Comparative Adjectives

Students name: __________________________________

20 kg

SLOW

SLOWER

HEAVY

Level: Basic 03

50 kg

HEAVIER

DANGEROUS MORE DANGEROUS

Short words (1 syllable) - er

Long words (2, 3, 4 syllables) more

old older slow slower

warm warmer tall taller

dangerous more dangerous

expensive more expensive
Irregular comparative forms:
good better, far further
bad worse, little less

big bigger, hot hotter

heavy heavier, happy happier

Write the comparative form:

new ________________
long ________________
nice ________________
big _________________
good ________________
fat __________________
modern ______________
friendly ______________
famous ______________

Write the opposite.

younger __________________
cleaner __________________
darker
__________________
more boring ________________
hotter
__________________
happier __________________
easier
__________________
smaller
__________________
cheaper __________________

Write comparative sentences using the verbs in brackets

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My house is (big) _____________than yours.

This flower is (beautiful) _________________than that one.
A holiday by the sea is (good) ____________than a holiday in the mountains.
The weather this summer is even (bad) __________than last summer.
I think mathematics is (difficult) _____________than English.

Complete the sentences. Use the comparative.

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6.

Joes car isnt very fast. He wants a __________ one.

My job isnt very interesting. I want to do something ___________________
The weather isnt very warm today. Yesterday it was ___________________
People arent very polite today. In the past they were ___________________
This sofa isnt very comfortable. That one is _____________________
This coat is nice, but I think the other one is ______________

Write three sentences using comparative adjectives

1. __________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________