COMPARATIVE DEGREE OF THE ADJECTIVES

Activities – 223
1. Make sentences using the comparative of equality. (Faça frases usando o grau
comparativo de igualdade)

EX: I – STRONG – YOU = I AM AS STRONG AS YOU.

a) Rose – beautiful – Mary. _______________________________________________

b) Today – cold – yesterday. ______________________________________________
c) This book – interesting – that one. _______________________________________
d) Your apartment – comfortable – my house. ________________________________

2. Use the comparative of superiority.

EX: I – OLD – YOU = I AM OLDER THAN YOU.

a) John – Strong – Paul. _________________________________________________

b) This lesson – easy – the first one. _______________________________________
c) Gordon – fat – Miss Finn. ______________________________________________
d) Today – hot – yesterday. ______________________________________________
e) Your country – big – mine. _____________________________________________
f) Your house – comfortable – mine. _______________________________________
g) Japanese – difficult – English. __________________________________________
h) This car – expensive – that one. _________________________________________
i) Meg – beautiful – Monica. ______________________________________________
j) This book – interesting – that one. _______________________________________

3. Use the comparative of inferiority.

EX: GEORGE – RICH – PAUL = GEORGE IS LESS RICH THAN PAUL.

a) Today – hot – yesterday. ______________________________________________

b) English – difficult – Japanese. __________________________________________
c) My car – comfortable – yours. __________________________________________
d) The bus – rapid – the plane. ___________________________________________

4. Write the comparative.

a) Big ________________
b) Dirty ______________
c) Hot _______________
d) Pretty ______________
e) Easy _______________
f) Bad ________________
g) Young ______________
h) Happy _____________
i) Tall _______________
j) Fast ______________