Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Positive Form
Use the positive form of the adjective if the comparison contains one of the following
expressions:
as … as
Example: Jane is as tall as John.
not as … as / not so … as
Example: John is not as tall as Arnie.
sharp
early
pretty
hot
dirty
useless
mad
pretty
Lots of tourists visit London every year. There are plenty of museums, theatres and interesting
sights, for example the Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace and the Houses of
Parliament with their clock tower, Big Ben.
Grammar Exercise on the Text
Positive, Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adjectives
With the positive, comparative and superlative forms of adjectives you can express that
something is for example as good as something else (positive form), better (comparative form)
or best (superlative form).
8. Dogs rely on their noses as they can smell (extreme / good) . If that is true, why does
9. The little boy looked (sad) . I went over to comfort him and he looked at me