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Comparatives & Superlatives: Adjectives & Adverbs
Grammar Practice Worksheets
Comparatives & Superlatives: Adjectives & Adverbs Table of Contents 2
EXERCISE 1 Comparatives and Superlatives of Adjectives Write the comparative and superlative forms.
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EXERCISE 7 Comparatives and Superlatives of Adverbs Complete the sentences.
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EXERCISE 2 The Comparative Form of Adjectives Complete the sentences.
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EXERCISE 8 Comparatives and Superlatives – Adjectives and Adverbs Make comparisons.
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EXERCISE 3 Comparative Adjectives Using “as ... as” Make comparisons.
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EXERCISE 9 Comparatives and Superlatives – Adjectives and Adverbs Complete the sentences.
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EXERCISE 10 Comparatives and Superlatives – Adjectives and Adverbs Class survey. Make comparisons. Answer the superlative questions.
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EXERCISE 4 The Superlative Form of Adjectives Complete the sentences.
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EXERCISE 5 The Superlative Form of Adjectives Write questions. Ask and answer the questions.
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EXERCISE 6 Comparatives and Superlatives of Adverbs Write the comparative and superlative forms.
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Exercise 1 COMPAR ATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES OF ADJECTIVES Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives below. #
Adjective
Comparative
Superlative
#
Adjective
1
big
bigger
biggest
23
smart
2
important
more important
most important
24
far
3
tall
25
bad
4
cheap
26
fat
5
expensive
27
interesting
6
good
28
narrow
7
lazy
29
safe
8
pretty
30
dangerous
9
beautiful
31
messy
10
difficult
32
handsome
11
boring
33
attractive
12
shy
34
delicious
13
happy
35
useful
14
short
36
easy
15
famous
37
lucky
16
comfortable
38
quiet
17
ugly
39
noisy
18
warm
40
modern
19
long
41
patient
20
intelligent
42
convenient
21
wide
43
accurate
22
thick
Comparative
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Exercise 2 THE COMPAR ATIVE FORM OF ADJECTIVES Complete the following sentences with the correct comparative form of the adjectives in the Word List. 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 you lost weight? 6. I couldn’t get a seat in the restaurant. It was than usual. 7. Mountains are than hills.
Word List • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
bad important crowded good high heavy convenient difficult cheap expensive quiet easy thin healthy dangerous cold
8. H e got a very good mark on his exam. The exam was than he expected. 9. Y ou 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 the small town 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’m going to find a place. 13. Our apartment is far from everything. We want to move to a location. 14. Orange juice is than Coke. 15. The store is having a great sale today. Most televisions are 25% than they were yesterday. 16. The doctor told me that I can go back to work if I feel tomorrow.
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Exercise 3 COMPAR ATIVE ADJECTIVES USING “AS ... AS” Make your own comparisons using the words provided and the structure “as ... as.” 1. my apartment / large / yours
My apartment is as large as yours.
2. my car / expensive / your car
My car isn’t as expensive as your car.
3. biology / interesting / history 4. train / fast / airplane 5. algebra / difficult / geometry 6. Batman / popular / Superman 7. lemon / sweet / orange 8. morning / warm / afternoon 9. robin / big / eagle 10. my neighbor / friendly / yours 11. tiger / dangerous / lion 12. bicycle / expensive / motorcycle 13. house / tall / skyscraper 14. France / beautiful / Switzerland 15. my old shoes / comfortable / new shoes 16. grammar / difficult / spelling 17. Beethoven / famous / Mozart 18. frozen yogurt / fattening / ice cream 19. Coke / healthy / fruit juice 20. my apartment / convenient / yours 21. big cities / safe / small towns 22. New York hotels / expensive / Tokyo hotels
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Exercise 4 THE SUPERLATIVE FORM OF ADJECTIVES Complete the following sentences with the correct superlative form of the adjectives in the Word List. 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 me your 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 river in the world.
Word List • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
funny high delicious easy cold boring lucky smart dirty rich valuable bad large cheap long scary
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 during his speech. 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 exercise 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 cost $6.00. That must be restaurant in town. 16. I was afraid to turn off the lights last night. That was the show I’ve ever watched.
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Exercise 5 THE SUPERLATIVE FORM OF ADJECTIVES
A. Write Questions Write questions using the words provided and the superlative form of the adjective. 1. what / big mistake / ever made
What is the biggest mistake you have ever made?
2. what / beautiful place to visit / your country 3. who / kind person / you know 4. what / good movie / ever seen 5. what / happy day / of your life 6. what / crazy thing / ever done 7. what / expensive thing / ever bought 8. what / good restaurant / your city 9. what / exciting place / ever been 10. who / interesting person / ever met
B. Ask Questions Ask a classmate the questions you have written and write his or her answers in your notebook.
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Exercise 6 COMPAR ATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES OF ADVERBS Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adverbs below. #
Adverb
Comparative
Superlative
1
fast
faster
the fastest
2
hard
3
carefully
4
early
5
quickly
6
slowly
7
beautifully
8
well
9
clearly
10
late
11
far
12
badly
13
fluently
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Exercise 7 COMPAR ATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES OF ADVERBS Complete the following sentences with the correct form (comparative or superlative) of the adverb provided. 1. I drive than my husband. (carefully)
2. Angela works than I do. (hard)
3. Our secretary works of all of us. (hard)
4. Anita sings of all the people in the choir. (beautifully)
5. Our teacher explains the lessons than your teacher. (clearly)
6. Robert arrived at the meeting than Francis. (early)
7. Ken arrived of them all. (early)
8. Teenagers usually drive than their parents. (fast)
9. My daughter cooks than I do. (well)
10. My husband cooks of all of us. (well)
11. Rene speaks of all the ESL students in the class. (fluently)
12. The teacher arrived than the students. (late)
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Exercise 8 COMPAR ATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES – ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS Make comparisons for the following sets of nouns. Use your own ideas. Write three sentences for each set: one using the comparative structure with “than,” one using the comparative structure with “as ... as,” and one using the superlative structure. Use adverbs for at least one of the sets. 1. watermelon / grapefruit / orange
5. bicycle / motorcycle / car
A grapefruit is bigger than an orange. A grapefruit isn’t as big as a watermelon. A watermelon is the biggest fruit of the three.
2. turtle / rabbit / fox
6. teacher / doctor / lawyer
3. feather / book / television
7. egg / pancake / doughnut
4. running shoes / bedroom slippers / high-heeled shoes
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Exercise 9 COMPAR ATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES – ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS Complete the following sentences with the correct comparative or superlative adjective or adverb. The adjective form is provided. Change the adjective into an adverb when necessary. 1. This is dress I own. (fancy)
2. In my opinion, a deer moves of all the animals. (graceful)
3. The politician spoke than was necessary. (loud)
4. When we travel, my suitcase is always than my husband’s. (heavy)
5. January is month of the year. (cold)
6. Mrs. Pedriro speaks than her husband. Her son speaks of the whole family. (fluent)
(fluent)
7. December 21 is day of the year. It is than any other. (short)
(short)
8. Andrew is runner on the team. (fast)
9. This apartment is of all the apartments I have seen. (convenient)
10. Annie usually gets up than her sister. (early)
11. Max finished the homework than anyone else in the class. (fast)
12. A turtle moves than a rabbit. (slow)
13. Bonnie works of all the employees in the office. (hard)
14. This book is than the one I read last week. (interesting)
15. Daniel drives than his father. (careful)
16. Judy goes to the library than I do. (regular)
17. That gold necklace is one in the whole store. (expensive)
18. This is movie I have ever seen. (bad)
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Exercise 10 COMPAR ATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES – ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
A. Class Survey Interview your classmates and complete the following chart. Then do the exercises on the following pages. If you have a large class, break into two or three smaller groups. You may wish to write the questions on a separate piece of paper before you begin your survey.
Name of Student Arrived at School Number of Siblings Length of Time in City Number of Languages Distance from School Shoe Size Number of Instruments Played Number of Sports Played Height
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Exercise 10 cont. COMPAR ATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES – ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
B. Writing Using the information from the survey in Part A, make as many sentences as you can about your classmates. Use the comparative form of an adjective or adverb and the structures “than” or “as ... as.” 1. Mary arrived at school earlier than Jane. 2. John’s feet are not as large as Bill’s. 3. Andrea studied longer than I did last night. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.
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Exercise 10 cont. COMPAR ATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES – ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
C. Questions Using the information from the survey, answer the following questions in complete sentences. 1. Who got to school the earliest today?
6. Who wears the largest shoe size?
2. Who has the most siblings?
7. Who is the most musical person in the class?
3. Who has lived in this city the longest?
8. Who is the most athletic person in the class?
4. Who speaks the most languages?
9. Who is the tallest student in the class?
5. Who lives the farthest away from the school?
10. Extra question: Who studied the hardest last night?
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