Comparative and superlative adjectives: Exercises

1. Complete the chart with the comparatives and superlatives:

Adjective Comparative Superlative

long longer than the longest
fast faster than
pretty the prettiest
beautiful more beautiful than
ugly uglier than
thin the thinnest
fashionable more fashionable than

2. Write the comparative:

a. old older f. good
b. strong g. large
c. happy h. serious
d. modern i. pretty
e. important j. bad
3. Complete the sentences with a superlative:
a. This building is very old. It’s the oldest building in Bari.
b. It was a very happy day. It was of my life.
c. It’s a very good film. It’s I’ve seen.
d. It was a very bad mistake. It was in my life.
e. It was a very cold day. It was of the year.
f. She’s a popular singer. She’s in the country.
g. He’s a very boring person. He’s I know.
h. This house is very big. It is I’ve lived in.
i. My cousin is very tall. He is I have.
j. Laura is a very pretty girl. She is I know.
4. Choose the correct answer:
a. Giovanni’s car is bigger / the biggest than his friend’s car.
b. Who is shorter than / the shortest person in your family?
c. Who is more independent than / the most independent person you know?
d. These sofas are more comfortable than / the most comfortable ours.
e. My brother is taller than / the tallest in the class.
f. Is Daniele’s dog older than / the oldest yours?
g. Who is the best / better than singer in the world?
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 h. We are younger than / the youngest the rest of the class.
i. My hair is the straightest / straighter than your hair.
j. He is more popular / the most popular singer in the world.
5. Write the sentences in the correct order:
a. taller / than / Francesco / Marco / is.
Francesco is taller than Marco.
b. trousers / Michela / got / has / new / light.

c. Maria / food / likes / eating / Mexican

d. an / expensive / Dario / wearing / coat / is

e. the / Giulia / has / scarf / got / shortest

f. the / student / he / tallest / is

g. actress / Sofia / the / was / popular / most

h. He / the / in Europe / was / footballer / best

i. plays / than / better / you / Sonia /tennis

j. father / is / your / than / stronger / mine

6. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjective in brackets:
a. Carla is better (good) than you at sport.
b. We like wearing the (late) fashion.
c. These trousers are ____________________ (comfortable) than those jeans.
d. He is ______________________ (happy) now than he was last year.
e. You are the ________________________ (tall) girl in class.
f. My father is _______________________ (old) than my uncle.
g. The red dress is the ______________________ (attractive) dress in the shop.
h. I always tell the _______________________ (fun) jokes to my friends.
i. Your hair is ____________________ (curly) than my hair.
j. My hair is ______________________ (short) than yours.

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Unit 11
Unit 11 Revision
1 Grammar regular past simple verbs 3 Grammar irregular past simple verbs
 omplete the sentences with regular past simple
C  ind the irregular past simple form of these verbs in
F
verbs. the word square. Write the past simple form.
1 I start work at 8.30. 1 find found
On Monday I started work at 8.30. 2 drive
2 I live in London. 3 go
In 2009 . 4 have
3 I walk to work. 5 leave
On Monday . 6 make
4 I study music. 7 meet
In 2013 . 8 run
5 I finish work at 5.30. 9 see
On Monday . 10 send
6 I like my job. 11 swim
In January . 12 take

2 Grammar past simple negative forms w s w a m r l

Add didn’t where necessary. m s e n t e v
didn’t u a n t r m w
1 I leave home at eight o’clock.
h w t y a a l
2 I cycled in the park.
a f o u n d e
3 I met an old friend last week.
d r o v e e f
4 I watch a video last night. p w k f m e t

5 I liked the film.

6 I send a postcard to my friends. 4 Grammar past simple question forms

 omplete the text with the correct form of these
C
verbs.

go go have like meet see stay work

I sometimes work at weekends, but last Saturday I

1 didn’t work . In the morning, I
2
an old friend and we
3
lunch in the town centre. After
lunch, I 4 home – I 5
in town and I 6
to a museum. In the
evening I 7 a film with my sister. It
was great – but she 8 it.

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5 Grammar past simple negative and question forms
Write questions and short answers. Use pronouns.
1 My father didn’t work in office.
Did he work in an office?
No, he didn’t.
2 Kara left her job last month.


3 My parents didn’t go to Mexico last year.


4 I swam in the lake.


5 My wife and I didn’t live in Canada.


6 Mike had a meeting with his colleagues.

6 Grammar past simple with question words

Look at the underlined words. Write questions for these answers. Use pronouns.
1 Alex had a meal with his parents.
Who did he have a meal with?
2 My parents went to the United States last month.

3 I went to the beach last weekend.

4 My brother watched videos with his friends.

5 I met an artist at the party.

6 Jane had cheese sandwiches for lunch – they’re her favourite.

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Simple Past: irregular verbs - worksheet

Examples – Simple Past irregular :

broke drove flew gave heard knew met paid read won

1. Fill in the correct form of the verb.

Simple Present Simple Past Simple Present Simple Past

win _______________ pay _______________

fly _______________ break _______________

give _______________ read _______________

hear _______________ drive _______________

meet _______________ know _______________

2. Fill in the correct form of the verb.

drove won gave heard knew met

paid read broke flew

1. The tutor group __________ a prize. (to win)

2. Peter __________ for Emily´s ticket. (to pay)

3. The bird __________ high in the sky. (to fly)

4. Jake __________ his arm. (to break)

5. The doctor __________ him some medicine. (to give)

6. They __________ the good news. (to hear)

7. Ben __________ his taxi through London. (to drive)

8. The friends __________ in front of the café. (to meet)

9. The man __________ all the answers. (to know)

10. She __________ the newspaper. (to read)

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