COMPARATIVES & SUPERLATIVES

Write the comparative or superlative of the adjectives in brackets.

1. It’s ________________________ (warm) today than it was yesterday.
2. This is the ________________________ (expensive) dress in the shop.
3. What’s the ________________________ (high) mountain in your country?
4. This car is too small. We need to get a ________________________ (big) one.
5. It was the ________________________ (beautiful) song I’ve ever heard.
6. Your computer is ________________________ (modern) than mine.
7. Australia is the earth’s ________________________ (old) continent.
8. My sister was always ________________________ (pretty) than me.
9. This year’s exam was ________________________ (difficult) than last year’s.
10. This is the ________________________ (large) pan we’ve got.

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 The Qualification of Comparatives and Superlatives

Complete the sentences.

1. The weather is much ________________________ (warm) it usually is at this time.
2. Going by car took twice as ________________________ (long) going by train.
3. It is by far ________________________ (delicious) meal I’ve ever had.
4. This car is small. We need to get a little ________________________ (big) one.
5. It was the ________________________ (bad) time of my life.
6. I think English spelling is by far ________________________ (difficult).
7. The food isn’t nearly as ________________________ (good) it was in the past.
8. She’s a bit ________________________ (sensitive) her brother.
9. Flying is a lot ________________________ (quick) going by car.
10. First class is much ________________________ (expensive) second.
11. This is easily ________________________ (good) restaurant in London.
12. Ellen was a bit ________________________ (cheerful) she usually is.
13. He’s not nearly ________________________ (intelligent) his sister.
14. The journey was three times ________________________ (long) we had expected.
15. The film wasn’t ________________________ (good) I had thought it would be.

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You want to rent a place to live. You went to see a house and a flat and made these notes. Correct the
sentences below with a word or phrase from the box (there is one wrong word in each sentence). More
than one answer is possible.

HOUSE FLAT
rent: £600 rent: £575
number of rooms: 8 number of rooms: 3
45 minutes from the station 40 minutes from the station
very quiet location: no traffic on a busy main road – very noisy!
not at all clean very clean
furniture: fine furniture: terrible!

a bit a lot much slightly a little

Example: The house is much more expensive than the flat.

The house is much a little / a bit / slightly more expensive than the flat.

1. The flat is a bit smaller than the house.

_________________________________________________________________________________________.
2. The flat is much closer to the station than the house.
_________________________________________________________________________________________.
3. The house is a little quieter than the flat.
_________________________________________________________________________________________.
4. The flat is slightly cleaner than the house.
_________________________________________________________________________________________.
5. The furniture in the flat is a bit worse than the furniture in the house.
_________________________________________________________________________________________.

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