COMPARISON 1

1. Sues car isnt very big. She wants a

car.

2. This house isnt very modern. I like

houses.

3. Youre not very tall. Your brother is

4. Bill doesnt work very hard. I work

5. My chair isnt very comfortable. Your chair is

6. Jills idea wasnt very good. My idea was

7. These flowers arent very nice. The blue one is

8. My case isnt very heavy. Your case is

9. Im not very interested in sports. Im

in reading.

10. It isnt very warm today. Yesterday it was

11. These tomatoes arent very good. The other ones taste

12. Ireland isnt very big. France is

13. Liverpool isnt very beautiful. London is

14. This knife isnt very sharp. Have you got a

15. People today arent very polite. In the past they were

one?

COMPARISON 2
1. A cheetah is

2. Susans hair is

than a horse. (fast)

than Bettys. (short)

3. The Mt Blanc is

4. June is

than the Groglockner, the Mt Everest is the

than May, but July is the

5. Table tennis is

language. (difficult)

film I have ever seen. (interesting)

8. No, I dont think so. "Contact" is

9. Hot dogs are

11. Skiing is as

. (easy)

than English, but Chinese is the

7. "Airforce One" is the

10. This is the

. (hot)

than tennis, but badminton is the

6. French is

mountain. (high)

than "Airforce One". (interesting)

than hamburgers. (good)

chocolate cake I have ever eaten. (good)

as riding a bike. (easy)

12. Carol sings as

as Mary, but Cindy sings the

13. Tennis is

. (beautiful)

than skiing, but football is the

14. Detective films are as

sport. (popular)

as western films. (boring)

15. No, I dont think so! Romantic films are

than western films, but nature films are the

films I have ever seen. (boring)

16. The United States are

17. A mouse is as

18. A canary is

19. Peter is as

20. January is as

than Mexico, but Russia is the

as a hamster, but a rat is

than a mouse. (clever)

than an eagle, but a parrot is the

as George. (clever)

as February. (cold)

.country (large)

bird. (colourful)

COMPARISON 3
1. She isnt very clever. You are

than her.

2. He isnt very tall. Youre

than

3. She isnt very old. Youre

than

4. I dont work very hard. You work

than

5. He doesnt smoke very much. You smoke

6. Im not a very good cook. You cook

than

than

7. We dont know many people. You know

10. I didnt get up very early. You got up

than

8. They havent got much money. Youve got

9. I cant run very fast. You can run

than

than

than

COMPARISON 4
bad
regular
exciting
happy
wonderful
clever
friendly
beautiful
clear
few

empty
good
famous
little
strong

COMPARISON 5
What do you know about space?
Make the superlative form. Add the . . . est or the most . . . to the word in brackets.

1. The moon is the

planet to earth. (close)

2. Jupiter is the

planet in our solar system. (large)

3. Sirius is the

star we can see from earth. (brilliant)

4. Venus is the

planet in our solar system. (hot)

5. Ceres is the

asteroid in our solar system. (big)

6. The Energya is the

7. Karl Henize was the

rocket. (powerful)

man in space. He was 58 years old. (old)

8. Saturn is the

planet. (beautiful)

9. Venus is the

planet in our solar system. (bright)

10. The Apollo project was the

11. Mercury is the

12. Romenko is the

13. Pluto is the

space programme. It cost 25 541 400 000 dollars. (expensive)

planet in our solar system. (small)

man in space. He spent over 420 days in space. (experienced)

planet in our solar system. (cold)

COMPARISON 6
1. Dad's car is much

(fast) than mine.

2. I think scuba diving is

3. His thirst grew

(fascinating) than climbing.

(big) and

4. He thinks this test was

5. They live in a

(big)

(difficult) than the last one.

(beautiful) house.

6. She is the

(good) tennis player of the world.

7. Susan is a

(nice) girl.

8. This suitcase is

9. Hotels in London are

10. Bob is

(heavy) than the others.

(expensive) than in Vienna.

(tall) than Keith, but Phil is the

(tall).

11. Doris reads

(many) books than Peter, but Frank reads the

12. France is as

(beautiful) as Spain.

13. They live in a

(big) house, but Fred lives in a

(many).

(big) one.

14. My sister is three years

15. This was the

(young) than me.

(bad) film I have ever seen.