Worksheet The Adjective

I. Complete as in the example:

Example: beautiful more beautiful the most beautiful
1. interesting ________________________________
2. careful ___________________________________
3. expensive _________________________________
4. happy ___________________________________
5. dangerous _________________________________
6. good * ____________________________________
7. bad * _____________________________________

II. Write correct sentences with a comparative using the prompts.

Example: the film/the book (interesting)
The film is more interesting than the book.
1. English / Maths (difficult) _______________________________________________
2. September / August (hot) ________________________________________________
3. Bucharest / Paris (small) ________________________________________________
4. snails / mice (slow) _____________________________________________________
5. History / Geography (important) ___________________________________________
6. elephants / tigers (fast) __________________________________________________
7. Toms test / Mikes test (bad) _____________________________________________
8. snakes / rats (dangerous) _________________________________________________

III. Complete the questions and give answers. Use superlatives.

1. Which is the (fast) ______________ animal in the world?

2. Which is the (large) ______________country in the world?
3. Which is your (big) ______________fear?
4. Who is your (good) ______________ friend?
5.Which is the (interesting) _________________ subject at school?
6.Which is the (difficult) ____________________subject you study at school?
7. Who is the (beautiful) ____________________ girl in your class?
8. Who is the (tall)__________________________boy in your class?

IV. Complete the sentences. Use the comparative forms of the short adjectives.

1. Tokyo is ..than Shanghai. (large)

2. Europe is .than South America. (small)
3. The Amazon river is than the Mississipi river. (long)
4. Antarctica is than Africa. (cold)
5. The Caspian sea is than lake Michigan. (deep)
6. Brazil is ..than Norway. (hot)
7. Andagoya, Colombia, is than Santiago, Chile. (wet)
8. The Atlantic ocean is.than the Mediterranean. (wide)
9. The Aconcagua, in South America, is than Mt. McKinley, in North
America. (tall)
10.The Niger river is than the Congo river. (short)

V. Complete the sentences. Use the comparative forms of the long adjectives.
1. Gold is ..than silver.(expensive)
2. Reality TV programmes are than chat shows. (interesting)
3. Science is difficult but Maths is (difficult)
4. I think that Halle Berry is ..than Sharon Stone.(beautiful)
5. Tigers are ..than crocodiles. (dangerous)

VI. Complete the sentences. Use the superlative forms of the short adjectives.

1. Antarctica is the place on Earth. (cold)

2. Vatican City is the .country in the world. (small)
3. The Atacama desert, in Chile, is the .place in the world. (dry)
4. Mount Everest is the ..mountain on Earth. (tall)
5. The Nile river, in Egypt, is the ..river in the world. (long)
6. Colca Canyon, in Peru, is the .canyon on Earth. (deep)
7. Roe River, in Montana, USA, is the river in the world. (short)
8. The ..and .sea in the world is the Red sea. (warm)
(salty)
9. Lake Titicaca, in the Andes, is the ..navigable lake in the world. (high)
10. The ..place on Earth is El Azizia, Lybia. (hot)
11. Cherrapunji, in India, is the ..place on Earth. (wet)
12. The Pacific is the .ocean in the world. (wide)

VII. Complete each of the sentences below 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.
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.

VIII. Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (comparative or superlative).

1. My house is (big) .than yours.

2. This flower is (beautiful) ..than that one.
3. This is the (interesting) .book I have ever read.
4. Non-smokers usually live (long) than smokers.
5. Which is the (dangerous) .animal in the world?
6. A holiday by the sea is (good) ..than a holiday in the mountains.
7. It is strange but often a coke is (expensive) than a beer.
8. Who is the (rich) ..woman on earth?
9. The weather this summer is even (bad) .than last summer.
10. He was the (clever) ..thief of all.

IX. Change the word form like the one in the example, adding the "ly" termination:
love-lovely
-nervous -day
-quiet -month
-soft -sad
-happy -week
-terrible -month

Write sentences with the "ly" form being an adjective, as in the example:

He had a lovely evening.