Comparative adjectives • have got • Comparatives and superlatives

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City living

Comparative adjectives 2 Comparing things

Write sentences to compare the pictures using the comparative form of
1 What's the comparative? the adjectives.
1 Write the comparative adjectives.
small cheap new comfortable
Adjective Comparative
1 Pete's car is tha" Ann's car.
old
2
tall
hot 3 Ann's car _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
nice 4
polite
easy
pretty HOUSE: big expensive near modern
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exciting
+5 MIHU-rES 5 The house is than the flat.
beautiful
6
important
FLAT 7 The flat _ _ __ _ _ _ the centre.
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2 Write the opposites of the -rOWN
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Comparative Opposite
3 It was warmer yesterday
smaller
cheaper
1 Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjective in bold.
safer 1 It isn't very warm today. It was yesterday.
faster 2 He isn't very clever. His sister is much _ _ _ __
cleaner 3 Cats are friendly, but dogs are a lot _ _ _ __
quieter 4 Your homework is good, but I think you can do _ _ __ _
more interesting 5 The news is bad, but it could be _ _ _ __
more difficult 2 Complete the sentences with a comparative adjective.
more modern
1 This flat is too old for me. I want somewhere
better
2 This TV programme is boring. Is there something on
another channel?
3 This jumper is too small. I need a one.
4 My coffee is very weak. Can I have a one?
5 This lesson is so difficult. Yesterday it was much _ _ _ _ __ _

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