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GRAMMAR DICTATION
COMPARATIVES
 Listen to your teacher and complete these sixteen sentences with
the comparative forms of the adjectives you hear.
“big”

1. Argentina _________ ________________ _________ Colombia.

2. Cars _________ _________ ________________ _________ radios.

3. Thomas _________ ________________ _________ his brother.

4. Winter _________ ________________ _________ summer.

5. Weekends _________ ________________ _________ weekdays.

6. This book _________ _________ ________________ _________ that book.

7. Comedies _________ ________________ _________ action movies.

8. The flu _________ ________________ _________ a cold.

9. Dogs _________ _________ ________________ _________ cats.

10. Cake _________ _________ ________________ _________ ice-cream.

11. The sun _________ ________________ _________ the moon.

12. John _________ ________________ _________ Michael.

13. Question 3 _________ ________________ _________ question 4.

14. I think books _________ _________ ________________ _________ movies.

15. Marie _________ _________ ________________ _________ Diane.

16. Earth _________ ________________ _________ the sun.

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GRAMMAR QUIZ
COMPARATIVES
 Complete these sixteen sentences to score your knowledge of COMPARATIVE grammar.
1. Australia is big, but Canada is … 9. Patrick thinks that chocolate cake
Australia. … banana cake.
a) big a) is more delicious than
b) biggest b) delicious than
c) bigger than c) more delicious
2. David is 185 cm tall. He is … 10. Asian elephants are heavy, but
Andrew African elephants are even ….
a) taller than a) heavy
b) tall b) heavier
c) taller c) heavier than
3. I think that summer is … than 11. My uncle is taller than my father,
winter. but my father ….
a) good a) older
b) better b) is older than
c) the best c) is older
4. My brother thinks this restaurant is 12. Reading a book with a nice, hot cup
… than that restaurant. of tea … than doing exercise.
a) more worse a) is the most relaxing
b) badder b) is more relaxing
c) worse c) more relaxing
5. Do you think math and science 13. Comedy movies are okay, but I think
… history and English? that action movies are ….
a) is more difficult than a) better
b) are more difficult than b) gooder
c) difficulter c) good than
6. In my opinion, this pink dress is 14. Taking a taxi to work … than taking a
… that green dress. bus to work.
a) prettyer than a) expensive
b) prettier than b) more expensive
c) more pretty c) is more expensive
7. This summer was much … last 15. Saturdays … Mondays because I
summer. don’t have to go to school.
a) hotter than a) are nicer than
b) the hottest b) is nicer than
c) hoter than c) are the nicest
8. Did you know that crossing a busy 16. Question number 15 was … Question
street is … flying in an airplane? number 14. Right?
a) most dangerous than a) the easyer
b) the more dangerous b) easier than
c) more dangerous than c) easyer than

15 – 16 = Excellent 13 – 14 = Good 12 or Less = Study More!

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NAME: ________________________ DATE: ________________________
GRAMMAR WORKSHEET
COMPARATIVES
Adjectives with cold Adjectives with ex-pen-sive
one syllable, add: two or more
‘-er’ or ‘-r’ + ‘than’ “In Canada, syllables, add: “This book is
winter is colder ‘more’ + ‘than’ more expensive Irregular
than summer.” than that book.” Comparative
Adjectives
good – better than

bad – worse than

Adjectives with Adjectives that
hap-py end in a single big far – farther than
two syllables that far – further than
vowel and
end in ‘-y’, “John is consonant:
“Russia is
change ‘-y’ to ‘i’ happier than bigger than
double the final
and add: ‘-er’ + David.” Canada.”
letter before
‘than’ adding ‘than’

 Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences. Study the above boxes.

1. I (tall) _____________________________________ my sister.

2. Sarah (busy) _____________________________________ Mary.
3. The sun (hot) _____________________________________ the earth.
4. The earth (large) _____________________________________ the moon.
5. Elephants (big) _____________________________________ horses.
6. Action movies (exciting) _____________________________________ comedies.
7. This restaurant (good) _____________________________________ that restaurant.
8. Salads (healthy) _____________________________________ hamburgers.
9. I think weekends (nice) _____________________________________ weekdays.
10. Lions (dangerous) _____________________________________ rabbits.
11. The sun (far) _____________________________________ the moon.
12. That hotel (bad) _____________________________________ this hotel.
13. Cars (fast) _____________________________________ bicycles.
14. Comedies (funny) _____________________________________ action movies.
15. I (nervous) _____________________________________ my friend.

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NAME: ________________________ DATE: ________________________
GRAMMAR WORKSHEET 2
COMPARATIVES
Adjectives with cold Adjectives with ex-pen-sive
one syllable, add: two or more
‘-er’ or ‘-r’ + ‘than’ “In Canada, syllables, add: “This book is
winter is colder ‘more’ + ‘than’ more expensive Irregular
than summer.” than that book.” Comparative
Adjectives
good – better than

bad – worse than

Adjectives with Adjectives that
hap-py end in a single big far – farther than
two syllables that far – further than
vowel and
end in ‘-y’, “John is consonant:
“Russia is
change ‘-y’ to ‘i’ happier than bigger than
double the final
and add: ‘-er’ + David.” Canada.”
letter before
‘than’ adding ‘than’

 Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences. Study the above boxes.

1. summer / winter / hot ___________________________________________________

2. football / bowling / exciting ______________________________________________
3. Asia / Europe / big _____________________________________________________
4. weekends / weekdays / good ____________________________________________
5. cats / lions / small _____________________________________________________
6. John / Stewart / busy ___________________________________________________
7. horses / cows / fast ____________________________________________________
8. my uncle / my aunt / funny ______________________________________________
9. this movie / that movie / interesting ________________________________________
10. the flu / a cold / bad ____________________________________________________
11. the sun / the moon / far _________________________________________________
12. I / my friend / tired _____________________________________________________
13. tigers / giraffes / dangerous ______________________________________________
14. January / August / cold _________________________________________________
15. my grandfather / my father / old __________________________________________
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NAME: ________________________ DATE: ________________________
GRAMMAR CROSSWORD
COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
 Write the comparative forms of the adjectives in the spaces below.

1 2 3 4

B I G G E R ACROSS
5
1. big
5. mean
6 6. easy
8. hot
7
9. funny
13. unusual
15. good
8
16. cold

9
DOWN
10
1. busy
11 12 2. greasy
13 14 3. brave
4. difficult
5. interesting
7. strong
10. cheap
15 11. bad
12. far
16
14. short
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GRAMMAR
M O R E I S U B E S B E T T E R A M
O F G H E A X C H O T G O N L I F E
R O D A N G R I E R T A H W Q U M R
E N I O X A R E M O R E L I D Y O O
W Y A W U H A P P I E R Y L E F R E
O H P E C A E R E R
L M O R A Comparatives M O R B E
Below are 14 adjectives. Can
S O C E B you find their matching B U H E H
comparative forms?
M F O R I E R M A A
O C A T G 14 words …10 minutes! T T E U P
R D R Q G Q U K T E
angry fast
T E A D E bad famous
B N K I I
beautiful good
E T A L R E C E F R
big happy
R I M L E busy slow X E T U W
comfortable tall
B C A F M excited terrible T L D L E
L X S U O D B M R E
E E B E T E I L O K
R E F E T D R S H U
H R A R E A R N V E
O O S T R M E R G R
R M E W R O T A N E
W O R G D A X C S U O M A F E R O M
B O R M E E F I T E D T A L R E R A
U S R J C F A S T E R A X L O T T Y
S G E S H A C H M O R E R G M A L L
T M O R E C O M F O R T A B L E R E

 Use three of the above words to compare two people or places.

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