COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE.

Translation Adjective Comparative Superlative

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2- Use the comparatives and superlatives:

- The second pencil is than the first one. ( long )

- The first pencil is less than the second one. ( long )

- The second pencil is the one. ( long )

- The first pencil is not as the second one. ( long )

- The first pencil is than the second one. ( short )

- The first pencil is the one. ( short )

1) The following table gives information about five children. Write sentences
comparing the children in each of the pairs indicated below (use the adjectives:
tall, short, fat, slim, old, and young):

Name Age Height Weight

Joseph 17 1.65 m 65 kg
Katy 13 1.67 m 75 kg
Sue 10 1.58 m 62 kg
Lucy 7 1.35 m 33 kg
Jack 5 1.09 m 22 kg

Examples:
 Katy is taller than Jack is.
 Sue is slimmer than Katy is.

1. Katy and Lucy _____________________________________________________.

2. Sue and Lucy _____________________________________________________.
3. Sue and Lucy _____________________________________________________.
4. Joseph and Lucy _____________________________________________________.
5. Sue and Joseph _____________________________________________________.
6. Sue and Jack _____________________________________________________.
7. Lucy and Sue _____________________________________________________.
8. Angela and Jack _____________________________________________________.
9. Jack and Lucy _____________________________________________________.
10. Lucy and Jack _____________________________________________________.

2) Use the comparative of the adjectives in brackets to complete the sentences:

1. London countryside is ____________________ the urban area. (pretty)

2. Tigers are much ________________________ wolves. (big)
3. Trains are ______________________________ airplanes. (slow)
4. This pineapple cake is ___________________ the lemon pie. (sweet)
5. The cinema is ___________________________ the supermarket. (close)
6. The temperature in Brazil is ______________________________ in Alaska. (high)
7. My brother is ________________________________ yours. (fat)
8. The Smiths arrived _______________________________ they had expected. (soon)
9. It is _________________________ in Rio de Janeiro than it is in São Paulo. (sunny)
10. Britney Spears is ___________________________________ Beyoncé. (young)
11. The afternoon is usually ______________________________ the evening. (hot)
12. I am _______________________________ Mike Tyson. (weak)
13. Everything is falling from the table because it is ____________ at this end. (low)
14. This book is ___________________________________ the Bible. (thick)
15. An elephant can be ________________________________ a car. (heavy)

3) Complete the following sentences with the superlative of the adjectives in

brackets:

1. This is the ____________________ avenue in Germany. (wide)

2. Yesterday the sunset was amazing! It was _________________ sunset I have ever
seen. (red)
3. Winter is ___________________________________ season of the year. (cold)
4. I think Math is _____________________________ subject in school. (easy)
5. My uncle’s house is ________________________________ house I’ve ever seen!
(clean)
6. I bought a computer. _____________ model currently available. (new)
7. Grapes are __________________________________ fruits I have ever eaten. (sweet)

8. “The Green Mile” is __________________________________ film we’ve ever seen.

(sad)
9. ________________________ temperature on record in Brazil was minus ten degrees.
(low)
10. David Crystal is _______________________________ teacher in my University.
(wise)
11. Look at John! Isn’t he _________________________ boy you’ve ever seen? (short)
12. Katy is dating Fred! She is _________________________________ girl I know.
(lucky)

4) Complete the following sentences by with the superlative forms of the irregular
adjectives in brackets.

1. Finally my trip to Japan is over! It is _______________________ I’ve ever travelled.

(far)
2. Argentina has produced _________________________________ apples in Latin
America. (many)
3. My soccer team is _______________________________________. (good)
4. John is so strange! He loves jam but today he ate _____________ jam among his
brothers. (little)
5. The smell of rotten eggs is ___________________________ odour I’ve ever smelled.
(bad)
6. Lucy loves cheese that’s why she eats __________________ cheese we buy. (much