PİRİ REİS UNIVERSITY Week 1

Main Course Supplementary Materials

Gamma (8 Pre-Intermediate) Regular
Unit 5A

COMPARATIVES
The Comparative Form of Adjectives

Exercise 1: Complete the following sentences with the correct comparative form of the words
listed below.
bad important crowded high heavy
expensive easy thin dangerous cold

1. In Canada, January is _________________________ than March.

2. I think that good health is ___________________________ than money.

3. I can’t carry my suitcase. It’s much _________________________ than yours.

4. I can afford to buy a new bike but not a new car. A car is ___________________________ than

a bike.

5. You look _______________________ than the last time I saw you. Have you lost weight?

6. I couldn’t get a seat in the restaurant. It was ____________________________ than usual.

7. Mountains are __________________________ than hills.

8. He got a very good mark on his exam. The exam was _______________________ than he had

expected.

9. You should go to the doctor. Your cold is _____________________________ than it was a few

days ago.

10. There is a lot of crime in the big cities. They are _____________________ than the small town

where I live.

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 PİRİ REİS UNIVERSITY Week 1
Main Course Supplementary Materials
Gamma (8 Pre-Intermediate) Regular
Unit 5A

The Comparative Form of Adverbs

Exercise 2: Complete the following sentences with the correct comparative form of the words
listed below.

more carefully more slowly more clearly harder

later more beautifully less confidentially faster more loudly

1. Fred studies ____________________________ than Sally.

2. I eat ___________________________________ than my husband does.

3. My husband can sing ______________________ than I can

4. Karen drives ______________________________ than her brother does.

5. He skied _______________________________ after the accident on slope. He is feeling a bit

unconfident.

6. This author explains her ideas __________________________ than that author.

7. Robert usually goes to bed ______________________ than his roommate during their exam

week.

8. Speaker A: “Who swims ____________, you or your brother?”

Speaker B: “My brother does, but I can run faster.”

9. Teacher: Could you speak ___________________ ,please ? I couldn’t hear what you said.

Student: Well, what does “the comparison” mean in Turkish?

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Main Course Supplementary Materials
Gamma (8 Pre-Intermediate) Regular
Unit 5A

Comparatives using AS….AS

Exercise 3: Make your own comparisons using the ADJECTIVES and the structure AS…AS.

Ex. My apartment/ large/ yours My apartment is as large as yours.

1. biology / interesting/ history

________________________________________________________________

2. train / fast/ airplane

_______________________________________________________________________

3. algebra / difficult/ geometry

_________________________________________________________________

4. Batman / popular/ Superman

_______________________________________________________________

5. lemon / sweet/ orange

______________________________________________________________________

6. morning / warm/ afternoon

__________________________________________________________________

7. robin / big/ eagle

_________________________________________________________________________

8. my neighbor / friendly/ yours

________________________________________________________________

9. tiger / dangerous/ lion

_____________________________________________________________________

10. bicycle / expensive/ motorcycle

_____________________________________________________________

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Main Course Supplementary Materials
Gamma (8 Pre-Intermediate) Regular
Unit 5A

Exercise 4: Make the comparisons using the ADVERBS and the structure AS…AS

Complete the sentences. Compare John to your classmates or yourself.

1) John is lazy. He doesn’t work as hard as Yoko (does) / as I (do).

2) Joh is a reckless driver. He doesn’t drive as carefully ___________________
3) I can’t read John’s handwriting. He doesn’t write as neatly _____________
4) John goes to bed late. He doesn’t go to bed as early __________________.
5) John was the last person to finish the test. He didn’t finish it as quickly____
______________.
6) John speaks softly. He doesn’t speak as loudly _____________________
7) John is never in a hurry. He takes his time. He doesn’t walk as fast ________
______________.
8) John is insomniac. He doesn’t sleep as well __________________________.
9) John rarely studies. He doesn’t study as hard __________________________.

Exercise 5: Complete this comparison between the USA and Australia. Write one word only
in each space.

The USA has a much (1) ….……. population …..…… Australia, and American cities are (2)

………. crowded ……….. Australian ones. There are not (3) ……….. many mountains in Australia

……… in the USA. Both countries have deserts and beautiful beaches. But America has (4) ………

rivers ….…….. Australia. The northern and central parts of the USA have much (5)………. snow

in winter ….…… anywhere in Australia and generally these two areas have a (6) ……… winter

……… Australia does. Some people say that the Australians are warmer and (7) …..…. friendly

..……. the Americans, but I don’t see any difference.