COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Mount Everest is

than Cerro Aconcagua. (high)

I like music. To me, music is

interesting than maths.

Cheetahs are

than tigers or lions. (fast)

The Parana is a long river...The Amazon is longer. But the Nile is the world.

in the

Mariah Carey is a bit

than Madonna. (young)

This Ferrari is the

expensive car in the world!

Which is the heaviest? Gold, silver or aluminium? "Gold is the

of the three"

The giraffe is

than the elephant. (tall)

Laurel and Hardy were

than the Simson" (funny)

Albert Einstein was more

than our former president..."Anyone was" (intelligent)

Pluto is

than Mars (cold)

Mercury is the

planet to the Sun. (close)

The Atacama desert is

than the Amazonian region. (dry)

The Saharan desert is the

one in the world. (big)

A horse lives longer than a dog...But a tortoise lives the

Which is smaller, China, Argentina or Monaco? "Obviously Monaco is the 1) Saturn is __________ than Earth but Jupiter is ____________. a) big b) bigger c) biggest

of the three"

2) Mercury is the ____________ planet in the Solar System. a) small b) smaller c) smallest 3) Mercury is the __________ planet in the Solar System. a) hot b) hotter c) hottest 4) Mars is ___________ to Earth than Uranus. a) close b) closer c) closest 5) The moon is ___________ but the sun is ____________. a) bright b) brighter c) brightest 6) Venus is _________ from Earth but Neptune is ___________. a) far b) farther c) farthest 7) Neptune is ___________ but Uranus is ____________. a) cold b) colder c) coldest Compare! big / small 1. The elephant is bigger than the mouse. 2. The mouse is smaller than the elephant.

fast / slow 1. The horse is beautiful / ugly 1. Shrek is

than the car.

2. The car is 2. The princess is

than the horse. than Shrek. than the ice-cream. than the snake.

than the princess.

ice-cream hot / cold 1. The ice-cream is long / short 1. The snake is

than soup. 2. Soup is 2. The worm is

than the worm.

serious / funny 1. The red jug is clean / dirty 1. The first pig is

than the yellow jug.

2. The yellow jug is

yhan the red. than the first.

than the second. 2. The second pig is

Task 2. Write the opposite. 2 1 2. full 5 4 8 3. fat 4. old 5. narrow 6. bitter 6 7. short 8. shallow 3 7 1. ugly

9 9. clever