Comparative and superlative adjectives

1. Compare things.

Joe, 16 – Sadie, 13 (Young) Sadie is ______________________ Joe.

Joe, 1,42 m – Sadie, 1,37 m (tall) Joe is ______________________ Sadie.
Love – Money (important) Love is ____________________ money.

2. Complete the table.

Adjective Comparative Superlative

Long
bigger
Difficult
easier
powerful
hot
important

3. Complete the sentences with the words.

The worst – better than – the best – worse than

1. James is ___________________ Nina, but he’s _____________________Alice and Dan.

2. Dan is ____________________ Alice, but he’s _________________James and
__________________.
3. Nina is __________________Alice, Dan an James. She’s ___________________.
4. Alice is ___________________ Nina, James and Dan. She’s ____________________.

4. Complete the sentences. Use the superlative form of the adjectives in the box.

Lazy – long – heavy –large – popular – tall - big

1. Jupiter is ___________________planet in the solar System.

2. A giraffe can be 5.8 metres tall. It’s ___________________.
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3. A blue whale can be 30 metres long and can weigh 150 tonnes. It’s
_________________and ___________________ animal in the world.
4. ________________________animal in the world is the koala. It sleeps for 18-22 hours a
day!
5. Chloe is ____________________ girl’s name in Britain.
6. The First World Hotel in Malaysia has got 6.300 rooms. It’s _________________hotel in the
world.

5. Complete the adjectives using the comparative form

1. It´s too noisy here. Can we go to a (quiet) place?

2. The hotel was (big) than that in which we stayed last year.

3. Your work is (good) than mine.

4. The accident could have been (bad) than it was.

5. I was (nervous) in my exam yesterday than Mark.

6. I´d like to have a (fast) car. The one I have now is really old.

7. Last week it was really hot. Today is (cold) than then.

6. Write the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in these sentences

1. She was a very intelligent student. She was (intelligent) girl in her class.

2. It´s a very old castle. Experts argued it is (old) in Britain.

3. I´m going to sleep on the sofa. The floor is (uncomfortable) than it.

4. This new job is (important) for me than the last I had.

5. Living in the countryside is (healthy) than leaving in town.

6. These instructions were (difficult) ones I have ever read.

7. Complete the comparative or superlative.

Hot than / the

bright than / the
big than / the
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small than / the

happy than / the

sad than / the

thin than / the

quick than / the

bad than / the

nervous more than / the

most