CAMILA ANDREA NUÑEZ MURCIA

610207 ACTIVITY NUMBER 7

NEW CULTURES

Comparatives
1. Complete the chart with the comparative forms.
Adjective Comparative form

cold
big
Colder than
Bigger than
More dificult than
RemembeR
diffic Worse than
ult Drier • Short adjectives + -er: cold – colder
Earlier than
bad • Short adjectives ending in one
Better than
dry Higher consonant double the last letter +
earl Hotter than
y Longer -er: big – bigger
good More popular
Raimer • Long adjectives (more than two
high Sunnier syllables): more + adjective: more
hot wetter
long expensive
popu
• Be careful of irregular adjectives
lar
e.g. good, bad
rain

2. Complete the sentences with the comparative form of

the adjectives in brackets.
a. Britain is HOTTER (hot) now than at any time before.
b. It’s usually FOGGIER (foggy) in autumn than in summer.
c. Places that are sunny are MORE POULAR (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(wet)!
f. The sea is getting HIGTHER(high).
g. Summer is SHORTER(short) now than 25 years ago.

3. Circle the correct word.

1 It’s hoter / hotter in July than in September.
2 The weather is badder / worse in London than in my city.
3 I think it’s more beautiful / beautifuler when it rains.
4 Is it drier / more dry now in the summer?
5 I think summer is getting shorter / more short.
6 It’s always raining so it’s weter / wetter than before.
4 Circle the odd word out.
cold difficult short

1 hot big bad

2 dry long new
3 popular sunny famous
4 easy early expensive
5 good cold late
6 big wet old

Superlative adjectives
1. Complete the chart with the superlative forms.

adjetive Superlative form Remember

bad The worst Short adjectives + est: tall – tallest
beautiful The most
Short adjectives ending in one consonant
beautiful
double last letter + est: hot – hottest
big The biggest
dangerous The most Long adjectives (more than 2 syllables) = most
dangerous + adjective: most amazing
difficult The most dificult
Be careful of irregular adjectives e.g. good.
fast The fastest
friendly The friendlier
good The best
intelligent The most
intelligent
loud The loudest
popular The most
popular
slow The slowest
small The smallest
strange The estrangest
ugly The ugliest

2. Write sentences about the animals using the prompts.

tortoise / slow
The tortoise is the slowest.
1. blue whale / big the blue whale is the biggest animal in the world.
2. cheetah / fast The cheetah is the fastest

3. mosquito / dangerous The mosquito is the most dangerous animal in the world.

4. Cat / friendly the Cat is the friendliest animal in the world.

5. hippo / ugly the hippo is the ugliest animal in the world.

3. Complete the dialogue with the superlative form of the adjectives

in brackets

katya Wow! This is a really difficult quiz.

emily Yes, but I really want to win.
katya Okay, let’s look at the next question. What’s the
a. The biggest (big) animal in the world?
emily The elephant.
katya No, it isn’t. I think it’s the blue whale.
emily Yes, you’re right. And the (2) fastest (fast) animal is the cheetah.
katya Question 3. Is the Indian cobra the
(3) most dangerous (Dangerous) animal in the world?
emily No, it isn’t. Mosquitoes are, because their bite can give you malaria.
katya What about this question? What is the
(4) The talles (tall) animal?
emily Oh! That’s easy, the giraffe.
katya Of course.
emily Okay, here’s the last question. What is the
(5) loudes (loud) animal?
katya Wow! That’s the (6)most difficult (difficult) question. I don’t know the answer
to it.