Worksheet 7: Comparative Adjectives
Worksheet 7: Comparative Adjectives
Worksheet 7: Comparative Adjectives
Worksheet 7
Comparative adjectives
1 Complete the table. Adjective cold big difficult bad dry early good high hot long popular small sunny wet 2 Comparative Form Remember Short adjectives + -er: cold colder Short adjectives ending in one consonant double the last letter + -er: big bigger Long adjectives (more than two syllables): more + adjective: more expensive Be careful of irregular adjectives e.g. good, bad
colder
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Britain is ____________________________ (hot) now than at any time before. Its usually ____________________________ (cold) in winter than in autumn. Places that are sunny are ____________________________ (popular) than places where it rains a lot. I think the weather is ____________________________ (bad) than ten years ago. India is ____________________________ (sunny) than Britain, but it is also ____________________________ (wet)! The sea is getting ____________________________ (high). Summer is ____________________________ (short) now than 25 years ago. 4 Circle the odd one out. Example: cold difficult short 1 2 3 4 5 6 hot big bad dry long new popular sunny famous easy early expensive good cold late big wet old
Circle the correct form. 1 Its hoter / hotter in July than in September. 2 The weather is badder / worse in London than in my city. 3 I think its more beautiful / beautifuler when it rains. 4 Is it drier / more dry now in the summer? 5 I think summer is getting shorter / more short. 6 Its always raining so its weter / wetter than earlier / earlyer.
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