Comparative adjectives 

exercises

I.- Use the adjectives in the box to complete the sentences:

big (x 2) cold expensive far heavy Old(x2) short sweet

1. My sister is two years ___________ than me.

2 Cars are ___________ than bicycles.

3 Rats are ___________ than mice.

4 China is much ___________ than Britain.

5 Norway is ___________ than Greece in winter.

6 Old films are usually ___________ than modern films.

7 Edinburgh is ___________ from London than it is from Manchester.

8 Strawberries are ___________ than kiwis.

9 My brother is 30 and I am 35. I am older ___________ .

10 My brother weighs 85 kilos. I weigh 80. He is ___________ than me.

II.- Use the adjectives in the box to complete the sentences, add than if necessary:

bad big fast few good

happy hard narrow tough wild

11 I think she is still ill. She looks even ___________ than last week.

12 His results are not ___________ his colleague's.

13 Which of the two supermarkets do you think has _______ range of products?
 14 He has ___________ potential than anyone thought.

15 It's becoming ___ to attract new customers. What we need is a new strategy.

16 In the last few months, the competition between the two labs has become

___________ .

17 Things are better organised now – we have _______ problems than before.

18 There are more accidents on this road because it's _____ than the others.

19 I chose this car as my favourite because it's ____ all the ones I have driven.

20 She's a lot ___________ in the new job than she was in the previous one.

III.- Choose the correct option to complete the sentences below.

Hi Suzan,

I'm having a wonderful time in Los Angeles. The weather is 1 hot/hoter/hotter and

drier 2that/than/the in England and Americans are friendlier than 3our/we/us. The

food is better here; it's not the same 4that/as/ than the food in England at all!

From all the countries I've been to, I think English food is the 5 more/ least/less

pleasant. It's awful. Yesterday I had the best hamburger I’ve ever eaten!

The hotel is beautiful. I think it’s not as 6 nicer as/ nicer than/nice as the hotel we

stayed in New York, but it's 7 lot more/much more/most comfortable. They say that

Los Angeles is one of the most expensive cities 8 of/from/in the world, but actually,

I'm not spending 9 as much/ more/as many money as I thought. I’ll phone you when I

get back.

Love,

Megan.