weekend.

6) School is boring, but homework is more boring than school.

7) Skateboarding is a dangerous hobby. Bungee jumping is more dangerous than

skateboarding.

8) This magazine is cheap, but that one is cheaper.

9) We live in a small house, but my grandparents' house is even smaller than ours.

10) Yesterday John told me a funny joke. This joke was the funniest joke.

5- Use either as … as or not as … as in the sentences below.

Example: Ben Nevis is __________ as Mont Blanc (not/high).
Answer: Ben Nevis is not as high as Mont Blanc.

1) The blue car is as fast as the red car. (fast)

2) Peter is not as tall as Fred. (not/tall)
3) The violin is not as low as the cello. (not/low)
4) This copy is as bad as the other one. (bad)
5) Oliver is as optimistic as Peter. (optimistic)
6) Today it's not as windy as yesterday. (not/windy)
7) The tomato soup was as delicious as the mushroom soup. (delicious)
8) Grapefruit juice is not as sweet as lemonade. (not/sweet)
9) Nick is as brave as Kevin. (brave)
10) Silver is not as heavy as gold. (not/heavy)
6- Choose the correct for of the comparative.

big : a)biger b)bigger c)more big

expensive: a)expensiver b)expensiveer c)more expensive
blue: a)bluer b)blueer c)more blue
red: a)reder b)redder c) more red
tall: a)taller b)taler c)more tall
pretty: a)prettyer b)prettier c)more pretty
silly: a)sillyer b)sillier c)more silly
intelligent: a)intelligenter b)intelligent c)more intelligent