ACTIVITY 7

NEW CULTURES
Comparatives
Complete the chart with the comparative forms.

ADJECTIV COMPARATIVE Remember!

E Short adjectives + -er: cold –
1. Big bigger colder Short adjectives ending
2. More difficult in one consonant double the
Difficult last letter +
3. Bad Worse -er: big – bigger
4. Dry More dry Long adjectives (more than two
5. Early Earlier syllables): more +
6. Good Better adjective:more expensive
Be careful of irregular
7. Hot Hotter
adjectives
8. Long Longer e.g. good, bad
9. More popular
Popular
10. Rain Rainier
Complete
11. Sunnythe sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives
Sunnier
in 12.
brackets.
Wet Wetter
1. Britain is hotter (hot) now than at any timebefore.
2. It’s usually _more foggy _(foggy) in autumn than in summer.
3. I think theweather is worse (bad) than ten years ago.
4. India is (sunny) than Britain, but it is also wetter (wet)
5. The sea is getting higher (high).
6. Summer is shorter (short) now than 25 yearsago.

Circle the correct word.

1. It’s hoter / hotter in July than inSeptember.
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 thanbefore.
Superlative adjectives
Complete the chart with the superlative forms.

ADJECTIVE SUPERLATIVE FORM Remember

1. bad worst Short adjectives + est: tall – tallest
2. big Biggest
Short adjectives ending in one consonant
3. dangerous Most dangerous
double last letter + est: hot – hottest
4. difficult Most difficult
Long adjectives (more than 2
5. fast Fastest
syllables) = most
6. friendly Most friendly
+ adjective: most amazing
7. good Best
8. Most intelligent Be careful of irregular adjectives e.g. good.
intelligent
9. popular Most popular
10. slow Slowest
11. small Smallest
12. ugly Ugliest
Write sentences about the animals using theprompts.
1. tortoise / slow Thetortoiseistheslowest.
2. blue whale / big The blue whale is the biggest
3. cheetah / fast _The cheetah is the fastest
4. mosquito / dangerous _The mosquito is the most dangerous
5. dolphin / intelligent _The dolphin is the most intelligent
6. parrot / loud The parrot is the loudest

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 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. Andthe _fastest (fast) animal is the cheetah.
Katya: Question 3. Is the Indian cobra the most dangerous
(Dangerous) animal in theworld?
Emily: No, it isn’t. Mosquitoes are, because their bite
can give you malaria. Katya: What about this question?
What isthe tallest (tall)
animal? Emily: Oh! That’s easy, the giraffe.
Katya: Of course.
Emily: Okay, here’s the last question. What is the loudest (loud) animal?
Katya: Wow! That’sthe __most difficult (difficult) question. I don’t know the
answer toit.