COMPARATIVES

AND
SUPERL ATIVES
G R A M M A R WO R K S H O P
E L E M E N TA RY, W E E K 1 3 1
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 vs.

A car is faster than a bike.

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 vs.

A car is more expensive than a bike.

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A plane is the fastest.
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A bike is the slowest.
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A plane is the most expensive.
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 PRETTIER MORE BEAUTIFUL
BIG MODERN

BAD FAST MORE

BEAUTIFUL PRETTY

THE MOST THE WORST BIGGER GOOD

MODERN

FASTER BETTER THE

WORSE FASTEST

THE
MODERN BIGGEST
THE THE MOST
PRETTIEST BEAUTIFUL

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 REMEMBER!

fast – faster – the fastest

big – bigger – the biggest

pretty – prettier – the prettiest

modern – more modern – the most modern

beautiful – more beautiful – the most beautiful

good – better – the best

bad – worse – the worst
far – further – the furthest

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 BIG THE BIGGEST

SHORT SHORTER

PRETTY PRETTIER
F i l l i n t h e fo r m s
HEAVY THE HEAVIEST

SADDER THE SADDEST

HOT HOTTER
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 THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL
BEAUTIFUL

MORE THE MOST

INTELLIGENT INTELLIGENT

EXCITING MORE EXCITING

F i l l i n t h e fo r m s
GOOD THE BEST

BAD WORSE

FAR THE FURTHEST

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1. Jeremy is 10 years old. Julie is 8 years old. Jeremy is (old)

_________ Julie.

2. The Alps are very high. They are (high) ____________

mountains in Europe. Complete the

3. An ocean is (large) _____________________ a sea. sentences with the
4. A Rolls Royce costs a lot of money. A Twingo costs less money. comparative and
A Rolls Royce is (expensive) __________________ a Twingo. superlative
5. John's results were bad. Fred's results were very poor. Fred's
adjectives.
results were (bad) _____________ John's.

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6. This exercise is not difficult. It's (easy)

____________________ I expected.

7. The weather is not good today - it's raining. I hope the

weather will be (good) _____________ next week. Complete the

8. People are not friendly in big cities. They are usually (friendly) sentences with the
__________________ in small towns. comparative and
9. In the government of a country, the President is (important) superlative
___________________ person.
adjectives.
10. People say that Chinese is (difficult) ______________ to

learn than English.

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 old
s l ow
h e a l t hy
e x p e n s i ve
a car big
tall
yo u n g
fast
c o m fo r t a b l e
bad
a plane

A c a r i s s l ow e r t h a n a
plane .
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 old
s l ow
h e a l t hy
e x p e n s i ve
Canada big
tall
yo u n g
fast
c o m fo r t a b l e
bad
Australia

A c a r i s s l ow e r t h a n a
plane .
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 old
s l ow
h e a l t hy
e x p e n s i ve
weather in big
Ireland tall
yo u n g
fast
c o m fo r t a b l e
weather in bad
Spain
A c a r i s s l ow e r t h a n a
plane .
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 old
s l ow
h e a l t hy
e x p e n s i ve
KFC big
tall
yo u n g
fast
c o m fo r t a b l e
bad
McDonald’s

A c a r i s s l ow e r t h a n a
plane .
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 old
s l ow
h e a l t hy
e x p e n s i ve
a car big
tall
yo u n g
fast
c o m fo r t a b l e
bad
a plane

A c a r i s s l ow e r t h a n a
plane .
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 old
s l ow
h e a l t hy
e x p e n s i ve
Lady Gaga big
tall
yo u n g
fast
c o m fo r t a b l e
Justin bad
Bieber
A c a r i s s l ow e r t h a n a
plane .
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 old
s l ow
h e a l t hy
e x p e n s i ve
a car big
tall
yo u n g
fast
c o m fo r t a b l e
bad
a bike

A c a r i s s l ow e r t h a n a
plane .
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 old
s l ow
h e a l t hy
e x p e n s i ve
The Eiffel big
Tower tall
yo u n g
fast
Empire c o m fo r t a b l e
bad
State
Building
A c a r i s s l ow e r t h a n a
plane .
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 old
s l ow
h e a l t hy
e x p e n s i ve
a dog big
tall
yo u n g
fast
c o m fo r t a b l e
bad
a puppy

A c a r i s s l ow e r t h a n a
plane .
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 old
s l ow
h e a l t hy
e x p e n s i ve
a bike big
tall
yo u n g
fast
c o m fo r t a b l e
bad
a plane

A c a r i s s l ow e r t h a n a
plane .
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 old
s l ow
h e a l t hy
e x p e n s i ve
milk big
tall
yo u n g
fast
c o m fo r t a b l e
bad
coke

A c a r i s s l ow e r t h a n a
plane .
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 Russia Germany Mexico
0
__Germany is smaller than Mexico and Russia.__Russia is the biggest.__
Macbeth War and Peace Bridget Jones’ Diary

1 _______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

coffee tea water Make two

2 _______________________________________________________________
sentences about
_______________________________________________________________
each group of
Sri Lanka India Pakistan
items.
3 _______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

bus train plane

4 _______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

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 Russia Germany Mexico
0
__Germany is smaller than Mexico and Russia.__Russia is the biggest.__
Elton John Bono Shawn Mendes

5 _______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

hamburger salad apple Make two

6 _______________________________________________________________
sentences about
_______________________________________________________________
each group of
beer champagne vodka
items.
7 _______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

bus train plane

8 _______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

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 Which group is it?

weather/season animal sport

job age dessert 29

 Which group is it?

weather/season animal sport

job age dessert 30

 Which group is it?

weather/season animal sport

job age dessert 31

 Which group is it?

weather/season animal sport

job age dessert 32

 Which group is it?

weather/season animal sport

job age dessert 33

 Which group is it?

weather/season animal sport

job age dessert 34

 safe intelligent useful

Check the words

capable clean honest before watching
the film.

talented reliable

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Topic: Comparatives
Length: 8 min 12s
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dW7V33qLwA

Answer the questions:

1. Why should he buy a bicycle?
2. Why should they learn English and not
Latin?
3. Why is Murphy a better candidate?
4. Why is Pratt a better candidate?

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