©27.1 Complete the sentences. Use the comparative form of the adjective in brackets. Listen and check. Be complete the able. > The River Nile is longer than the River Thames. (long) 1 My sister is me. (old) couelftMw | 2 Carsare________ bicycles. fast) 3 0/10is___1/10. (bad) 4 [think pasta is rice. (nice) 5 Egyptis Scotland, (hot) 6 Im______T was yesterday. (happy) 7 The cinema is the swimming pool. (expensive) 3 Complete the sentences using the comparative of the adjective in brackets. 1 Paulis shorter (short) than his 5 This computer is (little) brother. expensive than that one. 2. This exercise is (hard) than 6 It isn't very warm today. It was the last one. (warm) yesterday. 3 My headache is (bad) than 7 Our house (big) than theirs. yours! 8 Gold is (expensive) than silver. 4 [hope | get a (good) mark in my test than last time. 4 © Use the prompts to write sentences. Remember to use than. Then listen and check. 1. this jumper / pretty / the blue one 4 My English teacher / nice / history teacher This jumper is prettier than the blue one. 2 Greece / small / Australia 5 Elephants / big / mice 3 Indian food / spicy / Italian food 6 My mother’s cooking / good / mine 5 Complete the sentences with the superlative form. 1 Today is the longest (long) day of the year. 5 Amy knows (funny) jokes! 2 This is (g00d) chocolate cake 6 Which is (busy) city in the in the café. world? 3. Frank is (short) boy in my 7 Today I got (bad) mark in the class. class. 4 Jack is (intelligent) dog in the 8 Susan is (pretty) of her four world. sisters. & Complete. Use the comparative or the superlative form of the adjective. 1 The dog looks... tuner, an, -the 5 The Nile is... sever in cat! (hungry) the word, (long) 2 She's person 've 6 The film was. the ever met. (interesting) book. (exciting) 3 Im. Zoe. (tall) 7 Alwas Ted. (brave) 4 Whois. student in 8 That was story ve your class? (g ever heard! (st7 4% Read the short story and underline the correct options. Then listen and check. Patricia heard a thump. Then she heard a thump that was, (1) louder / the loudest than the first. The next thump was (2) louder / the loudest of all. She got out of bed and walked. down the corridor, taking (3) quieter /the quietest steps she could, There were scary shadows everywhere, but the one behind her was (4) scarier /the scariest ‘This is (5) spookier / the spookiest than a haunted house’, she thought. A spooky shadow followed her. It was (6) taller / the tallest than she was. When it followed her downstairs, Patricia screamed: ‘You don't scare me!” | Suddenly Patricia began to laugh. There wasn't a ghost in the house. The shadow was her own! 8 Write the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in brackets to complete the sentences. 1 Romeo and Juliet is the most romantic 4 I think football is (popular) (romantic) of all Shakespeare's plays. sport in the world. 2 Let's meet in the school library. It's 5 City life is (exciting) than life (quiet) than the other rooms. in the countryside. 3. My bedroom is (warm) room 6 Our rugby team played (well) in the house. of all. We won the trophy! > Read and write sentences. Use the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives. 1. Greenland (2,130,800km*) o . 2 Mount Everest (8848m) New Guinea (785,753km’) K2 (8611m) Borneo (748, 168km?) Mount Elbrus (5642m) big high a New Guinea / Borneo a K2/ Mount Elbrus b Greenland / of the three istands b Mount Everest / of the three mountains 3 Amazon (6400km) 4 Pacific Ocean (10,924m) Mississippi (3734km) Atlantic Ocean (8605m) Orinoco (2410km) Indian Ocean (725m) long deep «@ Mississippi / Orinoco a Atlantic Ocean / Indian Ocean b Amazon / of the three rivers b Pacific Ocean / of the three oceans© Complete the sentences. Use as... as... ornot as... aS... clean tong curly tatt new tall short 1 The footballer is astallas ___the runner. 2 Therunner'shairis__________the basketball players. 3. The basketball player's trainersare. == the runner's. 4 The runner isn’ __ the basketball player. 5 The footballer’shairis =the runner's. 6 Therunner’s hair isn’t ____ the basketball players. 7 The footballer's shorts aren’t___________the basketball player's. BY A példa alapjan irjunk hasonlité mondatokat az as ... as szerkezettel. 0. Sweden is bigger than Britain. Britain isn’t .28 Pig 28. The other students learn more quickly than me. ... the other students. ... Sweden. I don't learn .. nv You're very angry and I'm very angry also. I'm... + YOU. ‘The seats at the front are more expensive than the seats at the back. ... the seats at the front. e ‘The seats at the back aren't... Central Park in New York is bigger than Hyde Park in London. Central Park in New York. - Hyde Park in London isn’t... o Her last film was very good and her new film is also very good. Her new film is .... .- her last film. 6 The other students work harder than him. «.. the other students. He doesn’t work ......BJ Egeszitstik ki a kepekhez tartozé mondatokat az as ... as szerkezet és a megadott szavak segitségével. Minden sz6t csak egyszer hasznaljunk tong clean fast fresh tall big cheep strong wi 3 wy & wy ' it \P High st. Main 5. 0 The carrots aren't .A8.CMCAP.AB oo sccscesccee the cabbages | The black car is going ....... eee sess the white car. 2 The footballers aren't .. nee, .. the basketball players. 3. Janet’s hair is ea . Kathy's hair 4 The car on the left isn’t 1... Sate the car on the right. 5. The flowers on the right aren’t.. te the flowers on the left. 6 The big glass isn’t ....... soitteseecsssneneeeesess the little glass, 7 Janes. rete Matthew, Main Street, the white book. 8 High Street isn’t 9. The black book is 6> Complete with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets. | like Maths because it’s (easy) than Geography, 2 Go to the top of the hill to get the (good) view of the city My car is ____ (old), but _ (fast) than my father’s. 4 Kate's room isn’t as (small) as Peter's. 5 | think that bungee jumping is (dangerous) than rock climbing Tom is the __ (bad) player in the school football team. 7 My backpack is as _ (heavy) as yours. think that the (interesting) place on earth is the Amazon forest. 7? Read. What do the sentences mean? Circle a or b. The sofa isn't as comfortable as the armchair. The sofa is more comfortable than the armchair. b The armchair is more comfortable than the sofa. oday the sea isn’t as cold as it was yesterdoy «@ Today the sea is warmer than it was yesterday, b Yesterday the sea was warmer than it is today. 3 Janet is the most intelligent student in the class. @ Janet is as intelligent as all the other students in the class. b Janet is more intelligent than all the other students in the class.\B),_ Look at the pictures and write sentences. Use the prompts, the comparative and ~~ superlative forms and as... as. Je 10.000 [e6,000 1 [€15.000 [patted in res | \ [painted in 1868 | \ (patvedin tars | 1 The Shy Girl / expensive / The Angry Sea 4 The Shy Girl / old / The Old Tree 2 The Old Tree / small / The Angry Sea 5 The Angry Sea / large / three 3 The Old Tree / expensive / three 6 The Angry Sea / new/ The Shy Girl ©) Finish the sentences. Use as ... as / not as... as. 1 Fred is 2 metres tall. Guy is 2 metres tall. Fred is Surfing is more dangerous than sailing Sailing 3 My dog is faster than Tina’s dog Tina's dog 4 The pen is 15 cm long. The pencil is 15 cm tong, too. The pen is \G) Choose and write the correct form of comparison. shy interesting good much expensive polite active 1 Gina is than Tony. She plays the piano, goes swimming and has French lessons, too. 2 This TV is as as that computer. 3 Susie is the girl in the class, She never talks to other students. 4 Christina isn’t as as Fran at swimming. Christine is a worse swimmer than Fran. Rita has got the money of all my sisters. Tom is the boy | know. He always says ‘please’ and ‘thank you’. 7 The film ‘The Lord of the Rings’ is than the ‘Harry Potter’ film. | liked ‘The Lord of the Rings’ better.