COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE

Complete the sentences with the comparative or superlative forma of the adjectives in brackets. 

1. This armchair is _______________ the old one. (comfortable)
2.  Trains are ________________ aeroplanes. (slow)
3. I bought _________________souvenir in the shop. (expensive)
4. Ann is _________________ child in the family. (young)
5. That TV set is _______________ of all. (cheap)
6. Pop music is ________________ rap music (popular)
7. Fifi is _______________ Kate. (pretty)
8. This is ______________ film I have ever seen. (exciting)
9. Tim is ________________ Peter. (talented)
10. Yesterday was ____________________ day in my life! (bad)
11. Yesterday it was really hot. Today it is _________________ (cold).
12. This is a very nice house. It is ___________________ house in this street (nice)

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

Complete the sentences with the comparative or superlative foro of the adjectives in brackets.

1. Jeremy is 10 years old. Jenny is 8 years old. Jeremy is (old) __________________ Jenny.
2. The Alps are very high. They are (high) _________________ mountains in Europe.
3. An ocean is (large) _________________ a sea.
4. A Rolls Royce costs a lot of money. A Twingo costs less.
   A Rolls Royce is (expensive) _________________________ a Twingo.
5.  Fred's results were (bad) _____________ John's.
6. This exercise is very difficult. It's (difficult)________________ I expected.
7. The weather is not good today. It's raining. I hope the weather will be (good) _____________ next week.
8.  People in small torna are usually (friendly) ________________ in big cities.
9. In the government of a country, the President is (important) ________________________ person.
10. People say that Chinese is (difficult) ________________ English.

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http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/45.html

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES OF SUPERIORITY (EXPLANATION AND EXERCISE)

RULES OF SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES OF SUPERIORITY

Short adjectives:
They have one syllable, or two syllables and they end with-y.
small ...the smallest
big.....the biggest
happy...the happiest

Long adjectives:
Most of them have two syllables (except when they end with -y)
or three syllables, even more.
pleasant - modern
intelligent ...the most intelligent
beautiful...the most beautiful

Irregular superlatives:
good...the best
bad...the worst
far...the farthest / the furthest

 Some adjectives can be used with -est or -the most

clever : the cleverest/ the most clever

quiet : the quietest/ the most quiet

Some adjectives can be used only with -the most

jealous/ the most jealous

bored/ the most bored

boring/ the most boring

- Complete these sentences using the superlative form of superiority of the adjectives in bracktes. 

1. Madrid is ................................................... (big) city in Spain.

2. Tom is ................................................ (good) student in the class.

3. He is ................................................. (fast) man in the world.

4. This is ..................................................... (high) building in the city.

5. This is .................................................... (interesting) book I've ever read.

6. He is ................................................... (funny) actor in the world.

7. Jane is ................................................. (famous) girl in the school.

8. This is ................................................... (bad) film I've ever watched.

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES (EXPLANATION AND EXERCISE)

RULES OF COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES OF SUPERIORITY. 

Most short adjectives cold	Adjective + er + than colder than
Short adjectives ending in  –e nice	Adjective + r + than nicer than
Short adjectives ending in –y funny	Adjective - y + ier + than funnier than
Short adjectives ending in  –ow narrow	Adjective + er + than OR More + adjective + than narrower than OR more narrow than
Short adjectives ending in –le simple	Adjective + r + than OR More + adjective + than simpler than OR more simple than
Short adjectives ending in –er clever	Adjective + er + than OR More + adjective + than cleverer than OR more clever than
Short adjectives ending in: consonant+vowel+consonant sad	Adjective + last consonant *2 + er + than sadder than
Short adjectives ending in:  – i + a consonant thin	Adjectif + last consonant *2 + er + than thinner than
Most long adjectives creative	More + adjective + than more creative than

- Complete these sentences using the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets. (superiority)

1. Playing football is .......................................... (exciting) playing tennis. 

2. He is ............................................... (happy) Tom. 

3. This restaurant is ........................................ (good) any other one.

4. The T-shirt is ........................................ (cheap) the skirt.

5. The skirts is .................................... (expensive) the T-shirt.

6. This film is ................................................. (bad) the one we watched yesterday.

7. The milk is ............................................ (cold) the water.

8, This is book is .......................................... (interesting) the others. 

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

Watch this video to understand the formation and use of comparative and superlative adjectives.



Now, click on the following link and watch another video and do some practice on comparatives and superlatives.

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/comparative-and-superlative-adjectives