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Prepared by:

Jake B. Abragar
English 6
Teacher
I. Comparatives and Superlatives of Adjectives
Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives below.

example: big / bigger / biggest or important / more important /


most important

Adjective Comparative Superlative


1. tall
2. cheap
3. expensive
4. good
5. lazy
6. pretty
7. beautiful
8. difficult
9. boring
10. shy
11. happy
12. short
13. famous
14.comfortable
15. ugly
16. warm
17. long
18. intelligent
19. wide
20. thick
21. smart
22. far
23. bad
24. fat
25. interesting
26. narrow
27. safe
28. dangerous
29. messy
30. handsome
31. attractive
32. delicious
33. useful
34. easy
35. lucky
36. quiet
37. noisy
38. modern
39. patient
40. convenient

II. The Comparative Form of Adjectives


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

1. In Philippines, January is (cold) than March.


2. I think that good health is (important) than money.
3. I can’t carry my suitcase. It’s much (heavy) than yours.
4. I can afford to buy a new bike but not a new car. A car is
(expensive)than a bike.
5. You look (thin) than the last time I saw you. Have you
lost weight?
6. I couldn’t get a seat in the restaurant. It was ___(crowded) than usual.
7. Mountains are (high)than hills.
8. He got a very good mark on his exam. The exam was (easy) than he
had expected.
9. You should go to the doctor. Your cold is (bad) than it was
a few days ago.
10. There is a lot of crime in the big cities. They are (dangerous) than
the small town where I live.
11. I don’t understand this lesson. It is (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
(quiet) place.
13. Our apartment is far from everything. We want to move to a
(convenient)location.
14. Orange juice is (healthy) than Coke.
15. The store is having a great sale today. Most televisions are 25%
(cheap) than they were yesterday.

III. 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
2. train/ fast/ airplane
3. algebra/ difficult/ geometry
4. Batman / popular/ Superman
5. lemon/ sweet/ orange
6. morning/ warm/ afternoon
7. robin / big/ eagle
8. my neighbor/ friendly/ yours
9. tiger/ dangerous/ lion
10. bicycle/ expensive/ motorcycle
11. house/ tall/ skyscraper
12. France/ beautiful/ Switzerland
13. my old shoes/ comfortable/ new shoes
14. grammar/ difficult / spelling
15. Beethoven/ famous / Mozart

IV. The Superlative Form of Adjectives


Complete the following sentences with the correct superlative form of
the words listed below.
1. Yesterday was (cold) day of the year. I almost froze to
death walking home from school!
2. That was (bad) movie I’ve ever seen. I almost
walked out in the middle.
3. Please give me your recipe. That is (delicious) cake
I’ve ever eaten.
4. Jerry is (smart) student in our class. He gets
the top grades in every course.
5. Bob told (funny) story last night. I
couldn’t stop laughing.
6. Whales are (large) animals in the
world.
7. The Nile is ( long) river in the world.
8. Marie is (lucky) person I know. She has won
the lottery four times!
9. He is (boring) speaker I have ever heard.
Half the audience fell asleep during his speech.
10. Mount Everest is (high) mountain in the world.
11.That is (valuable)painting in the art gallery.
It’s worth a million dollars.
12. Bill Gates is one of (rich)men in the
world.
13. I finished the exercise in five minutes. It was (easy)
homework the teacher has ever given us.
14. Arthur hates to clean. He has (dirty)
apartment I’ve ever seen.
15. I was afraid to turn off the lights last night. That was (scary)
show I’ve ever watched.

V. The Superlative Form of Adjectives


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

Ex. what/ big mistake/ ever made


Answer. What is the biggest mistake you have ever made?

1. what /beautiful place to visit/ your country


2. who/ kind person/ you know
3. what/ good movie/ ever seen
4. what/ happy day/ in your life
5. what/ crazy thing/ ever done
6. what/ expensive thing/ ever bought
7. what/ good restaurant/ your city
8. what/ exciting place/ ever been
9. who/ interesting person/ ever met

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

VI. Comparatives and Superlatives of Adverbs


Complete the following sentences with the correct form
(comparative or superlative) of the adverb provided.

1. I drive (carefully) than my husband.


2. Angela works (hard) than I do, but our secretary works
(hard) of all of us.
3. Anita sings (beautifully) of all the people in the choir.
4. Our teacher explains the lessons (clearly) than your teacher.
5. Robert arrived at the meeting (early) than Francis.
6. Ken arrived (early) of them all.
7. Teenagers usually drive (fast) than their parents.
8. My daughter cooks (well) than I do, but my
husband cooks (well) of all of us.
9. Rene speaks (fluently) of all the ESL students in
the class.
10. The teacher arrived (late) than the students.

VII. Comparatives and Superlatives – Adjectives and Adverbs


Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the
adjective or adverb, comparative or superlative of the words provided.

1. This is (fancy) dress I own.


2. In my opinion, a deer moves (graceful) of all the animals.
3. The politician spoke (loud) than was necessary.
4. When we travel, my suitcase is always (heavy) than my husband’s.
5. January is (cold) month of the year.
6. Mrs. Pedrido speaks (fluent) than her husband, but her
daughter speaks (fluent) of the whole family.
7. December 21 is the (short) day of the year. It is (short) than
any other.
8. Andrew is (fast) runner on the team.
9. This apartment is (convenient) of all the apartments I have
seen.
10. Annie usually gets up (early) than her sister.
11. Max finished the homework (fast) than anyone else in the class.
12. A turtle moves (slow) than a rabbit.
13. Bonnie works (hard) of all the employees in the office.
14. This book is (interesting) than the one I read last week.
15. Daniel drives (careful) than his father.
16. Judy goes to the library (often) than I do.
17. That gold necklace is (expensive) one in the whole store.
18. This is (bad) movie I have ever seen.
19. Shaun sings even (beautiful) than her mother, who is
a famous opera star. In fact, she has (beautiful) voice I’ve ever
heard.

VIII. Order of Adjectives


1. We wanted (grey / a / metal) table.
2. They bought (red / a / new) car.
3. She went home and sat on (comfortable / her /
wooden / old) bed.

4. He bought (woollen / a / British /


fabulous) suit.

5. They have (Dutch / black) bicycles.


6. He wants (some / French / delicious / really)
cheese.

7. (young / a / pretty) girl walked into


the room.

8. He has (a lot of / old / interesting) books.


9. She bought (plastic / red / a / new) plastic
lunchbox.

10. He is looking for (leather / stylish / a /black) bag.

11. She dropped (old / beautiful / the) plate and it


smashed.
12. I want (silk / green / an / amazing) dress.

13. She drank (Italian / black / hot) coffee.


14. He saw (French / writing / old / an) desk.
15. They stayed in (little / a / cute) cottage.
16. I visited (ancient / a / spooky / German) castle.
17. He has (silver / old / beautiful / a) ring.
18. We ate (green / English / round / some) apples.
19. I need (computer / comfortable / a) desk.
20. They went on holiday to (small / wooden / a /
beautiful) cabin.

IX. Below you can see a diagram explaining the position of


adjectives before a noun. Use it to answer the questions which
follow.

OPINION CONDITION SIZE AGE COLOR ORIGIN


MATERIAL NOUN

Order the words in the boxes.

1. my teacher old maths smelly


2. new a perfect system

3. black small box Turkish a old

4. man a fat friendly young

5. 18th century an Scottish castle

6. tall our headmaster boring

7. a businessman horrible greedy

8. a big old brown bear 10. spoilt boy nasty a little

9. city a Spanish beautiful old


X. Adjectives Arrangement Arrange the adjectives properly in the
sentences. Write your answers on the blanks.

1. Could you give me (good, three) reasons why you don’t like to eat
vegetables? _____________________________________

2. We took a ride on (Japanese, blue, old, an) bus.


_____________________________________

3. (freshly-baked, chocolate, small, two) cupcakes always satisfy my


hunger. _____________________________________

4. Someone sent her (dozen, red, Holland, long-stemmed, lovely, a) tulips.


_____________________________________
5. I really like that (red, round, big, old, last) pendulum clock in the
museum. _____________________________________

Dear Ann,
It's a shame you couldn't make it to the wedding, but thank you for the
1________________ (dessert / crystal / lovely) bowls which you sent us. The wedding
was unforgettable and everyone looked beautiful, especially the bridesmaids in their
2 _________________________ (silk / long / cream) dresses. At the reception we had
a 3 _______________________________( three-course / home-made / delicious )
meal and the best man gave a(n) 4 ________________( amusing / nice / short )
speech. In the evening more guests arrived and the hotel provided
5___________________________ (Irish / live / excellent) music. Before we left, we cut
the 6________________________ (wedding / white /iced) cake.
Hope to see you soon!
Love,
Jane and Peter.

XI. On a 1 whole sheet of paper, write a descriptive paragraph about


the topic below. Use irregular adjectives in sentences. Apply correct
order of adjectives when necessary.

Topic: Unforgettable Place/s I Have Been


Order of adjectives

Opinion Size Shape Age Color Origin Material Purpose


A subjective To estimate the To mark out To convey how To describe To show the To express To define what
attitude to dimensions of any forms old something any colors or country an materials an an object is
someone or an object or a an object or someone is tints an object object/person object can be used for
something person can have e.g. antique, can have comes from made of e.g. dining,
e.g. nice, e.g. large, e.g. round, young, two- e.g. grey, e.g. French, e.g. wooden, hotel,
perfect huge, narrow triangular year-old silver, beige English, Italian silk, woolen swimming

Exercise 02. Correct or wrong?


Exercise 01. Put the adjectives in the correct order
Correct Wrong
1. I wanted to buy a_______________________ 1. Do you want this red sport bike?
table. (round/blue/Italian/dining/big) 2. He wore long Italian old coat.
2. Does Miriam need that _________________ 3. Will you buy me a small pink hat?
chair? (wooden-small-square) 4. Matt saw a strange large blue ball.
3. What is this _____________________ thing? 5. Don’t touch that green square box!
(red/triangular/leather)
6. Who took my Swiss army knife?
4. Did you notice the brand of that
7. My mum hates my blue velvet belt.
______________
8. This is a half-year-old English dog
_________________________ car? (green/
9. This woolen grey scarf suits you.
streamlined/splendid/sport)
10. I chose a nice green modern tint.
5. William can take care of your _______________
_________ cat. (Persian/naughty/white)
6. This ________________________ scarf belongs
to my brother. (woolen/long/multicolored)
7. Are you sure this ___________________ sabre is Exercise 03. Make up sentences
Turkish? (curved/nice/steel)
8. Press this ____________________ button never! 1. presented/my/me/white/ball/friend/round/fine/leather/a
(plastic/red/round) _______________________________________________
9. Mike will order a_________________ breakfast. 2. old/university/your/can/call/you/Italian/friend ?
(English/light/nice) _______________________________________________
10. This ____________________________ 3. I’m/need/that/wooden/black/sure/I/this/stylish/chair
wardrobe is my friends’ gift. (elegantly-shaped _______________________________________________
/amazing/brown/wooden) 4. Martha’s/violet/outfit/Dylan/didn’t/dance/see/bright
_______________________________________________

Exercise 04. Distribute the adjectives in the correct groups

Opinion

Size

Shape

Age

Color

Origin
tiny
Material

Purpose
Miranda and her Aunt Dorothy are ready to go to Miranda’s brother’s wedding. Describe their
physical appearance and the clothes they are wearing for this special occasion. Then compare them.

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