Level 5

Unit 3 Comparative Adjectives 1

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1 Read and complete the Grammar Quest.

G r a m m a r Q u ess t
To be + comparative adjectives

1 I ’m (rich) richer 4 You (funny) 7 They (serious)

than you. than Alice. than you.
2 He (shy) 5 She (nasty) 8 I (confident)
than John. than him. than her.
3 She (poor) 6 I (ugly) 9 He (attractive)
than him. than you. than Tom.

2 Read and circle the correct word.

1 I’m more kind / kinder than you. 4 I’m more funny/ funnier than him.
2 He’s uglier / more ugly than you. 5 He’s more poor / poorer than her.
3 She’s more attractive / attractiver than me. 6 She’s more serious / seriouser than you.

3 Write the words in order.

1 serious / me / is / My / than / teacher / more
My teacher is more serious than me.
2 is / friend / me / funnier / than / My
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3 are / My / me / mum and dad / than / richer
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4 is / me / attractive / sister / than / My / more
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5 brother / than / My / me / shyer / is
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6 more / my / confident / than / I’m / friend
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Unit 3 Comparative Adjectives 2

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1 Read and complete the sentences using comparative adjectives.

The presenters of Quest TV are all confident, attractive, kind and

funny, but they are not all the same. Kiera is (confident)

1 more confident than Sophie, but Sophie is (funny)

2 Kiera. Jack is (funny) Kiera Jack

3 than Dan and Dan is (serious)

4 Kiera. Sophie is kind, but Kiera

is (kind) 5 than Sophie. They are

usually all confident, but Jack and Kiera are (confident)

Dan Sophie
6 than Sophie and Dan!

2 Look and complete the sentences.

Peter and Sally David and Lucy Zog and Zina Colin and Helen

1 Peter is richer than Sally. 5 Zog .

2 Sally Peter. 6 Zina .

3 David . 7 Colin .

4 Lucy . 8 Helen .
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 Level 5
Unit 3 Comparative Adjectives 3

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Vicky Dan

Vicky is shorter than Dan. Dan is taller than Vicky.

Vicky’s hair is longer than Dan’s hair. Dan is older than Vicky.

The hippo is bigger and fatter than the lizard.

Remember! big V bigger fat V fatter

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Unit 3 Comparative Adjectives 3

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Practice

1 Look and circle.

cow
horse
chicken
tortoise
frog

1 The cow is fatter / thinner than the horse.

2 The frog is smaller / bigger than the tortoise.
3 The chicken is faster / slower than the cow.
4 The horse is taller / shorter than the tortoise.
5 The tortoise has got longer / shorter legs than the horse.

2 Look and write. Remember to add -er.

A B

The boy in Picture B is older than the boy in Picture A

1 _______________________________________________________________________. (boy / old)
2 _______________________________________________________________________. (tree / small)
3 _______________________________________________________________________. (dog / fast)
4 _______________________________________________________________________. (bike / clean)
5 _______________________________________________________________________. (boy / hot)
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6 _______________________________________________________________________. (dog / big)

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Unit 3 Comparative Adjectives 4

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Comparative adjectives and irregular forms

Presentation

The leopard is fast. The killer whale is big.

The cheetah is faster than the leopard. The blue whale is bigger than the killer whale.

The grasshopper is a good jumper. The eagle can fly far.

The flea is a better jumper than the The swallow can fly further than the eagle.
grasshopper.

The hippo is heavy. The tarantula is poisonous.

The elephant is heavier than the hippo. The dart frog is more poisonous than the
tarantula.

Remember!
good V better
bad V worse
far V further
The cat is a bad swimmer.
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The chimpanzee is a worse swimmer than the cat.

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Unit 3 Comparative Adjectives 4

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Practice

1 Write the comparative adjective. Then look, read and write

true or false.

A B

hotter
1 (hot) The temperature is _______________________ in picture B. true
_________
2 (bad) The weather is _______________________ in picture A. _________
3 (dangerous) The crocodile is _______________________ in picture B. _________
4 (long) The giraffe has a _______________________ neck in picture B. _________
5 (good) The snake is a _______________________ climber in picture B. _________
6 (big) The elephant is _______________________ in picture A. _________
7 (heavy) The lion is _______________________ in picture B. _________

2 Look and write sentences to compare the dolphin and the starfish.

dolphin starfish

1 good at
jumping 

The dolphin is better at jumping than the starfish.

1 __________________________________________________________ 2 slow 
2 __________________________________________________________ 3 friendly 
3 __________________________________________________________
4 quiet 
4 __________________________________________________________
5 strong 
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5 __________________________________________________________
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