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Comparative and Superlative Forms Guide

This document provides examples for forming the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives in English. It includes a table with 20 common adjectives and their comparative and superlative forms. It then gives sentences to practice using the comparative form correctly. Finally, it gives another exercise for forming the superlative and for making comparisons using "as...as" structures. The full document provides guidance and practice for students to learn how to properly inflect adjectives for comparisons in degree.

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Comparative and Superlative Forms Guide

This document provides examples for forming the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives in English. It includes a table with 20 common adjectives and their comparative and superlative forms. It then gives sentences to practice using the comparative form correctly. Finally, it gives another exercise for forming the superlative and for making comparisons using "as...as" structures. The full document provides guidance and practice for students to learn how to properly inflect adjectives for comparisons in degree.

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COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVES OF ADJECTIVES

Write the comparative and superlative form of the adjectives below.

Adjective Comparative Superlative Adjective Comparative Superlative


TALL FAR
CHEAP BAD
EXPENSIVE FAT
GOOD INTERESTING
LAZY NARROW
PRETTY SAFE
BEAUTIFUL DANGEROUS
DIFFICULT MESSY
BORING HANDSOME
SHY ATTRACTIVE
HAPPY DELICIOUS
SHORT USEFUL
FAMOUS EASY
COMFORTABLE LUCKY
UGLY QUIET
WARM NOISY
LONG MODERN
INTELLIGENT PATIENT
WIDE CONVENIENT
THICK ACCURATE
SMART

COMPARATIVE FORM OF THE ADJECTIVES

Complete the following sentences with the correct comparative form of the words given below.

bad important crowded good high heavy convenient difficult


expensive quiet easy thin healthy dangerous cold cheap

1. In Canada, January is ______________________________________ than March.


2. I think that good health is ____________________________________than money.
3. I can’t carry my suitcase. It’s much _______________________________than yours.
4. I can afford to buy a new bike but not a new car. A car is ___________________________than a bike.
5. You look ____________________________than the last time I saw you. Have lost weight?
6. I couldn’t get a seat in the restaurant. It was ___________________________than usual.
7. Mountains are __________________________than hills.
8. He got a very good mark on his exam. The exam was _______________________ than he had expected.
9. You should go to the doctor. Your cold is _______________________than it was a few days ago.
10. There is a lot of crime in the big cities. They are ____________________than small towns where I live.
11. I don’t understand this lesson. It is _______________________________ than the last one we did.
12. I can’t study in this room. It’s too noisy. I am going to find a _______________________place.
13. Our apartment is far from everything. We want to move to a _________________________ location.
14. Orange juice is ____________________________ than a Coke.
15. The store is having a great sale today. Most televisions are 25% ___________________ than last year.
16. The doctor told me that I can go back to work if I feel ______________________tomorrow.

The Superlative Form of the Adjectives

Complete the following sentences with the correct superlative form of the words given below.

funny high delicious easy cold boring lucky smart


dirty rich valuable bad large cheap long scary

1. Yesterday was __________________day of the year. I almost froze to death walking home from school.

2. That was _________________________movie I’ve ever seen. I almost walked out in the middle.

3. Please give you recipe. That is ________________________cake I’ve ever eaten.

4. Jerry is ___________________________student in our class. He gets the top grades in every course.

5. Bob told __________________________ story last night. I couldn’t stop laughing.

6. Whales are _________________________________ animals in the world.

7. The Nile is the ______________________________river in the world.

8. Marie is ____________________________________person I know. She has won the lottery four times.

9. He is _________________________________ speaker I have ever heard. Half the audience fell asleep.

10. Mount Everest is ___________________________ Mountain in the world.

11. That is _______________________________ painting in the art gallery. It’s worth a million dollars.

12. Bill Gates is one of _________________________________ men in the world.

13. I finished the exercises in five minutes. It was ____________________________homework the teacher

has ever given us.

14. Arthur hates to clean. He has ____________________________ apartment I’ve ever seen.

15. My dinner only costs $6.00. That must be ___________________________ restaurant in town.

16. I was afraid to turn off the lights last night. That was __________________________ show I´ve ever

watched.
Comparative using As…. As

Make your own comparison using the word provides and the structure as…as.

 Ex: My apartment/large/yours My apartment is as large as yours


 My car/expensive/your car My car isn’t as expensive as your car

1. Biology/interesting/history __________________________________________________________

2. Train/fast/airplane _________________________________________________________________

3. Algebra/difficult/geometry __________________________________________________________

4. Batman/popular/superman ___________________________________________________________

5. Lemon/sweet/orange _______________________________________________________________

6. Morning/warm/afternoon ____________________________________________________________

7. Robin/big/eagle ___________________________________________________________________

8. My neighbor/friendly/yours __________________________________________________________

9. Tiger//dangerous/lion _______________________________________________________________

10. Bicycle/expensive/motorcycle ________________________________________________________

11. House/tall/skyscraper _______________________________________________________________

12. France/beautiful/Switzerland _________________________________________________________

13. My old shoes/comfortable/new shoes __________________________________________________

14. Grammar/difficult/spelling __________________________________________________________

15. Beethoven/famous/Mozart ___________________________________________________________

16. Frozen yoghurt/fattening/ice cream ____________________________________________________

17. Coke/healthy/fruit juice _____________________________________________________________

18. My apartment/convenient/yours ______________________________________________________

19. Big cities/safe/small towns __________________________________________________________

20. New York hotels/expensive/Tokyo hotels _______________________________________________

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