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COMPARING PEOPLE
Bob is Alice is Bob is Alice is Homer is Homer is Bob is Alice is
tidier younger
(YOUNG) than Homer. (OLD) than Alice. (SLIM) than Bob. (SHORT) than Homer. (FAT) than Bob. (SHORT) than Homer. (UGLY) than Alice. (SLOW) than Bob. (BEAUTIFUL) than Bob. (LONG) hair than Bob.
better
Homer is
older slimer
shorter
Homer is
fatter
shorter
uglier slow er
more beautiful
Alice has got Alice can run Alice draws Bob is Homer is a
(FAST) than Homer. (INTELLIGENT) than Homer. (INTERESTING) person than Bob.
more intelligent
more interesting
SUPERLATIVES
Complete these sentences using the correct comparative. Be careful with your spelling.
the biggest
? The Pacific Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean? (large) country in the world! (good)
most beatiful
8. From the top of the Eiffel Tower you can see the
view (amazing)
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hottest strangest
. .
10. Aquella casa es la mejor . That house over there is the best.
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11. Aquella casa es la ms grande de todas. That house over there is the biggest one of all. 12. Aquel auto es ms grande que ste. That car over there is bigger than this one. 13. Aquel auto es mejor que ste. That car over there is better than this one. 14. Estos perros son These dogs are big.
grandes
grandes
16. Aqullos son los ms grandes de todos. Those over there are the biggest of all. 17. El nio es ms mayor que la nia. The boy is older than the girl. 18. La nia es mas joven que el nio. The girl is younger than the boy. 19. El hombre es mas viejo que la mujer. The man is older than the woman. 20. La mujer es mas joven que el hombre. The woman is younger than the man.
1 The blue car is ______ than the red car. more fast more faster
X
faster fast
5 The Mona Lisa is one of the ______ paintings in this museum. more beautifuler
X
6 The Lut Desert in Iran is the ______ place in the world as of 2005. hottest X hotter most hot more hottest 7 Antarctica is the _______ place on earth. coldest X more colder most coldest most colder
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10 This soup is _______ than that soup. most delicious more deliciouser deliciouser
X
more delicious
stronger
12 A cow is ______ than a puppy. hungrier X more hungrier hungriest more hungry 13 Albert Einstein was _______ than me. intelligenter intelligent most intelligent
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more intelligent
15 A kitten is _______ than a puppy. cuter X more cuter most cuter cute 16 This is the ______ book in the store. worse most bad baddest
X
worst
17 A mouse is _________ than a lion. weaker X weakest more weak more weaker 18 Some governments are ________ than others. most bad more worse more bad
X
worse
sweeter
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more sweeter sweetest 20 That was the __________ exam I had all semester. more difficult difficultest
X
21 Some sports are ________ than others. more excite most exciting
X
22 Water is _______ than tequila. healthier X more healthier most healthy healthiest 23 Oxygen is the __________ natural resource. cheapest X most cheap more cheapest more cheaper 24 Elvis Presley is ______ than me. more popular X popularer more popularer most popular 25 This is the ________ meal on the menu. most nutritiousest X
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nutritiousest more nutritious most nutritious 26 Some children are __________ than others. more louder most loud
X
louder loudest
29 A blue whale is the ________ animal in the world. heaviest x most heavy most heaviest heaver 30 Sometimes email is ______ than a telephone. most convenient more convenientest
x fat-fatter-fattest
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Comparative - superlative
1-All one -syllable and most two -syllable adjectives take the endings -er in the comparative form and -est in the superlative form. tall-taller-tallest happiest fat-fatter-fattest happy-happier-
2-We form the comparative of adjectives with three or more syllables (and some two-syllables adjectives) with more+adjective and the superlative with most +adjective. beautiful-more beautiful-most beautiful
3- All one-syllable adverbs and 'early' take the endings -er in the comparative form and -est in the superlative form. fast-faster-fastest early-earlier -earliest
4- We form the comparative of adverbs with three or more syllables with more+adverb and the superlative with most+adverb. nicely-more nicely-most nicely
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(slow) than the plane. (cheap) than the T-shirt. (heavy)than the chair. (short) of the three. (interesting) than History. (tidy) of all. (fat) than my brother.
cleaner
2. The gloves are 3. The armchair is 4. Susan is the 5. Geography is 6. His class is the 7. My sister is
fatter
8. My classroom is
9. The story about the ghost was about the magician. 10. Ben is the
tallest
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