UNIVERSIDAD DEL QUINDIO

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS HUMANAS Y BELLAS ARTES

AMBIENTE VIRTUAL DE APRENDIZAJE CIDBA

ENGLISH II

NAME: ___ELIANA MARIA TORO ROJAS

Part I
Read the paragraph and write the correct COMPARATIVE form of the adjective in parentheses.

IT ISN’T EASY BEING A TEENAGER

I try to be a good son, but no matter how hard I try, my parents never seem to be satisfied. They think I
should be a 1. BETTER_ Son. They think I should eat 2. HEALTHIER food, I should wear 3. NICER_
Clothes, and I should get 4. BETTER_. And according to them, my hair should be 5. SHORTER_, my
room should be 6. NEATER and my friends should be 7. POLITER when they come to visit. You know …
it isn’t easy being a teenager.

Part II
Compare:

1. The bike and the motorcycle.

THE BIKE IS SLOWER THAN THE MOTORCYCLE_.
2. The books and the magazines.
THE BOOKS ARE MOST BORED THAN THE MAGAZINES_.
3. The house and the apartment.
THE HOUSE IS MORE SPACIOUS THAN THE APARTMENT_.
4. Our school with another one.
OUR SCHOOL IS MORE FUN THAN ANOTHER ONE_.
5. The dog and the lion.
THE DOG IS SMALLER THAN THE LION.

Part III. Complete the sentences with the correct SUPERLATIVE FORM. . ( recuerde el artículo
THE antes del superlativo)

Example : ( large ) The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world.
The Pacific Ocean/ The Atlantic Ocean / The Indian Ocean

1. ( Hot) MARS________ is THE HOTEST_planet in the Solar System.

Venus / Mars / Mercury

2. ( Small) OCEANIA_____is _THE SMALLEST__ continent in the world.

Africa / South America / Oceania

3. ( Heavy) The ELEPHANT___ is _THE HEAVIEST_______mammal in the world.

Whale / elephant / hippopotamus

4. ( Busy) _NEW YORK´S JFK___is THE BUSIEST____of these three airports.

Chicago’s O’Hare/ London’s Heathrow/ New York’s JFK

5. ( Tall) The _GIRAFFE_ is THE TALLEST_animal in the world.

Flamingo / ostrich / giraffe
Part IV. Complete the sentences with the correct SUPERLATIVE. (recuerde el artículo THE antes
del superlativo)

1. I am(tall) __THE TALLEST____ person in my family.

2. Jupiter is(big) ____THE BIGGEST______ planet in our solar system.
3. Elephants are (large) _____THE LARGEST_______ land animals on earth.
4. We bought (expensive) ___THE MOST EXPENSIVE______ TV in the store.
5. Which sports do you think (dangerous) is __THE MOST DANGEROUS_____?
6. My cat is(lazy) ___THE LAZIEST________ animal I know.
7. This restaurant serves (good) ____THE BEST______ food in town.
8. I think math (difficult) _____THE MOST DIFFICULT_____ subject.
9. What is(long) ___THE LONGEST___ word in English that you know?
10. He is (strange) ____THE STRANGEST__________ man in the story.
11. Last week, I had (bad) ____THE WORST__ time of my life!
12. Which place is (hot) __THE HOTTEST__ place on earth?
13. I think it is (funny) _____THE FUNNIEST____ show on television.

PA R T V. U nd er l ine ( s ub r a ye ) t he c or re c t o pt io n.

1. I a m ____t ha n my br ot he r. 6. M y ca r is ___ __t ha n yo urs .

a . o ld er a . fas t
b . t he o ld es t b . fas te r
c . o ld c . t he fa st es t

2. He is ___ _in o ur c la ss . 7. M y ga r de n is ___t ha n his gar de n.

a . yo unge r a. b ig
b . yo ung b. b igge r
c . t he yo unge st c . t he b igge st

3. Peter is ____ student in our class. 8. This exercise is _____than the last one.

a. the most intelligent a. easier

b. intelligent b. the easiest
c. more intelligent c. easy

4. My grandfather is ____in the family 9. Bikes are ______than planes.

a. older a. slow
b. the oldest b. slower
c. old c. the slowest

5. England is ____than Italy 10. _________mountain the world is Mt. Everest.

a. wet a. the high
b. wetter b. higher
c. the wettest c. The highest