ACTIVITY NUMBER 7

NEW CULTURES

Comparatives
1. Complete the chart with the comparative forms.
Adjective Comparative form

cold
big
COLDER
BIGGER RemembeR
diffic MORE DIFFICULT
ult WORSE • Short adjectives + -er: cold – colder
DRIER
bad • Short adjectives ending in one
dry EARLIER consonant double the last letter +
earl BETTER
y HIGHER -er: big – bigger
good HOTTER
• Long adjectives (more than two
high LONGER syllables): more + adjective: more
hot MORE POPULAR
long RAINER expensive
popu SUNNIER
• Be careful of irregular adjectives
lar WETTER e.g. good, bad
rain

2. Complete the sentences with the comparative form of

the adjectives in brackets.
a. Britain is hotter (hot) now than at any time before.
b. It’s usually foggier (foggy) in autumn than in summer.
c. Places that are sunny are more popular (popular) than places where it rains a lot.
d. I think the weather is worse (bad) than ten years ago.
e. India is sunnier (sunny) than Britain, but it is also wetter (wet)!
f. The sea is getting higher (high).
g. Summer is shorter (short) now than 25 years ago.

3. Circle the correct word.

1 It’s hoter / hotter in July than in September.
2 The weather is badder / worse in London than in my city.
3 I think it’s more beautiful / beautifuler when it rains.
4 Is it drier / more dry now in the summer?
5 I think summer is getting shorter / more short.
6 It’s always raining so it’s weter / wetter than before.
4 Circle the odd word out.
cold difficult short

1 hot big bad

2 dry long new
3 popular sunny famous
4 easy early expensive
5 good cold late
6 big wet old

Superlative adjectives
1. Complete the chart with the superlative forms.

Adjective Superlative form Remember

Bad THE WORST Short adjectives + est: tall – tallest

Beautiful THE MOST BEAUTIFUL Short adjectives ending in one consonant

double last letter + est: hot – hottest
Big THE BIGGEST
Long adjectives (more than 2 syllables) = most
Dangerous THE MOST DANGEROUS + adjective: most amazing
Difficult THE MOST DIFFICULT
Be careful of irregular adjectives e.g. good.
Fast THE FASTEST
Friendly THE FRIENDLIEST
Good THE BEST
Intelligent THE MOST
INTELLIGENT
Loud THE LOUDEST
popular THE MOST POPULAR
Slow THE SLOWLEST
small THE SMALLEST
strange THE STRANGEST
Ugly THE UGLIEST

2. Write sentences about the animals using the prompts.

tortoise / slow
The tortoise is the slowest.
1 blue whale / big The blue whale is the biggest.
2 cheetah / fast The cheetah is the fastest.
3 mosquito / dangerous The mosquito is the most dangerous.

4 cat / friendly The cat is the friendliest.

5 hippo / ugly The hippo is the ugliest

6 dolphin / intelligent The dolphin is the most intelligent.

7 parrot / loud The parrot is the loudest.

3. Complete the dialogue with the superlative form of the adjectives

in brackets

katya Wow! This is a really difficult quiz.

emily Yes, but I really want to win.
katya Okay, let’s look at the next question. What’s the
a. Biggest (big) animal in the world?
emily The elephant.
katya No, it isn’t. I think it’s the blue whale.
emily Yes, you’re right. And the (2) fastest (fast) animal is the cheetah.
katya Question 3. Is the Indian cobra the
(3) most dangerous (Dangerous) animal in the world?
emily No, it isn’t. Mosquitoes are, because their bite can give you malaria.
katya What about this question? What is the
(4) tallest (tall) animal?
emily Oh! That’s easy, the giraffe.
katya Of course.
emily Okay, here’s the last question. What is the
(5) loudest (loud) animal?
katya Wow! That’s the (6) most difficult (difficult) question. I don’t know the
answer to it.