Academia de Música de Espinho

ENGLISH HANDOUT Nº ____

Name: _______________________________________ Class:____ Number: _____
Date: _________________________________________ School year: 2023 / 2024

Degrees of Adjectives
Comparative of superiority

short adjectives  adjective + -er + than

long adjectives  more + adjective + than

E.g. dark darker than wide  wider than easy  easier than big  bigger than
small  smaller than nice  nicer than heavy  heavier than fat  fatter than
tall  taller than ugly  uglier than thin  thinner than
beautiful  more beautiful than careful  more careful than
expensive  more expensive than interesting  more interesting than
Comparative of equality

as + adjective + as or so + adjective + as
(not as/ not so + adjective + as)

E.g. dark  as dark as easy  as easy as big  as big as

beautiful  as beautiful as expensive  as expensive as
Superlative of superiority

short adjectives  the + adjective + -est of all

 I’ve ever seen
long adjectives  the most + adjective in the school …

E.g. dark  the darkest
small  the smallest
tall  the tallest
beautiful the most beautiful
expensive  the most expensive
wide  the widest easy  the easiest big  the biggest
nice  the nicest heavy  the heaviest fat  the fattest
ugly  the ugliest thin  the thinnest
careful  the most careful
interesting  the most interesting

Irregular Adjectives Comparative of Superiority Superlative of Superiority

good better than the best

bad worse than the worst

many / much more than the most

far father/ further than the farthest / the furthest

 Exercises
1) Health and happiness are _______________ money. (important)
2) It’s ____________ today ____________ it was yesterday. (warm)
3) Susan is ______________________ Sarah. (thin)
4) A glass of milk is ___________________ a cup of coffee. (healthy)
5) Several small meals are __________________ a big one, when you need to lose weight. (good)
6) Fried food is _____________________ grilled food. (bad)
7) Peter is ____________________ (good) Sarah at playing the piano.
8) But he is ____________________ (bad) Sarah at playing chess.
9) I make people laugh because I’m ____________________ (funny) most people.
10) My favourite food is pizza. It’s _________________________ (delicious) spaghetti.

1. the girl / young / her brother 2. Ben / serious / Tom 3. the wolf /dangerous / the dog
_________________________ _________________________ _________________________

4. She / fast / brother 5. Jenny / happy / Kevin 6. the dog / big / the cat
_________________________ _________________________ _________________________

1. A pure orange juice is healthyer than a coke.

2. Charles is fater than Michael.
3. Fresh fruit is gooder than cakes and biscuits.
4. Flu is more bad than a cold.
5. This medicine is more strong than I expected.

old comfortable expensive quick

Let´s walk. It’s ________________________________ taking the bus.
I’m going to sleep on the floor. It’s ________________________ sleeping in that bed.
The hotel is cheaper than I expected. The hotel isn’t ____________________ I thought.