Comparative and Superlative Adjectives PDF

Comparative and superlative adjectives Level: beginner Comparative adjectives We use comparative adjectives to show change or make comparisons: This car is certainly better, but it's much more expensive. I'm feeling happier now. We need a bigger garden. We use than when we want to compare one th...

Comparative and superlative adjectives Level: beginner Comparative adjectives We use comparative adjectives to show change or make comparisons: This car is certainly better, but it's much more expensive. I'm feeling happier now. We need a bigger garden. We use than when we want to compare one thing with another: She is two years older than me. New York is much bigger than Boston. He is a better player than Ronaldo. France is a bigger country than Britain. When we want to describe how something or someone changes we can use two comparatives with and: The balloon got bigger and bigger. Everything is getting more and more expensive. Grandfather is looking older and older. We often use the with comparative adjectives to show that one thing depends on another: The faster you drive, the more dangerous it is. (= When you drive faster, it is more dangerous.)  The higher they climbed, the colder it got. (= When they climbed higher, it got colder.) Exercise 1 Grammar reference: Comparative adjectives 1 Match the phrases to make ten sentences. 10 items remaining the more frightened I became. I prefer more modern music. smaller and smaller. bigger than Britain's. more and more interesting. the more tax I have to pay. older than me. we need a larger table. more dangerous than flying. your English will get better. If you practise more, We've invited six friends for dinner, so The Beatles are not bad, but My brother is ten years Brazil's economy is now Travelling by train is Computers these days are getting As the story went on, it became The harder I work, The higher the plane went, Exercise 2 Grammar reference: Comparative adjectives 2 Can you remember the sentences from the last activity? Write the correct words. 21 items remaining 1. If you practise more, your English will get b. 2. We've invited six friends for dinner, so we need a l table. 3. The Beatles are not bad, but I prefer m m music. 4. My brother is ten years o t me. 5. Brazil's economy is now b t Britain's. 6. Travelling by train is m d t flying. 7. Computers these days are getting s and s. 8. As the story went on, it became m and m i. 9. The h I work, the m tax I have to pay. 10. The f the boat went, the m f I became. Superlative adjectives We use the with superlative adjectives: It was the happiest day of my life. Everest is the highest mountain in the world. That’s the best film I have seen this year. I have three sisters: Jan is the oldest and Angela is the youngest. Exercise 3 Grammar reference: Superlative adjectives 1 Choose the correct superlative adjective form to complete each sentence. 8 items remaining What's ___ time of year to visit your city? best the best What are ___ things to see and do? the interesting most interesting the most interesting What's ___ way to travel around? What's the fastest? easiest the easiest the most easy What do you think is ___ area? the attractivest most attractive the most attractive  Are there any areas which are not safe? Which are ___? the dangerous the most dangerous What's ___ building? What's the oldest? the tallest most tall the most tall What are ___ cafés and restaurants? the popularest the most popular What's ___ supermarket? What's the most expensive? the cheapest the most cheap Exercise 4 Grammar reference: Superlative adjectives 2 Can you remember the questions from the last activity? Write the correct words. There are two or three words in each gap. 11 items remaining 1. What's time of year to visit your city? 2. What are things to see and do? 3. What's way to travel around? What's ? 4. What do you think is area? 5. Are there any areas which are not safe? Which are ? 6. What's building? What's ? 7. What are cafés and restaurants? 8. What's supermarket? What's ? Finish How to form comparative and superlative adjectives We usually add –er and –est to one-syllable words to make comparatives and superlatives: old older oldest long longer longestworst far farther/further farthest/furthest If an adjective ends in –e, we add –r or –st: nice nicer nicest large larger largest an adjective ends in a vowel and a consonant, we double the consonant: big bigger biggest fat fatter fattest an adjective ends in a consonant and –y, we change –y to –i and add –er or –est: happy happier happiest silly sillier silliest We use more and most to make comparatives and superlatives for most two syllable adjectives and for all adjectives with three or more syllables: careful more careful most careful interesting more interesting most interesting However, with these common two-syllable adjectives, you can either add –er/–r and –est/–st or use more and most: common cruel gentle handsome likely narrow pleasant polite simple stupid He is certainly handsomer than his brother. His brother is handsome, but he is more handsome. She is one of the politest people I have ever met. She is the most polite person I have ever met. The adjectives good, bad and far have irregular comparatives and superlatives: good better best bad worse worst far farther/further farthest/furthest Grammar reference: How to form comparative and superlative adjectives These are some of the most common adjectives used in English advertisements. Form the comparative and superlative forms of each adjective. 24 items remaining 1. big, , 2. bright, , 3. clean, , 4. delicious, , 5. easy, , 6. fine, , 7. fresh, , 8. good, , 9. new, , 10. safe, , 11. special, , 12. wonderful,