2do 2da. Practice. Ingls. Lic.

Yanina Crimi

Types

Positive

Onesyllable
adjectives

old

1. Write the comparative

form of the adjectives in
the chart.
2. Complete the following
sentences with an
appropriate comparative
form.

Comparatives

cold
new
young
small
high
Adjectives
ending in
-y

1. My suitcase is
your suitcase.
2. This scarf is
the one in the window.

(+ beautiful) than

3. The palace Hotel was

expensive) than the Grosvenor.

dirty

4. John is a
than Stuart.

noisy
heavy

(+

(+ good) gardener

5. They are not going to the

bad) hotel.

Two or
intelligent
more
syllable
adjectives expensive

(+

6. The palace is the

hotel.

(+ expensive)

7. John is the

boring

(+ good) gardener.

8. These are the

colours.

interesting
beautiful
Irregular
adjectives

(+ large) than

(+ beautiful)

9. Mr.Smith is
yesterday.

good

(+ bad) today than

bad
1. A lion is

(big) than a cat .

2. Oh fine, it was raining yesterday but today the weather is

3. I have just a little money, then I'll have the
4. She thinks that Chinese is
5. Water is

(expensive) than champagne .

(bad) weather in the world.

7. Your car is old ! it is

(dangerous) than mine.

8. Jane is 8 and Kim is 10 ; Jane is

(young) than Kim .

9. Don't be in a hurry , walk

11. Speak

(cheap) menu .

(difficult) than English .

6. It's awful , we have got

10. You'd better get up

(good) .

(slowly).
(early) tomorrow, or you'll be late again.

(loud) , I can't hear you.

12. What a stupid boy you are ! You are

(intelligent) than a monkey.

Look at the three tennis players and write comparisons among them.

Rafael Nadal

Novak Djokovik

Roger Federer

DATE OF BIRTH: 3rd

June, 1986

DATE OF BIRTH: 22nd

May, 1987

DATE OF BIRTH: 8th August,

1981

BIRTHPLACE: Manacor,
Majorca, Spain

BIRTHPLACE: Belgrade,
Serbia

BIRTHPLACE: Basel,
Switzerland

SIBLINGS: 1 younger
sister, M Isabel

SIBLINGS: 2 younger
brothers

SIBLINGS: 1 older sister,

Diana

HEIGHT: 1,85 m

HEIGHT: 1,88 m

HEIGHT: 1,85 m

WEIGHT: 85 kg

WEIGHT: 80 kg

WEIGHT: 85 kg

RANKING: world number

2 since 2011

RANKING: world number 1

since 2011

RANKING: world number 3

since 2011

CAREER TITLES: 46

CAREER TITLES: 28

CAREER TITLES: 70

TURNED PRO: 2011

TURNED PRO: 2003

TURNED PRO: 1998

SPOKEN LANGUAGES:
Catalan, Spanish and
English

SPOKEN LANGUAGES:
Swiss German, English,
French and Italian.

KING OF CLAY

DAVIS CUP: aged 17

SPOKEN LANGUAGES: Serbian,

English, German and Italian.

a) Djokovic is_____________ (young) than Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer.

b) Roger Federer is ____________________(old) of the three.
c) Rafa Nadal has got ________________ (many) titles than Djokovic.
d) Djokovic is _____________ (tall) than Federer but _____________ (short) than
Nadal.
e) Nadal's hair is ________ (long) and _________ (wavy) than Djokovic's hair.
f) Federer is ___________(tall) and ___________

(heavy) Nadal.

g) Nadal is _______________________ (strong) of them.

h) Djokovic is _____________________ (light)
i) Nadal's skin is _________________ (dark) than Djokovic's skin.
j) Djokovic's face is _____________________ (narrow) of the three.
k) Djokovic's family is __________________ (big).
l) Federer's nose is

________________ (wide).

m) Djokovic's hair is ____________________

(short).

n) Federer speaks_________ (many) languages than Nadal and Djokovic.

o) Rafa Nadal is ____________________(good) clay court player of all time.