Grammar Practice

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Comparatives & Superlatives

The Comparative Form of Adjectives

Complete the following sentences with the correct comparative form of the words listed below.

bad important crowded good high heavy convenient difficult

cheap expensive quiet easy thin healthy dangerous cold

1. In Canada, January is COLDER than March.

2. I think that good health is MORE IMPORTANT than money.

3. I can’t carry my suitcase. It’s much HEAVIER than yours.

4. I can afford to buy a new bike but not a new car. A car is MORE EXPENSIVE than a bike.

5. You look THINNER than the last time I saw you. Have you lost weight?

6. I couldn’t get a seat in the restaurant. It was MORE CROWDED than usual.

7. Mountains are HIGHER than hills.

8. He got a very good mark on his exam. The exam was EASIER than he had expected.

9. You should go to the doctor. Your cold is WORSE than it was a few days ago.

10. There is a lot of crime in the big cities. They are MORE DANGEROUS than the small town where I live.

11. I don’t understand this lesson. It is MORE DIFFICULT than the last one we did.

12. I can’t study in this room. It’s too noisy. I’m going to find a QUIETER place.

13. Our apartment is far from everything. We want to move to a MORE CONVENIENT location.

14. Orange juice is HEALTHIER than Coke.

15. The store is having a great sale today. Most televisions are 25% CHEAPER than they were yesterday.

16. The doctor told me that I can go back to work if I feel BETTER tomorrow.

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Comparatives & Superlatives

Comparatives Using as….as

Make your own comparisons using the words provided and the structure as…as.

Ex. My apartment/ large/ yours My apartment is as large as yours.

My car /expensive/ your car My car isn’t as expensive as your car.

1. biology/ interesting/ history BIOLOGY IS AS INTERESTING AS HISTORY

2. train/ fast/ airplane A TRAIN ISN’T AS FAST AS A PLANE

3. algebra/ difficult/ geometry ALGEBRA IS AS DIFFICULT AS GEOMETRY.

4. Batman / popular/ Superman BATMAN IS/ISN’T AS POPULAR AS SUPERMAN

5. lemon/ sweet/ orange A LEMON ISN’T AS SWEET AS AN ORANGE.

6. morning/ warm/ afternoon THE MORNING ISN’T AS WARM AS THE AFTERNOON

7. robin / big/ eagle A ROBIN ISN’T AS BIG AS AN EAGLE.

8. my neighbor/ friendly/ yours MY NEIGHBOR IS/ISN’T AS FRIENDLY AS YOURS.

9. tiger/ dangerous/ lion A TIGER IS AS DANGEROUS AS A LION

10. bicycle/ expensive/ motorcycle A TIGER IS AS DANGEROUS AS A LION

11. house/ tall/ skyscraper A HOUSE ISN’T AS TALL AS A SKYSCRAPER

12. France/ beautiful/ Switzerland FRANCE IS/ISN’T AS BEAUTIFUL AS SWITZERLAND.

13. my old shoes/ comfortable/ new shoes . MY OLD SHOES ARE/AREN’T AS COMFORTABLE AS MY NEW SHOES.

14. grammar/ difficult / spelling GRAMMAR IS/ISN’T AS DIFFICULT AS SPELLING.

15. Beethoven/ famous / Mozart BEETHOVEN IS AS FAMOUS AS MOZART.

16. frozen yogurt/ fattening/ ice cream FROZEN YOGURT IS/ISN’T AS FATTENING AS ICE-CREAM

17. Coke/ healthy/ fruit juice COKE ISN’T AS HEALTH AS FRUIT JUICE.

18. my apartment/ convenient/ yours MY APARTMENT IS/ISN’T AS CONVENIENT AS YOURS.

19. big cities/ safe/ small towns BIG CITIES ARE/AREN’T AS SAFE AS SMALL TOWNS.

20. New York hotels/ expensive/ Tokyo hotels NEW YORK HOTELS ARE/AREN’T AS EXPENSIVE AS TOKYO
HOTELS

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Comparatives & Superlatives

The Superlative Form of Adjectives

Complete the following sentences with the correct superlative form of the words listed below.

funny high delicious easy cold boring lucky smart

dirty rich valuable bad large cheap long scary

1. Yesterday was THE COLDEST day of the year. I almost froze to death walking home from school!

2. That was THE WORST movie I’ve ever seen. I almost walked out in the middle.

3. Please give me your recipe. That is THE MOST DELICIOUS cake I’ve ever eaten.

4. Jerry is THE SMARTEST student in our class. He gets the top grades in every course.

5. Bob told THE FUNNIEST story last night. I couldn’t stop laughing.

6. Whales are THE LARGEST animals in the world.

7. The Nile is THE LONGEST river in the world.

8. Marie is THE LUCKIEST person I know. She has won the lottery four times!

9. He is THE MOST BORING speaker I have ever heard. Half the audience fell asleep during his speech.

10. Mount Everest is THE HIGHEST mountain in the world.

11. That is THE MOST VALUABLE painting in the art gallery. It’s worth a million dollars.

12. Bill Gates is one of THE RICHEST men in the world.

13. I finished the exercise in five minutes. It was THE EASIEST homework the teacher has ever given us.

14. Arthur hates to clean. He has THE DIRTIEST apartment I’ve ever seen.

15. My dinner only cost $6.00. That must be THE CHEAPEST restaurant in town.

16. I was afraid to turn off the lights last night. That was THE SCARIEST show I’ve ever watched.

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Comparatives & Superlatives

The Superlative Form of Adjectives

A) Write questions using the words provided and the superlative form of the adjective.

Ex. what/ big mistake/ ever made What is the biggest mistake you have ever made?

1. what /beautiful place to visit/ your country

WHAT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO VISIT IN YOUR COUNTRY?
2. who/ kind person/ you know
WHO IS THE KINDEST PERSON YOU KNOW?
3. what/ good movie/ ever seen
WHAT IS THE BEST MOVIE YOU’VE EVER SEEN?

4. what/ happy day/ in your life

WHAT WAS THE HAPPIEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE?
5. what/ crazy thing/ ever done
WHAT IS THE CRAZIEST THING YOU’VE EVER DONE?

6. what/ expensive thing/ ever bought

WHAT IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE THING YOU’VE EVER BOUGHT?
7. what/ good restaurant/ your city
WHAT IS THE BEST RESTAURANT IN YOUR CITY?
8. what/ exciting place/ ever been
WHAT IS THE MOST EXCITING PLACE YOU’VE EVER BEEN?

9. who/ interesting person/ ever met

WHO IS THE MOST INTERESTING PERSON YOU’VE EVER MET?

B) Ask a classmate the questions you have written or write your own answers on
a separate piece of paper.

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