1st WORKSHOP ENGLISH III

Name _____________________________________Date:______________________ University building: ________

TEACHER: María Eugenia Monroy

Comparative and superlative adjectives

Review

We add -est to one-syllable adjectives to make the superlative form.

Example : cold - colder than (comparative) - The coldest (superlative)

If a one or two-syllable adjective ends in -y, we change the y to an i before adding -est.

Example : sunny - sunnier than - the sunniest

If an adjective ends in -e, we just add -st.

Example : large - larger than - The largest

If a one-syllable adjective ends in a vowel + one consonant, we double the final consonant before adding -est.
Example : wet - wetter than - The wettest / Big – bigger than - The biggest

For most adjectives that have three syllables or more, we add most before the adjective.

expensive more expensive than the most expensive

Some adjectives are irregular.

Example : bad - worse than - the worst

good - better than - the best

 Unscramble the questions.

oldest / family / is / person / in / the / your / who / ? Who is the oldest person in your family?

a tallest / is / world / the / in / what / the / building / ?___________________________________________________

b is / the / the / world / who / person / richest / in / ?___________________________________________________

c the / what / is / China / river / in / longest / ? _______________________________________________________

d most / which / the / city / South America / expensive / is / in / ?_________________________________________

e prettiest / is / in / who / Hollywood / the / actress / ?__________________________________________________

  Complete the chart.
Adjective Comparative Superlative
Big
Expensive
Delicious
Hot
Beautiful
Old
Tall
Long
Popular
Good
Bad
Small
Short
Powerful
Fat
Interesting

 Complete with comparatives and superlatives.

Example :

Books / good / magazines. Books are better than magazines.

a This exercise / complicated / in the exam. ____________________________________________________

b My teacher / boring / on the world.__________________________________________________________

c Beyoncé’s latest album / bad / her first._______________________________________________________

d Benny’s story / convincing / Fiona’s.__________________________________________________________

e Pop music / popular / classical music.________________________________________________________

  Complete this table

Adjective Comparative

Fast faster than

Easy ___________ than

Realistic ___________ than

Exciting ___________ than

Good ___________ than

Worse ___________ than

 Write comparative adjectives next to the rules.

1. Add –er to adjectives with one syllable only : faster

2. With adjectives that end in –y, remove the –y and add –ier : _________________

3. With longer adjectives, we use more before the adjective :___________________

4. Some adjectives have irregular comparatives : _________________

 Similarities : To express similarities use the following structure:

... as + adjective + as ...

Examples:

Mike is as intelligent as Nancy. I'm almost as good in maths as in science.

Larry is as popular as Oprah. This book is not as exciting as the last one.

She's twice as old as her sister. The cafeteria is not as crowded as usual.

He's not as stupid as he looks! Russian is not quite as difficult as Chinese.

 Complete the table. Use as or than.

New York is bigger Chicago. New York is bigger than Chicago.

a Soccer is more popular basketball.________________________________________________________________

b John is honest Mark.___________________________________________________________________________

c Los Angeles is not older Moscow._________________________________________________________________

d American food is not delicious Mexican.___________________________________________________________

e DVDs are more expensive videos._________________________________________________________________

  Complete the sentences.

1. I am ______________________ (tall) my sister.

2. My mum thinks that cats are ____________________ (good) pets than dogs.

3. Cycling is one of _____________________ (dangerous) sports.

4. I want to have ________________________ (big) car.

5. A blue whale is _______________________ (heavy) twenty-five elephants.

6. You look ___________________________ (thin) last month. Have you lost weight?

7. Bicycles are ___________________________ (slow) cars.

8. She is _____________________________ (nice) person I know.

9. What is ___________________________ (good) film you´ve seen?

10. Computers are _________________________ (cheap) mobile phones.

11. Is your brother _____________________________ (tall) you?

12. I think Spanish is ___________________________ (easy) Japanese.

13. Our dog is ______________________________ (nice) your dog.

14. Glass bottles are ____________________________ (good) plastic bottles.

15. I think Rafael Nadal is ___________________________(good) tennis player in Spain.

16. Sharks are _____________________________ (dangerous) other fish.

 Comparative and superlative adjectives. Make sentences.

COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

11. hot Barrancabermeja is hotter than Cali Barrancabermeja is the hottest.

12. happy ___________________________________ ________________________________________

13. wet ___________________________________ _________________________________________

14. narrow ____________________________________ _________________________________________

15. big ____________________________________ _________________________________________

16. busy ____________________________________ __________________________________________

17. noisy _____________________________________ __________________________________________

18. dirty _____________________________________ ___________________________________________

 19. thin _____________________________________ ___________________________________________

20. little _____________________________________ ____________________________________________

21. bad _____________________________________ _____________________________________________

22. few ______________________________________ _____________________________________________

23. much ______________________________________ ______________________________________________

24. many _______________________________________ ______________________________________________

25. rich _______________________________________ ______________________________________________

 Write a short composition.

 Use linking words
Emphasis Addition Comparison Summary
Especially Also Similar to In conclusion
In particular Besides Same as To sump up

The funniest person in my family…

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