1. Comparative adjectives are used when comparing _______ things, people or groups.

two two or more. three or more

2. Which is the comparative form? "I'm strong, but my brother is _______ ."

strongest. stronger as strong

3. Many adjectives are changed into the comparative form by adding

-er. -est. -ies

4. Which is the correct comparative form? "My phone's expensive, but Joe's is _______ ."

expensiver. most expensive. more expensive

5. A long adjective of 3 or more syllables is changed into a comparative adjective by

adding -er to it. adding -est to it putting "more" before it

6. Which is correct? "Do you think Maria is _______ than Selena?"

prettier more pretty more prettier

7. Which is not a comparative form of the adjective "clever"?

cleverer. cleverrer. more clever

8. Which is correct? "English is _______ Japanese."

easier. more easy. easier than

9. Which is correct? "This year the weather is ______ than last year."

badder. worse. worser

10. Which is comparative? "Whose English is _______? Mine or his?"

good. better best

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Complete the sentences with the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.

1.- My sister is _____________ my brother. (intelligent)

2.- The blue whale is ____________ animal. (big)
3.- Iceland is ___________ Spain (cold)
4.- This is ___________ book I’ve ever read. (good)
5.- My neighbour is _________ person I know (lucky)
6.- Friday is the __________ day of the week. (busy)
7.- These trainers are much ____________ those. (cheap)
8.- Frank works __________ most people. (hard)
9.- I’m __________ at English than you. (good)
10.- Today has been _________ day of the year. (hot)
11.- This is __________ CD I’ve ever listened. (bad)
12.- English is __________ Japanese. (easy)
13.- Which mountain is ___________ in the world. (high)
14.- John is _________ his brother. (clever)
15.- English is _________ Latin. (useful)

16.- What is ___________ word in English? (common)

17.- The Nile is ___________ river in the world. (long)
18.- This is my __________ brother. Mary is their _________ daughter (old, old)
19.- That skyscraper is one of __________ buildings in the city. (tall)
20.- The first exercise was easy but this one is ________. (difficult)
21.- Our journey took __________ we expected. (long)
22.- Charles is __________ student in the school. (noisy)
23.- Madrid’s population is _________ Santander’s (large)
24.- Nothing makes me _________ waiting on the phone. (angry)
25.- Five years ago I was _________ I am now, and I had ________ hair. (fat, log)
26.- This car uses ___________ petrol. It’s __________ economical. (much, little)
27.- Spanish is ___________ difficult to learn than Chinese. (little)

28.- It’s _____________ hotel in Santander (expensive)

29.- How much __________ are we going? (far)
30.- I haven’t got many CDs. You’ve got __________ I have. (many)
31.- Everyone has heard of Real Madrid. They are probably __________ team in the world. (famous)
32.- The cheetah is ___________ animal in the world. (fast)
33.- Barcelona’s stadium is new. It’s ___________ stadium in Europe. (modern)