ACTIVITY NUMBER 7 NEW

CULTURES

Comparatives
1. Complete the chart with the comparative forms.
Adjective Comparative form

cold
big
diffic
Colder
Bigger
More difficult
RemembeR
ult Worse than • Short adjectives + -er: cold – colder
bad Drier than
dry Earlier than • Short adjectives ending in one
earl Better than consonant double the last letter +
y -er: big – bigger
Higher
goo
Hotter than
d • Long adjectives (more than two
Longer
high
More popular syllables): more + adjective:
hot
than more expensive
long
popu Rainer • Be careful of irregular adjectives
lar Sunnier than e.g. good, bad
rain Wetter than
2. Complete the sentences with the comparative form of
the adjectives in brackets.
a. Britain is hotter (hot) now than at any time before.
b. It’s usually foggier (foggy) in autumn than in summer.
c. Places that are sunny are more popular (popular) than places where it rains
a lot.
d. I think the weather is worse (bad) than ten years ago.
e. India is sunnier (sunny) than Britain, but it is also (wet)!
f. The sea is getting higher (high).
g. Summer is shorter (short) now than 25 years ago.

3. Circle the correct word.

1 It’s hoter / hotter in July than in September.
2 The weather is badder / worse in London than in my city.
3 I think it’s more beautiful / beautifuler when it rains.
4 Is it drier / more dry now in the summer?
5 I think summer is getting shorter / more short.
6 It’s always raining so it’s weter / wetter than before.
4 Circle the odd word out.
cold difficult short

1 hot big bad

2 dry long new
3 popular sunny famous
4 easy early expensive
5 good cold late
6 big wet old

Superlative adjectives
1. Complete the chart with the superlative forms.

Adjective Superlative form Remember

bad Short adjectives + est: tall – tallest

beautiful Short adjectives ending in one consonant

big double last letter + est: hot – hottest

dangerous Long adjectives (more than 2 syllables) = most

+ adjective: most amazing
difficult
fast Be careful of irregular adjectives e.g. good.
friendly
good
intelligent
loud
popular
slow
small
strange
ugly

2. Write sentences about the animals using the prompts.

tortoise / slow
The tortoise is the slowest.
1 blue whale / big
2 cheetah / fast
3 mosquito / dangerous

4 cat / friendly

5 hippo / ugly

6 dolphin / intelligent

7 parrot / loud

3. Complete the dialogue with the superlative form of the

adjectives in brackets

katya Wow! This is a really difficult quiz.

emily Yes, but I really want to win.
katya Okay, let’s look at the next question. What’s the
a. (big) animal in the world?
emily The elephant.
katya No, it isn’t. I think it’s the blue whale.
emily Yes, you’re right. And the (2) (fast) animal is the cheetah.
katya Question 3. Is the Indian cobra the
(3) (Dangerous) animal in the world?
emily No, it isn’t. Mosquitoes are, because their bite can give you
malaria. katya What about this question? What is the
(4) (tall) animal?
emily Oh! That’s easy, the giraffe.
katya Of course.
emily Okay, here’s the last question. What is the
(5) (loud) animal?
katya Wow! That’s the (6) (difficult) question. I don’t know the answer to it.