ACTIVITY NUMBER 7

NEW CULTURES

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

cold
big
RemembeR
difficult
bad • Short adjectives + -er: cold – colder
dry
• Short adjectives ending in one
early
consonant double the last letter +
good
high
-er: big – bigger
hot • Long adjectives (more than two
long
syllables): more + adjective: more
popular
rain expensive
sunny
• Be careful of irregular adjectives
wet
e.g. good, bad
2. Complete the sentences with the comparative form of
the adjectives in brackets.
a. Britain is (hot) now than at any time before.
b. It’s usually (foggy) in autumn than in summer.
c. Places that are sunny are (popular) than places where it rains a lot.
d. I think the weather is (bad) than ten years ago.
e. India is (sunny) than Britain, but it is also (wet)!
f. The sea is getting (high).
g. Summer is (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 Short adjectives + est: tall – tallest

beautiful Short adjectives ending in one consonant

big double last letter + est: hot – hottest

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

friendly
good
intelligent
loud
popular
slow
small
strange
ugly

2. Write sentences about the animals using the prompts.

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

4 cat / friendly

5 hippo / ugly

6 dolphin / intelligent

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. (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) (fast) animal is the cheetah.
katya Question 3. Is the Indian cobra the
(3) (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) (tall) animal?
emily Oh! That’s easy, the giraffe.
katya Of course.
emily Okay, here’s the last question. What is the
(5) (loud) animal?
katya Wow! That’s the (6) (difficult) question. I don’t know the answer to it.