English
Department
Comparative & Superlative Adjectives
I Write the opposite of:
1. Cold
2. Tall
3. Long
4. Pretty
5. Good
6. Fat
7. Young
8. Fast
9. High
10. Large
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
Weak
Poor
Silly
Late
Dry
Difficult
Bad
Small
Light
Exciting
II Make comparative sentences. (Short adjectives)
1. Chile Long Peru
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2. The winter bad the fall
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3. A cheetah fast a lion
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4. Arica dry Valparaso
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5. Brazil big Argentina
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6. Tom Silly Jerry
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7. Valdivia Far Temuco
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8. River Plate good Colo-Colo
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9. English easy Japanese
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III Make comparative sentences. (Long Adjectives)
1. Santiago modern Antofagasta
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2. Via del Mar beautiful Iquique
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3. Football popular baseball
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4. A movie interesting a book
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5. English Important French
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6. A Jaguar expensive A fiat
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7. Monkeys intelligent cats
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8. Marta attractive her sister
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9. Ronaldo famous Pinilla
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IV Make comparative sentences. (Long/ short adjectives)
1. Tom tall Jerry
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2. Europe small Asia
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3. Vegetables good sweets
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4. English classes interesting Chemistry
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5. Gold precious silver
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6. Arica far Atacama
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7. A car expensive a bike
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V. Reading.
a) Read the following article and then answer the questions about the CD_ROM and the books.
Incredible, but True!!
All the information in the enormous Britanic Encyclopaedia now comes on one small disk.
Which do you prefer the CR-ROM or the set of 30 books? Lets compare them.
The CD-ROM is smaller and higher than the books and it is cheaper. We think its more
interesting, too, because it has video and sound you can hear animals, musical instruments
and famous pople talking. So if you think the 30 books are good, we think the CD-ROM is
better!.
b) Answer the questions.
1. Which is heavier?
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2. Which of the articles is more boring?
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3. Are the books bigger than the CD-ROM?
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4. Is the CD-ROM more expensive than the books?
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VI. Look at these pictures and compare them using the adjectives in the box
BIG - EXPENSIVE- FAST- HEAVY- LIGHT- SLOW- SMALL- COMFORTABLE
1. ___________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________
5. ___________________________________________
6. ___________________________________________
7. ___________________________________________
8. ___________________________________________
Choose the correct alternative for each sentence. (Comparatives or Superlatives)
1. I think thats _____ film Ive ever seen
a) the funnier than b) the funny
c) the funniest
d) the funnier
2. Is football the _____ sport in Chile?
a) popular
b) more popular
c) popularest
d) most popular
3. Vegetables are _____ last week
a) expensiver than b)more expensiver tham
c) more expensive than
d) most expensive
4. I think Vladimir is _____ intelligent person in the class
a) more than
b) the most
c) most
d) the more
5. Dont you think there are _____ things to do on hokidays than watching tv all day?
a) best
b) bestest
c) better
d) better than
6. Summer is _____ season in our country
a) the hottest
b) hotter than
c) the hot
d) hot
7. Groenland has the _____ weather of the world. Its always raining and snowing
a) bad
b) worse than
c) worst
d) worsest
8. The Everest is _____ the Aconcagua
a) the highest
b) highest than
c) the higher than
d) higher than
9. Last week we had _____ day in Santiago, the temperature was 18C
a) the colder
b) the coldest
c) the cold
d) colder than
10. To fall from a motorcycle is _____ to fall from a bicycle.
a) more painful
b) more painful than
c) painfuller than
d) the painfullest
11. If you suffer asthma, dont go to Mexico City. It is one of the _____ cities in the world
a) pollutest
b) more polluted
c) polluter than
d) most polluted
12. The _____ place from Chile is Australia. Its on the other side of the world.
a) farther
b) farthest
c) farther than
d) farthest than
13. I dont think your bike is _____ mine.
a) fastest than
b) faster
c) fastest
d) faster than
14. Michael was _____ basketball player in the world
a) taller
b) tallest
c) the taller
d) the tallest
15. Speaking Japanese is _____writing it.
a) the easiest
b) easy
d) easyer than
c) easier than
Superlatve Adjectives
Adjectives with 1 syllable or two syllables ending in Y
VIII Follow the example and complete the list with the correct Superlative
e.g. fast
the fastest
nice
large
tall
old
long
great
smart
the nicest
friendly
funny
silly
the friendliest
hot
big
the hottest
Adjectives with two, three, four, or more quantity of syllables
popular
exciting
successful
the most popular
Irregular Adjectives:
Good
Bad
Far
the best
the worst
the farthest
or
the furthest
VIII. Write the following sentences using the correct form of the adjective (comparative or superlative)
1. Clare is __________________________________________________ Mike. (old)
2. Jane is ________ of the four. She eats very well and does a lot of sports, (healthy)
3. The coach thinks that Peter is the __________________ player of the team, (fast)
4. The teacher doesn't think Christopher is ________ the other students. (intelligent)
5. Kamilla is ___________________ girl in the class. She is always laughing. (happy)
6. The Sahara desert is one of the ___________________deserts in the world. (hot)
7. The climate in the North of Chile is _______________________ in the South, (dry)
8. Asia is _________________________________________________ Europe. (big)
9. A Rolls-Royce is one of _______________________ cars in the world. (expensive)
10. Nights with no moon are _______________________ nights with full moon. (dark)
11. ____________________________ hurricanes are developed over Mxico, (violent)
12. Diamonds are ______________________________ jewels in the world. (precious)
13. History classes are _________________________ chemistry classes. (interesting)
14. Belize is one of _______________________________ cities Ive visited (beautiful)
15. Rachel is _____________________________________________ me, but... (thin)
Grace is __________________________________________________ girl in my class (thin)
