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COMPARATIVE FORM OF ADJECTIVES- REVIEW

The comparative form is ______-ER (THAN …) or MORE_______ (THAN …).

Use the first form with short adjectives (old, young, new, tall, long, short, clean,
fat, thin, big, small, cheap, safe, strange, nice, pretty, easy, dirty, happy) and
the second with long adjectives (expensive, dangerous, delicious, beautiful,
careful, interesting, boring, important, elegant, attractive, popular, romantic)

oldER, cheapER, cleanER, smallER, coldER, biggER, hottER, thinnER,

nicER, safER, strongER, strangER, prettiER, heaviER, dirtiER, easiER

MORE expensive, MORE dangerous, MORE important, MORE attractive,

MORE difficult, MORE interesting, MORE elegant, MORE popular

Special cases: good – better (than)

bad – worse (than)
far - farther (than)

• Read these texts and the comparisons below:

Linda is 12 years old. She has 2 brothers and 1 sister. She has a cat. Her
mother is an accountant and her father is a lawyer. They live in Austin.
On vacation, they travel around the U.S., or go to Mexico or Canada.

Brenda is 15 years old. She has 1 brother. She has a French poodle. Her
mother is an astronaut and her father is a plastic surgeon. They live in
South Beach. They go on vacation to Europe, Africa or Asia.

• Linda is younger than Brenda.

• Linda has a bigger family than Brenda.

• Linda’s pet is smaller than Brenda’s.

• Brenda’s pet is friendlier.

• Brenda’s parents are richer.

• Brenda’s trips are more expensive.

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QUIZ
Complete these sentences with the correct comparative form of the adjectives
in bold type: -ER (THAN) or MORE _______ (THAN). Sometimes THAN
is not necessary.

1. A ranch is (big) ________________ a regular house.

2. I heard a non-smoker may have a (long) ____________ life.

3. A vacation by the sea is (good) ______________one in the mountains.

4. In some places beer is (expensive) ________________.

5. The weather this summer is (bad) _________________ last summer.

6. He was a (smart) _______________ student when he was in school.

7. The grass is (wet) ___________in the garden _______ on the sidewalk.

8. Germany is an (old) _______________ country _______ Canada.

9. I think kittens are (cute) ________________ puppies.

10. Maybe these roses are (beautiful) __________________ for your gift.

11. My cat is (soft) _________________ my dog.

12. Which is (delicious) __________________: pork or beef?

13. My house is (far) _______________ from university ________ yours.

14. A balanced diet is (healthy) ___________________ junk food.

15. Is your brother (strong) __________________ you?

16. Traffic in our city is much (hard) ________________, don’t you think?

17. New York is a (popular) _______________destination _______ Boston.

18. Today seems to be (cold) _________________ yesterday, doesn’t it?

19. Is physics (interesting) ____________________ math?

20. Do you find it (easy) _____________ to read ______ to write in English?