Comparative with short and long adjectives exercises
Excercise 1: Write the word.
1. Dogs are …………………………… (intelligent) than rabbits.
2. Lucy is………………….…… (old) than John.
3. Russia is far …………………… (large) than the UK.
4. My garden is a lot ………………………. (colourful) than this park.
5. Julie is …………..……… (quiet) than her sister.
6. My Latin class is ………………………. (boring) than my English class.
7. My house is ……………..…. (big) than yours.
8. The weather this summer is even ………………… (bad) than last summer.
9. This flower is …………………………… (beautiful) than that one.
10. A holiday by the sea is …………….……….(good) than a holiday in the
mountains.
Excercise 2: Choose the correct answer.
1. I think London is more expensive/expensiver than New York.
2. Is the North Sea more big/bigger than the Mediterranean Sea?
3. Are you a better/good student than your sister?
4. My dad’s funny/funnier than your dad!
5. Crocodiles are more dangerous than/as dolphins.
6. Physics is badder/worse than chemistry.
7. Cars are much more safer/much safer than motorbikes.
8. Australia is far/further hotter than Ireland.
9. It is strange but often a coke is more expensive/ expensiver than a
beer.
10. Non-smokers usually live more long/longer than smokers.
Excercise 3: Choose the correct answer.
1. He is ....... singer I’ve ever met.
A. worse B. bad C. the worst D. badly
2. Mary is ....... responsible as Peter.
A. more B. the most C. much D. as
3. It is ....... in the city than it is in the country.
A. noisily B. more noisier C. noisier D. noisy
4. He sings ……….. among the singers I have known.
A. the most beautiful B. the more beautiful
C. the most beautifully D. the more beautifully
5. He is ....... student in my class.
A. most hard-working B. more hard-working
C. the most hard-working D. as hard-working
6. The English test was ....... than I thought it would be.
A. the easier B. more easy C. easiest D. easier
7. Physics is thought to be ....... than Math.
A. harder B. the more hard C. hardest D. the hardest
8. Jupiter is ....... planet in the solar system.
A. the biggest B. the bigger C. bigger D. biggest
9. She runs …… in my class.
A. the slowest B. the most slow C. the slowly D. the most
slowly
10. My house is ....... hers.
A. cheap than B. cheaper C. more cheap than D. cheaper
than
11. My office is ....... away than mine.
A. father B . more far C. farther D. farer
12. Lana is ....... than David.
A. handsome B. the more handsome
C. more handsome D. the most handsome
13. She did the test ……….. I did.
A. as bad as B. badder than
C. more badly than D. worse than
14. A boat is ....... than a plane.
A. slower B. slowest C. more slow D. more slower
15. Her new house is ....... than the old one.
A. more comfortable B. comfortably
C. more comfortabler D. comfortable
16. Her sister dances ……….. than me.
A. gooder B. weller C. better D. more good
17. Her bedroom is ....... room in her house.
A. tidier than B. the tidiest C. the most tidy D. more tidier
18. This road is ....... than that road.
A. narrower B. narrow C. the most narrow D. more
narrower
19. She drives ……. Her brother.
A. more careful than B. more carefully
C. more carefully than D. as careful as
20. It was ....... day of the year.
A. the colder B. the coldest C. coldest D. colder