Institución Educativa “Milagro de Fátima” Lesson

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English Área
Full name: Suñiga Masgo Jerry
Grade and section: 5°”A” ..Date.: 17/12/21

Comparative adjectives

Is your sister older than you?

Buckingham Palace is bigger than the white House.
Female mosquitoes are more dangerous than males.
My new job is better than my old one.
The traffic is always worse than in the evening.

Adjective Comparative
old older
cheap cheaper
big bigger
hot hotter
dry drier
healthy healthier
famous more famous
expensive more expensive
good better
bad worse
far farther/ further
Exercises:
A. Write the comparative form of these adjectives.

Big Bigger
1. High Higher
2. Dirty Dirtier
3. Dangerous More dangerous
4. Good Better
5. Thin Thinner
6. Slow Slower
7. Healthy Healthier
8. Far Farther/further
9. Comfortable More confertable
10. Bad Worse

B. Complete with a comparative adjective + than.

My sister in younger than me. She´s only 18. (young)

1. The farmer´s market is cheaper than the Supermarket for vegetables.

(cheap)

2. Italian is easier for Spanish students than it is for English student. (easy)
3. It rains a lot in the spring. April is wetter than July. (wet)
4. This restaurant is busier than when it first opened. (busy)

5. Come in the summer. The weather is better than in the spring. (good)

6. I love science. I find it more interesting than history (interesting)

7. Cuzco is farther from the ocean than lima. (far)

8. I´m shorter than my brother. He´s very tall. (short)

9. The situation is worse than it was last year. (bad)

10. Skiing is more difficult than I thought it was. (difficult)

Thanks! Teacher: CARLOS MOSQUERA.