A) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjectives.
1. New York is ________________________ Madrid. (big) 2. Madrid is ______________________ Rome (expensive) 3. Rain in Puno is ____________________ rain in Lima. (heavy) 4. The underground in London is ____________________ the metro in Madrid. (good) 5. The buildings in the town are _________________________ the buildings in the country. (modern) 6. Charles is _____________________ Melissa. (intelligent) 7. What is _______________ mountain in the world? (high) 8. Paris is ________________________city in France during Christmas. (cheerful) 9. Who is _______________________ person in Britain? (rich) 10. Sandra is ______________________ Sophia. (pretty) 11. What is ______________________ drink in your country? (popular) 12. Who is __________________________ singer in your country? 13. The Amazon is ______________________ the Nile. (wide) 14. This song is _________________________ the previous one. (bad) 15. What is _____________________ river in the world? (long) 16. My brother has a __________________room than me. (tidy) 17. My boat is _______________________ your boat. (- expensive) 18. Australia is __________________ than England. (big) 19. I'm ______________________ now than yesterday. (good) 20. She's got________________ friends than you, but she doesn't care. (little) 21. He thinks Chinese is ______________________ (difficult) language in the world 22. Valencia played ______________________ than Real Madrid yesterday.(bad) 23. Cats are ______________________ (intelligent) as dogs. 24. Show me _______________________restaurant downtown. (good) 25. ______________________ desert of all is the Sahara and it's in Africa. (hot) 26. Who is ______________________ person in your family? (talkative)
B) Choose the best option to complete the statements. 1. I am ________ my brother. a) taller than b) the tallest 2. She is ________ student in her class a) younger than b) the younger c) the youngest 3. The dog is ________ the cat. a) the older than b) older than c) the oldest 4. The red jacket is ________ the blue jacket. a) expensiver than b) more expensive than c) the most expensive 5. My mother is ________ in her family. a) the short b) the shorter than c) the shortest 6. I like sushi, but Chinese food is ________. a) better b) the better c) more better c) the bestest 7. My drink is ________ of all the drinks. a) colder than b) the coldest c) the most cold 8. My sister is ________ student in her class. a) smarter than b) the smarter c) the most smart d) the smartest 9. Those books are ________ than the other books. a) expensiver than b) more expensive than c) most expensive than d) the most expensive 10. Her brother is ________ soccer player on his team. a) the better b) better than c) the most good d) the best 11. Anna is _________ than Tom today because passed her test. a. happier b. happiest c. most happy d. happy
12. This book is __________ than the book I read last week. a. interesting b. more interesting c. most interesting d. interestinger 13. This is the ___________ concert I have ever been to in my life! a. most loud b. louder c. loudiest d. more loud 14. My dog is ______. a. most fat b. fattest c. fatter. d. fat 15. It is the __________ in August. a. hotter b. hottest c. the hottest d. hot 16. Sugar is ________ than salt. a. sweetest b. sweeter c. more sweet 17. My drink is ______________ than yours. a. more delicious b. most delicious c. deliciouser d. delicious more 18. I think I am the __________ person in my family. a. wisest b. wiser c. more wiser d. most wise 19. Bill Gates is ________ than me. a. more rich b. most rich c. richest d. richer 20. I think Hanna is .................. Laura. a. a best student b. a better student than c. best student
21. I think that Greta ........................Rachel. a. is as attractive as b. is most attractive as c. is the most attractive
22. In my opinion, Laura is ........................of the girls. a. the most clever b. the cleverest c. more clever than
23. As I see it, Greta's job must be ................. a. the more difficult b. as difficult as c. the most difficult
24. I think Hanna must be ........................the rest of the girls a. funnier than b. the funniest c. more funny
C) Read the statements and complete them with the correct form of the adjective 1. Jeremy is 10 years old. Jenny is 8 years old. Jeremy is (old) ____________ ______ Jenny. 2. The Alps are very high. They are (high) _____ _______________ mountains in Europe. 3. An ocean is (large) ____________ _______ a sea. 4. A Rolls Royce costs a lot of money. A Twingo costs less. A Rolls Royce is (expensive) _______ ________________ _____ a Twingo. 5. John's results were bad. Fred's were very poor. Fred's results were (bad) __________ _____ John's. 6. This exercise is not very difficult. It's ____________ ______ I expected. (easy) 7. The weather is not good today. It's raining. I hope the weather will be (good) _____________ next week. 8. People are not very friendly in big cities. They are usually (friendly) ________________ in small towns. 9. In the government of a country, the President is (important) _____ ______ _______________ person. 10. People say that Chinese is (difficult) ______ ____________ to learn than English.
Adjectives with one syllable In general, if the adjective has one syllable, then the letters -er or -estare added:
warm warmer warmest quick quicker quickest tall taller tallest Adjectives with one syllable ending in e If the adjective has one syllable and ends in e, just add -r or -st:
late later latest nice nicer nicest large larger largest Adjectives with two syllables Adjectives with two syllables vary. Some add - er/est or -r/-st:
Some use the words more for the comparative and most for the superlative: famous more famous most famous Many, such as clever, can do either: Clever cleverer/more clever cleverest/most clever feeble feebler feeblest Adjectives with three syllables or more If the adjective has three syllables or more, then the words more and most are used: interesting more interesting most interesting attractive more attractive most attractive
Adjectives that change their spelling Some one-syllable adjectives that end with a single consonant (e.g., big, wet, sad, fat) double this consonant before adding er or -est: big bigger biggest wet wetter wettest sad sadder saddest If the adjective ends in y (e.g., happy, greedy, or tidy), change they to an i and add -er or - est: happy happier happiest greedy greedier greediest tidy tidier tidiest Some common adjectives have irregular comparative and superlative forms that you just have to learn: bad worse worst good, well better best little (of a quantity) less least much, many more most far further/ farther furthest/ farthest