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Emember: Activity Number 7 New Cultures Comparatives 1. Complete The Chart With The Comparative Forms
Emember: Activity Number 7 New Cultures Comparatives 1. Complete The Chart With The Comparative Forms
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ACTIVITY NUMBER 7
NEW CULTURES
Comparatives
1. Complete the chart with the comparative forms.
Adjective Comparative form
cold
big
COLDER
BIGGER
MORE DIFFICULT
RemembeR
difficult
WORSE • Short adjectives + -er: cold – colder
bad
DRIER
dry
CARLIER • Short adjectives ending in one
early
BETTER consonant double the last letter +
good
high
HIGHER -er: big – bigger
hot HOTTER
• Long adjectives (more than two
long LONGER
MORE POPULAR syllables): more + adjective: more
popular
rain RAINIER expensive
sunny SUNNIER
WETTER
• Be careful of irregular adjectives
wet
e.g. good, bad
2. Complete the sentences with the comparative form of
the adjectives in brackets.
a. Britain is HOTEER (hot) now than at any time before.
b. It’s usually MORE FOGGY(foggy) in autumn than in summer.
c. Places that are sunny areMORE (popular) than places where it rains a lot.
d. I think the weather is WORSE (bad) than ten years ago.
e. India is SUNNIER (sunny) than Britain, but it is also (wet)!
f. The sea is getting HIGHER (high).
g. Summer is SHORTER (short) now than 25 years ago.
Superlative adjectives
1. Complete the chart with the superlative forms.
friendly FRIENDLEST
good BEST
intelligent MOST INTELLIGENT
loud LOUDEST
popular MOST POPULAR
slow SLOWEST
small SMALLEST
strange STRANGEST
ugly UGLIEST
tortoise / slow
The tortoise is the slowest.
1 blue whale / big THE BLUE WHALE IS BIGGER