CORPORACIÒN UNIVERSITARIA MINUTO DE DIOS

ENGLISH GUIDE

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

NAME: ALEXANDRA MONTAÑO ID – DIANA VELEZ ID: 639607

1. Look at the following words and fill in the chart.

Heaviest / deepest / shorter / lighter

a. Fill in the chart below.

POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

1. heavy heavier The heaviest
2. Deepest Deeper The deepest
3. Shorter Shorter The Shortest
4. Lighter Lighter The lightest

b. Complete these sentences using words from 1a.

a. That was __heavier____ suitcase I have ever carried.
b. I can lift that box because it’s __lighter___________ than this one.
c. The boat sank in __deeper_____________ part of the lake.
d. The days are _shorter_________ in summer than in winter.
e. When I was hypnotized, I fell into a ____deeper_______ sleep.

2. Complete these sentences using the correct form of comparison.

a. The ______more____ (exciting) vacations will be the ones we have in the
future.
b. I’m reading a magazine about the _latest____ (late) developments in
technology.
c. With advances in genetics, will people be _more____ (intelligent) in the future?
d. I think computers will be _more____ (fast) _most___ they are now.
e. That’s the ____more____________ (incredible) thing I’ve ever heard-
f. My cell phone isn’t _____smaller_________ (small) _smallest____ yours.
g. Life will be so much ___more____________ (exciting) in the future!
h. They launched ___largest___ (large) telescope ever seen into space last week.
i. It’s going to be _____better_____ (good) party we’ve ever had.

3. Write the comparative and superlative forms of these words.

 Comparative superlative
a. Big bigger biggest
b. Dirty dirtier dirtiest
c. Soon sooner soonest
d. Good better best
e. Large larger largest
f. easy easier easiest
g. old older/elder oldest/eldest
h. fat fatter fattest
i. careful more careful most careful
j. honest honester honestest

4. Unscramble the sentences.

a. is / a / than / a / quieter / . / fish / parrot

A fish is quieter than a parrot

b. are / than / . / cleaner / cats / dogs

Dogs and cats are clean

c. mouse / smaller / . / cat / a / than / is / a

A mouse is smaller than a cat

d. better / . / dogs / monkeys / pets / than / are

Best as pets dogs than are less economic cost than monkeys

5. Compare the animals.

a. A cheetah _ is more faster than ____ a lion. (fast)
b. A zebra a giraffe is taller than a zebra a giraffe. (tall)
c. A whale _ is_heavier_than_______ an elephant. (heavy)
d. A gorilla __is more strong than ____ a monkey. (strong)
e. A boa ____ is longer than _ a coral snake. (long)

6. Compare their basketball skills.

JAKE CARLA LENNY

POINTS 30 27 20
REBOUNDS 12 9 7
ASSISTS 7 5 2

a. Jake / Carla Jake is better than Carla

b. Lenny / Jake Jake is better than Lenny
c. Lenny / Carla Carla is better than Lenny
d. Jake / Lenny Jake has more points than Lenny
e. Carla / Lenny Carla has more points than Lenn
f. Carla / Jake Carla has fewer points than Jake
YAMILE MUÑOZ. ENGLISH TEACHER