Comparing adjectives

I am older than David.

Two things Alicia is more beautiful than Margarita.
My mother is less patient than my father.
I am the oldest boy in the class.
Three or more things Susan is the most beautiful girl for me.
(Group) My art teacher is the least patient person I
know.
Exercises:
1. Sandy is _____thinner__________________ than Tamara. (thin)
2. French is _______more difficult_________ than English. (difficult)
3. La Roca is __the strongest__________ actor in Hollywood. (strong)
4. Harry Potter books are __more intersting_____________ than The Jungle book. (interesting)
5. My friend is _______taller_______ than me. (tall)
6. The whale is ______the biggest________ animal in the world. (big)
7. Amelia is _______the cleverest_________ student in the class. (clever)
8. Phineas and Ferb are ___funnier_________ than Garfield. (funny)
9. Margarita is _____the most intelligent__________ student in the school. (intelligent)
10. Love is _______more important________ than money. (important)
11. John is _________the most generous_____ person of all the people. (generous)

Complete the chart:

Adjective Comparing 2 things Comparing 3 or more things
Hard Harder than The hardest
Busy Busier than The busiest
Noisy Noisier than The noisiest
Difficult More difficult than The most difficult
Comfortable More comfortable than The most comfortable
Good Better than The best
Big Bigger than The biggest
Exciting More exciting than The most exciting
Interesting More interesting than The most interesting
Boring More boring than The most boring
Friendly More friendly than The most friendly
Comparing nouns
Edward has more video games Than George
Two things does.
I have fewer cousins than you do.
Three or more Mark has the most video games in the school.
things Jennifer had the fewest mistakes of all on the
(Group) test.
Exercises:
1. At one point, New York City had about 140 skycrapers, Chicago had about 68, and Houston
had about 36. Houston had __________the fewest_________ skycrapes of these cities
2. Ashrita Furman holds many world records, such as jumping the longest distance on a pogo
stick. In fact, he holds ____the largest____Guinnes World Records of any one person.
3. Pedro has ______a fewer_______ medals than Enrique.
4. Mandarin Chinese has about 500 million__more people__native speakers than English
does.
5. Saturn has from 500 to 1,000 rings Uranus has 11 rings, and Jupiter has four. Jupiter has
______the_fewest____rings.
6. Mars has two moons. It has __________fewer________ moons than Neptune, which has 13.
7. The Spanish word with ______the most number of____________ letters is
electroencefalografistas. It has 24 letters and is a type of medical worker.
8. Thailand export about 9 million tons of rice a year, Vietnam exports about 4.6 million tons,
and India exports about 4.5 million tons. Thailand exports ___the largest amount ___rice of
the three countries.
9. Aswan, Egypt gets only .02 inches (.5 mm) of rain a year. It gets ___the fewest___ inches of
rain of any inhabited city.
10. The Hawaiian alphabet has 14 letters. It has __more quantity___ letters than Rotokas, which
has 11 letters.