• Read the information.

Use Form
• We use the comparative form of • To form the comparative of short
adjectives to compare two people or adjectives, we add -er (than):
things: fast" faster (than)
I'm taller than Emma. clever" cleverer (than)
• We use the superlative form of • To form the superlative of short
adjectives to compare three or more adjectives, we use the + -est:
people or things: fast •• the fastest
rim is the tallest boy in our class. clever" the cleverest

e Complete the table.

~ look at the spelling rules on page 141.

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Adjective Comparative Superlative

strong .str:on.g~r..... ................. Look! ------.,.

thin .......... ...... . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . Adjectives ending in -e:
nice" nicer
ugly . .. ... ..... . ...............
Adjectives ending in vowel
small . .. . .. . . . ... . . .. . . ................
+ consonant:
big ................. . ............. ..
big" bigger
fast ............... .. . ............. .. Adjectives ending in consonant
pretty ................. ................. + -y:
nice ...... ........... . ............ .... heavy" heavier
fat ...... ........... .. . ... . ..... ...

e Complete with the comparative. Then do the quiz.

General knowledge quiz

Are these statements true or false?
1 Neptune is ..sl710.t./.er,.t~ctn Jupiter. (small) True / False
2 Hot water is cold water. (heavy) True / False
3 The Mississippi River is . the Nile River. (long) True / False
4 Mount Kilimanjaro is Mount Everest. (high) True / False
5 New York City is Los Angeles. (big) True / False
6 Some human bones are........ steel. (strong) True / False
7 Gold is silver. (cheap) True / False
8 Europe is ... Asia. (large) True / False
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1 .T~e..srn.a.U.es~ bird in the world is
only 5.5 cm long. [small)
2 The blue whale is .
animal in the world. [large)
3 It is also animal in
the world. [loud)
4 fish in the world is the Indo-Pacific sailfish. [fast)
5 The seahorse is fish. [slow)
6 spider in the world can eat birds! [big)
7 Howler monkeys are . land animals. [noisy)
8 snake in the world was a python. It was almost
ten metres long. [long)

e Look at the table and write sentences.

Age Height Weight

Peter 12 1.00 m 00 kg
Lucy 10 1.52 m 40 kg
Harry 12 1.70 m 05 kg
Beth 1I 1.02m 50 kg
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I Peter / Lucy (old)
2 Peter / Harry (short)
3 Harry / Peter (heavy)
4 Beth / Harry (young)
5 Lucy / Beth (thin)
o Beth / Lucy (tall)
7 (old)
8 (short)
9 (heavy)
10 (young)
I I (thin)
12 (tall)

G Complete the questions. Then write true answers.

I Who is .the ..tCllle.st pupil in your class? (tall)
2 Are you your teacher? (young)
3 Is Chinese English? (easy)
4 Who is person in your family? (old)
5 Is your room than your mum and dad's? (big)
o Which is room in your house? (nice)