Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

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Put the adjective in bold 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 .
3) This is a difficult exercise. But the last exercise is the ______ one of all.
4) He has an interesting hobby, but my sister has the hobby in the world.
5) Last week I read a good book, but father gave me an even one last weekend.
6) School is boring, but homework is than school.
7) Surfing is a dangerous hobby. Bungee jumping is _______ than surfing.
8) This magazine is cheap, but that one is .
9) We live in a small house, but my grandparents' house is even than
ours.
10) Yesterday John told me a funny joke. This joke was the joke I've ever heard.

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate form of the adjective in brackets:

1. I was ……………………….…………………..……….. (interested) in this movie than in that one.

2. Going uphill was …………………………………………………………………. (tiring) experience in my
whole life!
3. I really need to get a ………………………………………………….. (cheap) PC. I can’t afford
that one.
4. This exercise is ………………………………………………………… (easy) than the one before.
5. I’m going to tell you ………………………………………………………. (funny) joke I’ve ever
heard!
6. It’s ………………………………………………….. (cold) today than yesterday, don’t you think?
7. This book is the ……………………………………………………. (enjoyable) I’ve ever read!

8. I was ……………………………………………………. (surprised) to hear from you than when you

gave me that surprise party last year…
Comparative:
- I have a fast car, but my friend has a faster car.
- My car isn’t as fast as my friend’s car.
- My friend’s car is faster than my car.

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

- My friend’s cat isn’t as nice as this cat.

- Here is Emily. She's six years old. Her brother is nine, so he is older than his sister.
Emily isn’t as old as her brother.
Emily is younger than her brother.

- School is boring, but homework is more boring than school.

As …….as
School isn’t as boring as homework.
Superlative: { (the -est / the most….) compare more than 2

- This is a difficult exercise. But the last exercise is the most difficult one of all the exercises.

- This is a difficult exercise.

- This exercise is more difficult than the previous one.
- This is the most difficult exercise ever.

{ good- better- best}

- This is a good movie. ( adjective)
- This movie is better than the one I saw yesterday.( adjective – comparative)
- This is the best movie I have ever seen. ( adjective- superlative)

Sura is tall.
Sura is taller than Sara. – Sara is not as tall as Sura.
- Sura is the tallest student in the class.
as ….. adj……as

Smart
My sister is smart. (adjective )

- My sister is smarter than me. ( comparative)

- I am not as smart as my sister. (comparative)

My sister is the smartest of all. ( superlative)

Adjectives like : Long / short ( 1 syllable)

This way is long.

This way is longer than that way.

This way is the longest to Irbid.

Adjectives like: expensive /comfortable ( 3 or 4 syllables):

She is comfortable.

She is more comfortable than other people.

She is the most comfortable person I know.

as ….. adj……as ( equal quality)

Ammar’s voice is as nice as his brother.

I am as tall as Abdelhakeem.

I am not as tall as Fareed. ( comparative )

Fareed is taller than me.

Adverbs: as…..adverb……as
Quraish drives carefully. (adverb)
- Quraish drives more carefully than Islam. (comparative)
- Quraish drives as carefully as Islam.
- Quraish doesn’t drive as carefully as Islam.
Quraish drives the most carefully of all.
Adjectives:

Good – better than- the best

Bad – worse than – the worst

She is good

Adverb:

Well – better than- the best

Badly- worse than – the worst

She speaks well.

Funny (1 syllable) -funnier than – the funniest

Long (1 syllable) – longer than – the longest

Tall (1 syllable) – taller than – the tallest

Clever – cleverer than – the cleverest

Comfortable (4 syllables)- more …..than – the most…..

Dangerous (3 syllabes) – more dangerous than - the most dangerous

Beautiful (3 syllables) – more beautiful than – the most beautiful

Expensive ( 3 syllables) – more expensive than – the most expensive

More explanation:

1. as…..adj……as ( equal quality)

Farah is as beautiful as her sister ( equal quality) =

Farah is the same beauty as her sister ( the same ….. noun ….as) equal quality =

2. more / less/ isnot as…adj…as ( not equal quality)

tall ( 1 syllable) / expensive ( 3 syllables)

tall:
- Ahmad is tall.
- Ahmad is taller than Omar. ( not equal quality)
- Omar is not as tall as Ahmad. ( not equal quality)

- Ahmad is the tallest in class. ( superlative)

Expensive:

- This shirt is expensive.

- This shirt is more expensive than that one. ( comparative- not equal quality)
- That shirt is not as expensive as this one.
- That shirt is less expensive than this shirt.
- This shirt isnot less expensive than that one.

The same….. noun ….as (price)

This shirt doesn’t have the same price as that one.

Beautiful (3 syllables)

She is beautiful. (adjective)

She is more beautiful than her sister. (adjective – comparative)

She is the most beautiful in the class. ( adjective- superlative)

Adjective: (describe nouns)

Good – better than – the best She is good. She is better than her sister. She is the best.

Bad – worse than – the worst

Adverb: (describe verbs)

Well- better than – the best She speaks well . She speaks better than her sister. She speaks the best.

Badly- worse than – the worst

Adverb (describe verbs) …. Ly more + adv ………the most +adv

My dad works efficiently. My dad works more efficiently than his friend

My dad works the most efficiently in the office.

She comes quickly to school

She drives carefully.

She speaks fluently.