4) Look at the grammar box. Answer these questions about comparative forms.

1-What two letters do you add to short adjectives (one syllable) to make the comparative?

1. Turtles have longer journeys than tree frogs.

2. Korea was colder weather than Egypt.

2-What word comes before long adjectives (two or more syllables)?

1. Tiger more dangerous than a cat.

2. Orchid flower more beautiful than Lily flower.

3-Which adjectives have an irregular comparative?

1. Good-better 2. Bad-worse

4-What word often comes after a comparative adjective to compare two things?

5) Write the comparative form for these adjectives.

1 big – bigger - biggest

2 small – smaller - smallest

3 cheap – cheaper - cheapest

4 expensive – more expensive – most expensive

5 cold – colder - coldest

6 hot – hotter - hottest

7 dangerous – more dangerous – most dangerous

8 safe -safer - safest

9 difficult – more difficult – most difficult

10easy – easier - easiest

11fast – faster - fastest

12slow – slower - slowest

13good – better - best

14bad – worse - worst

15long – longer - longest

16short – shorter - shortest

6) Complete the sentences with the comparative form of these adjectives.

Big cheap difficult fast good hot longsafe

1 The summer in Spain is hotter than in Iceland.

2 My journey was more difficult than normal because the train was late.

3 Their new house has three bedrooms. It’s better than their old house. It had two.

4 When I was a child, the roads were tiny than the roads today. That’s because there weren’t many
cars.

5 Call a taxi. It’s faster than walking.

6 The questions on the exam this year were more difficult than last year. Last year the exam was
easy!

7 The bus ticket is $10 and the train ticket is $12, so the bus is most expensive

8 I go to work by bus. It’s slower than going by car because I can read a book.

7) Make sentences comparing these things. Use a comparative adjective + than.

Australia is hotter than Antarctica.

1 Australia /Antarctica – Australia is hotter than Antartica

2 a car / a bicycle – A car is faster a bicycle

3 rock-climbing / surfing – The rock-climbing is more difficult than surfing

4 travel by air / by sea – Travel by air is faster by sea

5 an elephant / a lion – An elephant is bigger than a lion

6 a holiday in the city / camping in the countryside – A holiday in the city is better than camping in
the countryside

7 Paris / New York – Paris is more beautiful than New York

8 train journeys / plane journeys – The train journeys is slower than plane journeys