1st WORKSHOP ENGLISH III
Name _____________________________________Date:______________________ University building: ________
TEACHER: María Eugenia Monroy
Comparative and superlative adjectives
Review
We add -est to one-syllable adjectives to make the superlative form.
Example : cold - colder than (comparative) - The coldest (superlative)
If a one or two-syllable adjective ends in -y, we change the y to an i before adding -est.
Example : sunny - sunnier than - the sunniest
If an adjective ends in -e, we just add -st.
Example : large - larger than - The largest
If a one-syllable adjective ends in a vowel + one consonant, we double the final consonant before adding -est.
Example : wet - wetter than - The wettest / Big – bigger than - The biggest
For most adjectives that have three syllables or more, we add most before the adjective.
expensive more expensive than the most expensive
Some adjectives are irregular.
Example : bad - worse than - the worst
good - better than - the best
Unscramble the questions.
oldest / family / is / person / in / the / your / who / ? Who is the oldest person in your family?
a tallest / is / world / the / in / what / the / building / ?___________________________________________________
b is / the / the / world / who / person / richest / in / ?___________________________________________________
c the / what / is / China / river / in / longest / ? _______________________________________________________
d most / which / the / city / South America / expensive / is / in / ?_________________________________________
e prettiest / is / in / who / Hollywood / the / actress / ?__________________________________________________
Complete the chart.
Adjective Comparative Superlative
Big
Expensive
Delicious
Hot
Beautiful
Old
Tall
Long
Popular
Good
Bad
Small
Short
Powerful
Fat
Interesting
Complete with comparatives and superlatives.
Example :
Books / good / magazines. Books are better than magazines.
a This exercise / complicated / in the exam. ____________________________________________________
b My teacher / boring / on the world.__________________________________________________________
c Beyoncé’s latest album / bad / her first._______________________________________________________
d Benny’s story / convincing / Fiona’s.__________________________________________________________
e Pop music / popular / classical music.________________________________________________________
Complete this table
Adjective Comparative
Fast faster than
Easy ___________ than
Realistic ___________ than
Exciting ___________ than
Good ___________ than
Worse ___________ than
Write comparative adjectives next to the rules.
1. Add –er to adjectives with one syllable only : faster
2. With adjectives that end in –y, remove the –y and add –ier : _________________
3. With longer adjectives, we use more before the adjective :___________________
4. Some adjectives have irregular comparatives : _________________
Similarities : To express similarities use the following structure:
... as + adjective + as ...
Examples:
Mike is as intelligent as Nancy. I'm almost as good in maths as in science.
Larry is as popular as Oprah. This book is not as exciting as the last one.
She's twice as old as her sister. The cafeteria is not as crowded as usual.
He's not as stupid as he looks! Russian is not quite as difficult as Chinese.
Complete the table. Use as or than.
New York is bigger Chicago. New York is bigger than Chicago.
a Soccer is more popular basketball.________________________________________________________________
b John is honest Mark.___________________________________________________________________________
c Los Angeles is not older Moscow._________________________________________________________________
d American food is not delicious Mexican.___________________________________________________________
e DVDs are more expensive videos._________________________________________________________________
Complete the sentences.
1. I am ______________________ (tall) my sister.
2. My mum thinks that cats are ____________________ (good) pets than dogs.
3. Cycling is one of _____________________ (dangerous) sports.
4. I want to have ________________________ (big) car.
5. A blue whale is _______________________ (heavy) twenty-five elephants.
6. You look ___________________________ (thin) last month. Have you lost weight?
7. Bicycles are ___________________________ (slow) cars.
8. She is _____________________________ (nice) person I know.
9. What is ___________________________ (good) film you´ve seen?
10. Computers are _________________________ (cheap) mobile phones.
11. Is your brother _____________________________ (tall) you?
12. I think Spanish is ___________________________ (easy) Japanese.
13. Our dog is ______________________________ (nice) your dog.
14. Glass bottles are ____________________________ (good) plastic bottles.
15. I think Rafael Nadal is ___________________________(good) tennis player in Spain.
16. Sharks are _____________________________ (dangerous) other fish.
Comparative and superlative adjectives. Make sentences.
COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
11. hot Barrancabermeja is hotter than Cali Barrancabermeja is the hottest.
12. happy ___________________________________ ________________________________________
13. wet ___________________________________ _________________________________________
14. narrow ____________________________________ _________________________________________
15. big ____________________________________ _________________________________________
16. busy ____________________________________ __________________________________________
17. noisy _____________________________________ __________________________________________
18. dirty _____________________________________ ___________________________________________
19. thin _____________________________________ ___________________________________________
20. little _____________________________________ ____________________________________________
21. bad _____________________________________ _____________________________________________
22. few ______________________________________ _____________________________________________
23. much ______________________________________ ______________________________________________
24. many _______________________________________ ______________________________________________
25. rich _______________________________________ ______________________________________________
Write a short composition.
Use linking words
Emphasis Addition Comparison Summary
Especially Also Similar to In conclusion
In particular Besides Same as To sump up
The funniest person in my family…
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