Revision: Comparative and Superlative

adjectives
bced

1) Read
and
match

Molly

Jane
50

Sarah

35

15

40

Sarah is taller than Jane, Mary and Molly, but Ann is taller than Sarah.
Molly is fatter than Ann, Sarah and Mary, but Jane is fatter than Molly.

Mary
Ann

Marys hair is longer than Mollys hair, Anns hair and Janes hair, but
Sarahs hair is longer than Marys hair.
Anns shoes are more expensive than Sarahs shoes, Mollys shoes and Janes
shoes, but Marys shoes are more expensive than Anns shoes.

2) Write the adjectives.

1. __hot______ hotter
2. ___________ lovelier
3. ___________ more interesting
4. ___________ the happiest
5. ___________ earlier
6. ___________ drier
7. ___________ the most famous
8. ___________ friendlier
9. ___________ fatter
10. __________ more exciting

4) Underline the correct word.

1. Football is more/the most exciting
than baseball.
2. Winter is a cold/the colder season.
3. Apples are more/ the most useful than
cakes.
4. My sister is heavier/the heaviest than
me, but my father is heavier/the
heaviest in my family.
5. Adam is better/ the best than Sam at
tennis, but John is better/the best tennis
player in our class.
6. The weather yesterday was worse/bad
than last week, but the weather today is
the worse/the worst weather this year.
7. Bicycles are the cheapest/cheaper
form of transport, but they are also the
slowest/ slower than cars and planes.

3) Complete the sentences using the words below and is or

big . exciting
dangerous
heavy
healthy hot difficult
are

1. France ________is bigger _______________ than

Switzerland.
2. Gold _______________________________ than paper.
3. Sharks ______________________________than dolphins.
4. Chinese _____________________________than English.
5. June and July________________________ than April and
May.
6. A funfair ____________________________than school.
7. Vegetables ___________________________than sweets.
5) Put the words in order to make sentences.
1. thinks / is / than / Maths / She / Science / worse
______________________________________________
_
2. best / in / Mark / the / our / is / singer / class
______________________________________________
_
3. the / day / The / my / most / exciting / birthday / is /
in / year. _____________________________________
______________________________________________
4. elephants / smaller / Mice / and / are / tigers / than
______________________________________________
_
5. youngest / is / in / the / Mary / their / person /
family
______________________________________________
_

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ADJECTIVES and ADVERBS (Revision exercises)

Adjectives describe nouns and usually come before
them.
Tom is a good tennis player.
Adjectives come after certain verbs: appear, be, feel,
look, seem, smell, sound, taste.
That man seemed kind.

Adverbs describe verbs and they usually

end in ly but there are some exceptions:
late, fast, hard, well
Tom reads slowly.
Sarah plays the violin well.

1) Write the missing

adverbs.

2) Look at the underlined words. Are they adjectives or adverbs?

Circle the right word.

Adjective

1 Nick is a really friendly boy.

adj/adv

2 Does your sister work hard at school?

adj/adv

3 The meat smelled very tasty!

adj/adv

Adverb

perfect perfectly
easy ________
whole ________
usual ________
possible
________
hard ________
fast
________
good ________
true
________

4 Dont run so fast, I cant follow you.

adj/adv

3) Choose the correct alternative.

5 I usually get very tired after a long walk in the forest.

adj/adv

6 Sarah is not at all afraid of spiders.

adj/adv

7 We had awful weather last week.

adj/adv

1 I think Mary looked wonderful/wonderfully in red this colour suits

her.
2 John has to work hard/hardly to become a scientist.
3 My friend Sam often tells/tells often very strange stories.
4 There have been some films popular/popular films about famous
people.
5: The story of Troy is probably/probable the most famous Greek myth.
6 You shouldnt drive so fastly /fast its dangerous!
4) Put the underlined words in the correct
sentences.

5) Put the adjectives and adverbs into the

correct places in the sentences.

Example: 1 Adam always had good ideas and he

answered the question very happy -cleverly
(8)

1 I need to check my work because I sometimes

make mistakes. (careless)____________________
_________________________________________
2 The snow began to fall as the children went
through the mountains. (heavily)._____________
_________________________________________
3They can find a simple explanation for
anything. (usually)._________________________
_________________________________________
4 Mr. Grey loves his comfortable leather
armchair. (old)____________________________

2 Tourists ancient .learn many words

of our language.
3 We hope they arrived home often .
Its a very long journey.
4 Ted can see that Ann feels intelligent
today. She cant stop smiling.
5 Jill has never .
We expect shell be home soon.

gone shopping.

6 Peters a really probably . student.

He always gets good marks in his exams.
7 In safely times, they travelled
everywhere on foot.
8 Jane cleverly forgets to lock the
door when she goes out.

5 That food smells Im going to throw it out

right now! (bad) __________________________
_________________________________________
6 You shouldnt walk through the city centre at
this time of night. (definitely)
_________________________________________
7 Sally bought a pair of new red rain boots.
(nice)____________________________________