Colegio San Francisco Javier

English Department
Sixth grade
Milena Ormazábal – Diego Cárdenas

UNIT 1: IN THE CITY

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Nombre:

Curso: Fecha: N°

Docente Diego Cárdenas / Milena Ormazábal

Objetivo de la clase:
Estudiantes aplican conocimientos previos respecto de la unidad I (comparative adjectives, superlative
adjectives).

I. Take a look at the adjectives in the chart below and fill in the gaps with their correct
superlative forms.
Adjectives Superlative form
Short
Nice
Happy
Dry
Big
Thin
Expensive
Interesting
Good
Bad
Important
High

II. Read the following questions and answer them correctly:

1) Which of the following sentences is properly written in the superlative form?
a. Cheetahs are faster than lions
b. Cheetahs are the fastest animals in the world.
c. Cheetahs are the farthest animals in the world.
2) Which of the following sentences is properly written in the superlative form?
a. Whales are the biggest animals in the world
b. Whales are the bigest animals in the world.
c. Whales are bigger than cocodriles.
 Colegio San Francisco Javier
English Department
Sixth grade
Milena Ormazábal – Diego Cárdenas
3) Which of the following sentences is properly written in the comparative form?
a. This witch is the ugliest one I’ve ever seen.
b. This witch is uglier than the other one I saw.
c. This witch is the uggliest in the world.
4) Which of the following sentences is properly written in the comparative form?
a. Math is a very difficult subject.
b. Math is the most difficult subject at school.
c. Math is more difficult than English.
5) Which of the following sentences is properly written in the superlative form?
a. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
b. Mount Everest is higher than the Godwin Austen.
c. Mount Everest is the most high in the world.

III. Match the halves from the Column A with the corresponding part from the Column B. After
that, write the full sentences below.

5) Your English will get better.

COLUMN A
a) Travelling by train is…
b) My brother is ten years…
c) As the story went on, it became…
d) If you practise more…
e) I invited six friends for dinner, so…

COLUMN B
1) More and more interesting.
2) We need a larger table.
3) Older than me.
4) More dangerous than flying.
 Colegio San Francisco Javier
English Department
Sixth grade
Milena Ormazábal – Diego Cárdenas

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IV. Take a look at the sentences below and reorder them in the proper way.

1) most/This/beautiful/is/the/flower.
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2) city/in/tallest/is/This/building/the.
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3) This/possible/worst/for this meeting/time/is/the.
 Colegio San Francisco Javier
English Department
Sixth grade
Milena Ormazábal – Diego Cárdenas
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4) me/fastest/was/at the competition/The/runner.
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5) the/car/expensive/This/is/most/in the world.
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6) wedding day/was/happiest/The/in my life/day/my.
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