STUDENT NAME: _______________________________________________

THEME: Comparison grades

OBJECTIVE: Writing and reading practice.
ACTIVITIES: To use the comparison grades in order to get writing and reading practice.

A. Escoja la opción apropiada para completar la oración en forma correcta.

1. Gold is one of the _____________________ metals.

a. precious b. more precious c. most precious d. preciouses

2. No other boy is as _____________________ as James.

a. tall b. taller c. tallest d. talles

3. Few English poets weren’t so _____________________ as Wordsworth.

a. great b. greater c. greatest d. greatests

4. Radium is one of the _____________________ metals.

a. valuable b. more valuable c. most valuable d. valuabler

5. Shimla is _____________________ than most other hill stations in India.

a. famous b. more famous c. most famous d. famouses

B. Lea el siguiente texto y responda las preguntas de abajo en forma larga, usando los
comparativos o superlativos.
My Family

Hi, my name is Eric. I am 10 years old, and I want to talk about my family. I have two sisters.
Their names are Rachel and Carrie. Rachel is 18 years old. Carrie is 15 years old. Rachel is
178 centimeters tall. She is tall and slim and Carrie is short. However, she is overweight.Only,
Carrie has long and curly hair in my family.She has got the most beautiful hair.

My sisters are very nice. My mother's name is Julia. She is 40 years old. My mother is short and
slim. She has short brown hair. My mother is also very nice. My father's name is Richard. He is
smart. He is an engineer. He is 45 years old. My grandparents live with us.My grandfather’s
name is Tom. He is 70 years old.

My grandmother’s name is Sam. She is 65 years old. She has got blue eyes.Also, She is a tall
and slim woman. She is 170 centimeters tall. Rachel looks like my grandmother. We live in a
big house. I also have two dogs. Their names are Paw and Snoopy. Paw is a big dog. He is a
brown dog. He is a big brown dog. Snoopy is smaller than Paw but also faster. Because, Paw
is old. I like playing with my dogs in the garden. It is the most beautiful thing I do in my spare
time. I love my family.

6. What is the name of Eric’s older sister ?

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7. Is Rachel taller than Carrie ?
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8. Is Rachel fatter than Carrie ?
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9. Is Eric’s mother younger than his father ?
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10. Who is the oldest person in the family ?
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11. Who is the tallest person in the family ?
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12. Who has got the most beautiful hair ?
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13. Is Julia older than Sam ?
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14. Which dog is the smallest one ?
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15. Is Snoopy faster than Paw ?
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16. Why does Paw run more slowly ?
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17. What does Eric like in his spare time?
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C. Escriba sobre la raya la forma correcta del grado de comparación de acuerdo con
el adjetivo en negrilla.

18. School is boring, but homework is __________________than School.

19. Skateboarding is a dangerous hobby. Bungee jumping is ________________than

skateboarding.

20. This magazine is cheap, but that one is ________________.

21. We live in a small house, but my grandparents' house is even ________________than

ours.

22. Yesterday John told me a funny joke. This joke was the _____________joke I've ever
heard.

D. Escoja la opción apropiada para completar la oración en forma correcta.

23. The living room is the _____________________ room in our house.

a. bigger b. biggest c. more big d. most big

24. The days are _____________________ in winter than summer.

a. shorter b. shortest c. more shorter d. most shortest

25. She is the _____________________ student in the whole class.

a. more intelligent b. most intelligent c. intelligenter d. intelligentest

26. Jupiter is the _____________________ planet in the solar system.

a. larger b. largest c. more large d. most large

27. Honesty is the _____________________ policy of all.

a. better b. best c. most best d. more best

28. These flowers are _____________________than those flowers.

a. prettier b. prettiest c. more pretty d. most pretty

29. That was the _____________________ day of my life.

a. worse b. worst c. most worse d. more worse

30. This city is _____________________ than that one.

a. smoggier b. smoggiest c. more smog d. most smogg