Unit 9 Grammar Practice

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1 Complete the sentences. Use the &
3 Complete the sentences. Use the superlative
comparative form of the adjectives. form of the adjectives.
longer
1 My ruler is .................... (long) than yours. longest (long) river
1 The Nile River is the ....................
2 My English grammar is .................... (bad) in the world.
than my English spelling. 2 Mount Everest is the .................... (high)
3 I ®nd Biology .................... (easy) than mountain in the world.
History. 3 The blue whale is the .................... (big)
4 Our house is .................... (big) than yours. mammal.

5 I think French is .................... (dif®cult) than 4 I think English is the .................... (good)
English. language to learn.

6 Naples is .................... (far) from London 5 The shrew is the .................... (small)
than Milan. mammal in the world.

7 My teacher this year is .................... (happy) 6 Concorde was the .................... (fast) way
than my teacher last year. to travel.

8 The ®rst Harry Potter book is .................... 7 Italians make the .................... (nice) pasta.
(short) than the second. 8 The ostrich is the .................... (tall) bird in
9 My English spelling is .................... (good) the world.
than my English pronunciation. 9 Some people think that Chinese is the
.................... (dif®cult) language to learn.
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2 Complete the sentences. Choose the correct
adjective and use the comparative form.
higher than (high/low)
1 Mount Everest is ....................
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4 Comparative or superlative? Circle the
correct form in each sentence.

LEVEL 1 UNIT 9
Mount Kilimanjaro.
1 The Vatican City is the smaller/smallest
2 Barcelona is .................... (close to / far city in the world.
from) France .................... Madrid.
2 My brother thinks that English is
3 The weather in Australia is .................... easiest/easier than French.
(good/bad) the weather in the UK.
3 Which is the longest/longer river in the
4 Brazil is .................... (small/big) Chile. world?
5 The Amazon River is .................... 4 Do you think football is more dif®cult / the
(short/long) the Orinoco River. most dif®cult than tennis?
6 Cars are .................... (big/small) buses. 5 My teacher says that grammar is
GRAMMAR PRACTICE

7 Men are usually .................... (tall/short) more important / the most important than
women. spelling.
8 New York is .................... (quiet/busy) 6 The most famous / more famous Italian
Boston. painter is Michelangelo.

9 Aeroplanes are .................... (slow/fast) 7 The worst/worse day of my life was when my
trains. dog died.
8 The Petronas Towers are taller/tallest than
the CN tower.
9 The ostrich is the heavier/heaviest bird in the
world.

PHOTOCOPIABLE # Cambridge University Press 2004 Level 1 Unit 9