ACTIVITY NUMBER 7

NEW CULTURES

Comparatives Jefferson Duvier Cabrera Medina ID 645055

1. Complete the chart with the comparative forms.

Adjective Comparative form

cold
big
colder
bigger
more difficult
RemembeR
difficult
bad worse • Short adjectives + -er: cold – colder
dry drier
earlier • Short adjectives ending in one
early
better consonant double the last letter +
good
high higher -er: big – bigger
hot hotter • Long adjectives (more than two
long longer
popular more popular syllables): more + adjective: more
rain rainier expensive
sunny sunnier • Be careful of irregular adjectives
wet wetter e.g. good, bad

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 aremore 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 worst Short adjectives + est: tall – tallest

beautiful most beatiful Short adjectives ending in one consonant

big biggest double last letter + est: hot – hottest

Long adjectives (more than 2 syllables) = most
dangerous most dangerous
+ adjective: most amazing
difficult most difficult
fast fastest Be careful of irregular adjectives e.g. good.

friendly friendliest
good best
intelligent most intelligent
loud loudest
popular most popular
slow slowest
small smallest
strange strangest
ugly 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 biggest
2 cheetah / fast The cheetah is the fastest
3 mosquito / dangerous The mosquito is the most dangerous

4 cat / friendly The cat is friendliest

5 hippo / ugly The hippo is ugliest

6 dolphin / intelligent The dolphin is most intelligent

The parrot is very loud.

7 parrot / loud

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?
most difficult
katya Wow! That’s the (6) (difficult) question. I don’t know the answer to it.