COMPARISONS

I. Complete using the comparative form of the words in brackets.

1. Wait! Your bicycle is faster (fast) than mine!
2. Phew! It's much hotter (hot) than it was yesterday, isn't it?
3. I think you look prettier (pretty) when you wear your hair up.
4. The price of batteries has gone up. They're a lot more expensive (expensive) than last time.
5. Angus hasn't been practicing the piano and he's got a lot worse (bad).
6. His new film is much more entertaining (entertaining) than his last one. I loved that one!
7. Tell us another joke - but a shorter (short) one this time! That one took forever!
8. I didn't win the lottery. Maybe I'll be luckier (lucky) next time.
9. The Russian athlete threw the discus farther (far) than all the others and won gold.
10. I think these biscuits are even nicer (nice) than the last ones you made!
11. Your brother is much taller (tall) than mine.
12. This island used to be much greener (green) before the forest fires.
13. Slow down! You're fitter (fit) than me and I can't keep up!
14. Veronica seems happier (happy) since she moved schools.
15. It's actually trendier (trendy) to wear your hair up this year.
16. As the time for the performance got nearer, I got more nervous (nervous).
17. Old people are often wiser (wise) than young people.
18. Why don't you try and find a cheaper (cheap) computer game and save some money?
19. Matt seems to have got even lazier (lazy) than he used to be.
20. If the problem gets any more serious (serious), we may need to inform the manager about it.
21. If you work quicklier (quickly), you'll finish sooner and then you can go home earlier.
22. Ben says he's feeling much better (well) after his illness.
23. I have even less (little) free time this year than I did last year.
24. The news was much worse (bad) than anyone had feared.
25. You'll need to be able to run further (far) than this if you're going to do the marathon.
II. Complete using the superlative forms of the words in the box

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1. This is the worst song I've ever heard! It's terrible!
2. Ivy is the kindest woman I know. She'll do anything for anybody.
3. Listen! I promise you, this is the funniest joke ever! Well, a man goes into a shop…

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 4. Mmm! This is the tastiest soup you've made so far.
5. What's the hardest thing about English grammar for you?
6. Ben appeared and he was carrying the biggest present I'd ever seen. It was huge!
7. We had a competition to see who could swim the furthest
8. Sandra told us the scariest ghost story she could, and it was really frightening!
III.Complete using the superlative forms of the words in brackets
1. I think Mohammed Ali was the greatest (GREAT) boxer that ever lived.
2. It was the most boring (BORING) film I had ever seen.
3. Our teacher told us that the student with the highest (HIGH) mark would get a prize.
4. Ginger is one of the luckiest (LUCKY) cats alive - he's been hit by a car three times and has
never been hurt!
5. Out of all the students in my music school, I practise oftenly (OFTEN).
6. The Pacific is the deepest (DEEP) ocean in the world.
7. That's the ugliest (UGLY) fish I've ever seen!
8. I was ill before the exam and I did worst (BADLY) out of the whole class.
9. The farthest (FAR) I've run in one day is about ten kilometres.
10. Don't you think this would be the loveliest (LOVELY) spot for a picnic?
11. But that's the craziest (CRAZY) idea I've ever heard!
12. I asked the assistant to show me the most modern (MODERN) phone they had.
13. I told the manager that it was the worst (BAD) hotel I had ever stayed in.
14. Who do you think is the least (LITTLE) talented actor to win an Oscar?
15. Out of all the members of the choir, Jason sang the best (WELL).
IV. Complete each second sentence using the word given, so that it has similar meaning to the first
one. Write between two and five words in each gap.
1. I have never read a better book than this one. ever
This is the best book I have ever read.
2. Nobody has ever been this far into the jungle. the
This is the farthest anyone has ever been into the jungle.
3. I have never worked so hard in my whole life. ever
It was the hardest I have ever worked in my whole life.
4. Liam is the tallest boy in the class. than
Every other boy in the class is shorter than Liam.

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 5. This is the nicest beach along this part of the coast. than
This beach is nicer than the others along this part of the coast
6. I read that Mount Everest is the highest mountain. no
I read that no mountain is higher than Mount Everest.
7. Has anyone ever been this far north before? the
Is this the farthest north anyone has ever been?
8. The painting Ed did is the ugliest one you can imagine. than
You can't imagine anyone paint worse the one Ed did.
9. This stamp is rarer than any other in my collection. more
The other stamps in my collection are more unique than this one.
10. Nobody In the class runs as fast as Pedro. runner
Pedro is the fastest runner in the class.
V. Complete each second sentence using the word given, so that it has similar meaning to the first
one. Write between two and five words in each gap.
1. Sarah is a better swimmer than Jessica.
swim Jessica doesn’t swim as well as Sarah.
2. Mark and Tony are equally tall.
height Mark is the same height as Tony.
3. Jane is more enthusiastic about sports than Brendan is.
keen Brendan isn’t as keen on sport as Jane is.
4. The baby’s temperature kept rising, so we took him to hospital.
higher The baby’s temperature was higher and higher, so we took him to hospital.
5. Patrick doesn’t usually forget his appointments.
like It is likely for Patrick to forget his appointments.
6. As it got darker, we had more difficulty seeing.
harder The darker it was the harder it was for us to see.
7. Daniel is the worst cook I’ve ever known.
cook None of the people I know cook worse than Daniel.
8. I couldn’t find a bigger house in the area.
the This was the biggest house I could find in the area.
9. The children’s performance made quite an impression on us.
rather We were rather impressed with the children’s performance.

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 10. Jeremy doesn’t run as fast as Jonathan.
so Jeremy is not Jonathan.
VI. Complete each sentence by choosing A, B, C or D
1. I can't stand this weather. It's getting
A. more and more C. coldest and coldest
B. worse and worse D. further and further
2. Although Brenda came last, everyone agreed she had her best.
A. done B. made C. had D. got
3. I wish Charles worked as hard as Mary
A. did B. can C. will D. does
4. The more you water this plant, the it will grow.
A. best B. tall C. wetter D. faster
5. From now on, we won't be able to go out as much as we
A. were B. had C. used to D. will
6. I've never owned independent cat as this one!
A. a more than C. a so
B. such an D. as much an
7. Brian has been working since he was promoted.
A. much harder C. just as hardly
B. as harder D. more hardly
8. I've been feeling tired lately, doctor.
A. such a C. more and more
B. the most D. much
9. This exercise will give you practice.
A. farther C. as better
B. much more D. a lot

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