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Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Guide

The document discusses comparative and superlative adjectives. The comparative is used to compare two things and is formed with -er or more, while the superlative refers to the highest degree and is formed with -est or most. It provides examples of adjectives and their comparative and superlative forms to fill in blanks with.

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Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Guide

The document discusses comparative and superlative adjectives. The comparative is used to compare two things and is formed with -er or more, while the superlative refers to the highest degree and is formed with -est or most. It provides examples of adjectives and their comparative and superlative forms to fill in blanks with.

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  • Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Table
  • Fill in the Gap Exercises
  • Rewrite Sentences with 'Less' or 'Least'

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

The comparative is used when you are comparing two things, and is made by adding an –er or the word more before an adjective.
The superlative is used when you are referring to the highest quality or degree of something, and is made by adding –est or the word
most before an adjective.

Adjective Comparative Superlative Adjective Comparative Superlative


Light (1) lighter the lightest important More important Most important
afraid interesting
amazed large
bad late
bitter low
bored narrow
boring nervous
brave nice
busy offended
carefully old
cheap orange
greyish outraged
close political
complete simple
dangerous sleepy
dark small
Adjective Comparative Superlative Adjective Comparative Superlative
difficult surprising
dirty surprised
early sweet
easy tall
enjoyable terrible
friendly tired
funny tiring
good upset
hard useful
heavy fun
honest useless
hot white
hungry wide

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate form of the adjective in brackets:

1. I was ………………………………………………..……….. in this movie than in that one. [interested]


2. Going uphill was …………………………………………………………………. experience in my whole life! [tiring]
3. I really need to get a ……………………………………………………….. computer. I can’t afford that one. [cheap]
4. This exercise is ………………………………………………………… than the one before. [easy]
5. I’m going to tell you ………………………………………………………. joke I’ve ever heard! [funny]
6. It’s ………………………………………………….. today than yesterday, don’t you think? [cold]
7. This book is the ………………………………………………………. I’ve ever read! [enjoyable]
8. Ms. Thomas’s English class is the …………………………………………………………… class I’ve ever had! [fun]

Rewrite the following sentences by using “less” or “least” without changing the meaning.

9. The mango is sweeter than the apple.

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[Link] is more useful than copper.

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[Link] is more precious than silver.

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[Link] is the most useless of my gadgets.

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[Link] is one of the rarest minerals.

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[Link] wild-apple is the sourest of all fruits.

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[Link] are uglier than the baby. _____________________________________________________________________

16.I have got more energy than I used to have.

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