CORPORACIÓN UNIVERSITARIA AUTÓNOMA DE NARIÑO

PROCESOS COMUNICATIVOS EN SEGUNDA LENGUA

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

EXERCISE

1) Write the opposite of the following things.

a. an expensive hotel A cheap hotel.

b. a difficult question

c. a big country

d. an attractive face

e. an old bicycle

f. a comfortable chair

g. a slow train

2) Read the facts, then write a sentence using the comparative form of the adjective.

Example:

The area of Brazil is 8.5 million km2. The area of Australia is 7.6 million Km2 (BIG)

Brazil is bigger than Australia.

A. The River Volga in Russia is 3,500 Km long. The River Mississippi in the Usa is 6,000 Km
Long (LONG)
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B. Blue whales usually weigh about 130 tonnes. Elephants usually weigh about 7 tonnes.
(HEAVY)
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C. The Pyramids in Egypt are about 4,000 years old. The Parthenon in Greece is about 2,500
years old. (OLD)
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D. The Eiffel Tower in Paris is 324 meters tall. The Sears Tower in Chicago is 443 meters tall.
(TALL)
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E. The Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge in Japan is nearly 2,000 meters long. The Sydney Harbor Bridge
in Australia is 500 meters long. (LONG)
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F. The price of gold is about 8,000 dollars per kilo. The price of silver is about 150 dollars per
kilo. (EXPENSIVE)
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G. English has more than a hundred irregular verbs. Esperanto has no irregular verbs.
(EASY)
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