School Year 2020/2021

English – Comparative and Superlative

Module 2: A World of Many Languages

A – Complete the sentences using the superlative form of the word in brackets. Be careful with
your spelling.

1. My dad is the funniest dad in the world. (FUNNY)

2. Whales are the heaviest animals in the world. (HEAVY)
3. My bedroom is the most comfortable room in my house.
(COMFORTABLE)
4. I am the worst cook in the world. (BAD)
5. For English people, Japanese is the most difficult language to
learn. (DIFFICULT)
6. That was the saddest film I've ever seen. (SAD)
7. My sister is the tidiest person I know. (TIDY)
8. The farthest I've ever travelled is from London to San Francisco. (FAR)
9. Spain is the sunniest country in Europe. (SUNNY)
10.What's the most dangerous animal in your country? (DANGEROUS)

B – Choose the correct alternative for each sentence (Comparatives or Superlatives).

1. I think that’s ______________ film I’ve ever seen

a) the funnier than b) the funny c) the funniest d) the funnier

2. Is football the _______________ sport in Chile?

a) popular b) more popular c) popularest d) most popular

3. Vegetables are ______________ last week

a) expensiver than b)more expensiver tham c) more expensive than d) most
expensive

4. I think Vladimir is _________________ intelligent person in the class

a) more than b) the most c) most d) the more

5. Don’t you think there are _____________ things to do on holidays than watching TV all day?
a) best b) bestest c) better d) better than

6. Summer is ______________ season in our country

a) the hottest b) hotter than c) the hot d) hot

7. Groenland has the _______________ weather of the world. It’s always raining and snowing
a) bad b) worse than c) worst d) worsest

8. The Everest is ______________________ the Aconcagua

a) the highest b) highest than c) the higher than d) higher than
C – What do you know about these countries and places?

Use: dry long cold deep salty small(2X) high large(2X) wet

1. The Western Deep Gold Mine is the deepest mine in the world.
2. Asia is the largest continent in the world.
3. The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world.
4. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
5. The Atacama Desert is the driest desert in the world.
6. Columbia has the wettest spot in the world.
7. Oceania is the smallest continent in the world.
8. The Nile is the longest river in the world.
9. Antarctica is coldest continent in the world.
10. The Vatican is the smallest country in the world.
11. The Dead Sea is the saltiest sea in the world.

D - Complete this European weather forecast by choosing the right option.

The weather in England will be warm/ warmer/ the warmest than Scotland and not as
wet/ wetter/ the wettest. In the next day or two it will get the coolest/ more cool/ cooler, but
the south of England won’t become as the coldest/ colder/ cold as the north. Most of France
will be sunnyer/ sunnier/ the sunniest than the UK, but the north of France will be windy/
windier/ windyer than England. Clouds will move slow/ slowly/ more slow across France later
in the week.

The worst/ worser/ baddest weather at

the moment is in the north of Germany and parts
of Poland, where there are thunderstorms and
some floods. The weather in Poland will even get
badder/ worse/ more bad in the next few days,
with snow and ice on the roads. Drive carefully/ careful/ more careful! In southern Europe the
weather is a lot good/ best/ better, although there was some frost this morning in the north of
Italy. Generally, it’s not as hotter/ hot/ hoter in Italy as in Greece, and Europe’s warmest/ the
warmest/ warmer place at the moment is Corfu.
E – Complete the following dialogue between two neighbours either with the superlative/
comparative of the adjectives/ adverbs given in brackets.

Geoff: My house is definitely bigger (big) than yours.

Pete: I don’t think so. I’m sure that mine is the
biggest (big) in the street.
Geoff: Well, my daughter Jo is the prettiest (pretty)
girl at her school. She’s prettier (beautiful) than your
daughter.
Pete: That reminds me. I saw you pushing your new
car along the road last week. I really have to say that my car works much better (good) than
yours.
Geoff: Oh yes? Well, then what’s the farthest (far) you’ve ever driven in your car? My wife and I
have crossed America from coast to coast in my car.
Pete: Your wife didn’t enjoy the journey, though, did she? You argued all the time as usual. You
know, I definitely think we’re more happily (happy) married than you and Mary!
Geoff: I’m not surprised. You’re always buying your wife the most expensive (expensive)
presents in the world, aren’t you?
Pete: Well, I’ve got the money, haven’t I? I get up earlier(early) than you and I work much
harder (hard) than you, and so, of course, I earn money quicker (quick) than you!!

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