This document provides exercises to practice comparative structures in English. It includes fill-in-the-blank questions with comparative forms of adjectives and adverbs to complete sentences. It also has sentences to rewrite using comparative forms and questions to complete using comparative structures following the formula "The + comparative, the + comparative". The exercises focus on comparing quantities, qualities, and times to reinforce proper use of comparatives in English.
This document provides exercises to practice comparative structures in English. It includes fill-in-the-blank questions with comparative forms of adjectives and adverbs to complete sentences. It also has sentences to rewrite using comparative forms and questions to complete using comparative structures following the formula "The + comparative, the + comparative". The exercises focus on comparing quantities, qualities, and times to reinforce proper use of comparatives in English.
This document provides exercises to practice comparative structures in English. It includes fill-in-the-blank questions with comparative forms of adjectives and adverbs to complete sentences. It also has sentences to rewrite using comparative forms and questions to complete using comparative structures following the formula "The + comparative, the + comparative". The exercises focus on comparing quantities, qualities, and times to reinforce proper use of comparatives in English.
1. This hotel is ……….the other one (MORE comfortable THAN) 2. I think this shop is …….that one ( good) BETTER THAN 3. Mary is …….Betty ( old) OLDER THAN 4. His homework is ……..mine ( bad) WORSE THAN 5. The weather is …………..at home ( cold) COLDER THAN 6. I think you’re ……………your father now ( tall) TALLER THAN 7. This film is ………..the one you wanted to see (MORE interesting THAN) 8. This lesson is ….the last one (MORE difficult THAN) 9. You are …………..you were yesterday ( MORE tired THAN) 10. Is the new car ……………..the old one ? ( MORE expensive) THAN 11. I think cars are ………….and ……….trains ( fastER /MORE comfortable)THAN 12. the computer is …………I think ( MORE expensive THAN) 13. Linda can type (V)……………….than last year ( MORE quickLY ) ADV 14. He can play football BETTER…………than last year ( good) 15. They can speak English ……..than last year (MORE fluentLY) 16. Paul can do his homework ………….than last year ( MORE carefulLY) 17. He is ……than last year (MORE hard-working) 18.She becomes ….than last year (happIER ) BECOME +ADJ 19. I prepare my lessons ……than last year ( MORE carefulLY ) 20. He has to work a lot ….in this new job than that one last year ( hardER) 21. She dances ….than last year ( MORE gracefulLY ) 22. Today the weather is ….than it was yesterday ( niceER) 23. Kate got home …..than Alice did ( lateR) 24. I finished my work ….than Tom did(MORE quickLY) 25. Mary sings …..than Ann does ( MORE beautifulLY ) 26. This exercise is ….than that one ( easy) 27. Alice speaks ….than I do 28. Ann speaks ….than I do ( clear) 29. …….city in Canada is Toronto ( large) 30. The Nile is ….river in the world ( long) 31. February is ….month of the world ( short) 32. I think health is ….thing in life ( important) 33. Mt.Everest is ….mountain in the world ( high ) 34. This exercise is ….of all ( difficult) 35. …….season of the year is spring ( beautiful) 36. Russia is …..country in the world ( large) 37. Chinese is ….those three languages ( difficult) 38. Ho Chi Minh city is …..one in population ( big) 39. Grace is …..girl in our class( old) 40. This is …..book of mine( expensive ) 41. Tom is …..student in the class ( bad) 42. She is ….girl that I know ( intelligent) 43. The story you told was …….of all ( funny) 44. John is …. .. as his brother ( tall) 45. Our flat is as ………yours ( large) 46. She sings …………..as she plays ( beautiful ) 47. Lida worked …..on those lessons than you did ( hard) 48.His job is ( important) than mine 49.Of the four ties, I like the red one (well) 50.Nobody is (happy) than mr Snow 51.Todat English is the (international) of languages 52.John is much ( strong ) than I thought 53.Mr Bush is the (delightful) person I have ever seen 54.Bill is ( lazy ) and ( lazy) 55.Disk is the ( careful ) of the two workers 56.Sam’s conduct is ( bad) than Paul’s 57.The competition makes the price of goods ( cheap) and ( cheap) 58.She always arrives at work much …anyone else ( early) 59.The children are behaving far ….they normally do (badly) 60.Of all the animals in the world,which are live ….?( long) 61.Our new central heating system works a lot …our old did ( efficiently) 62.He doesn’t speak French as …..his sister ( fluently) 63.The car went …and ….down ( fast) 64.They normally play much ….they did last year ( well) 65.Andrew is studying a lot ….usual now that his exams are getting close ( hard) 66.They arrived …than I’d expected (late) 67. Mike can’t play the guitar as….Sarah ( good) II. Complete the sentences by using double comparative 1. It becomes …….to find a job ( hard) 2. That hold in your pullover is getting …. ( big) 3. As I waited for my interview, I became ……(nervous) 4. As the day went on, the weather got ………(bad) 5. As the conversation went on, he become …..(talkative ) 6. This subject gets ……………..(hard) allthe time 7. I’m just getting …………………( confused) 8.It’s becoming ……………..(difficult) for me to keep up 9.the textbook just gets …………….( complicated) 10.I spend …………..(much) time on my work 11. My list of things to do gets …………………………(long) 12. My prolems are just getting …………………… (bad) III. Rewrite the following sentences using the words given 1. James cooks better than her sister Jane’s sister ………………………………… 2. Tom is the best football player in this team Nobody in this team………………………… 3. Nothing is faster than the speed of light The speed of lihgt …………………………. 4. Jack is younger than he looks Jack isn’t …………………………………. 5. I didn’t spend as much money as you You …………………………………… 6. Yesterday the temperature was nine degrees. Today it’s only six degrees It’s ………………………………………… 7. The journey takes four hours by car and five hours by tram It takes……………………………………….. 8. Chris and Joe both did badly in the exam.Chris got 20% but Joe only got 15% Joe did ………………………………………….. 9. I expect my friends to arrive at about 4 o’clock. In fact, they arrived at 2.30 My friends ……………………………………….. 10.We were very at work today. We are not as busy as that everyday We……………………………………………… IV. Complete each sentences using the structure : The = comparative, the + comparative 1. ( The rent is high ) .The bigger a flat is, ……………………………. 2. ( You learn quickly ).The younger you are,…………………………… 3. ( The roards are quiet). The earlier you leave, ………………………… 4. ( The choice is wide ). The bigger a supermarket is , ……………….. 5. ( I get confused ). The more I try to work this out , …………………..