ACTIVITY COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

ACTIVITY

A. COMPLETE THE ADJECTIVES USING THE COMPARATIVE FORM

1. It ́s too noisy here. Can we go to a ___________ [quieter/more quiet] (quiet) place?

2. The hotel was __________ [more big/biger/bigger/] (big) than that in which we stayed last
year.

3. Your work is __________ [gooder/better/beter/] (good) than mine.

4. The accident could have been ________ [bader/worse/more bad/badder] (bad) than it was.

5. I was ________________ [nervouser/more nervous] (nervous) in my exam yesterday than
Mark.

6. I ́d like to have a __________ [faster/more fast] (fast) car. The one I have now is really old.

7. Last week it was really hot. Today is __________ [more cold/colder] (cold) than then.

B. WHICH IS CORRECT?

1. We have an ________ [older/more old] brother who lives in Miami.

2. Her illness is ________________ [more serious/most serious] than what the doctors expected.

3. I like warm weather. If the weather is __________ [more cold/colder] , I will get sick.

4. This dress is __________________ [most beautiful/more beautiful] than that one.

5. He is __________ [more rich/richer] than Arthur.
6. This road is ___________ [farther/more far/] than the motorway.
7. Was the TV programme ________ [worse/more bad/] than the film?

C. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING THE SUPERLATIVE FORM OF THE ADJECTIVES

1. It ́s a very nice house. It ́s ______________ [the most nice/the nicest/] house in the street.

2. This is a cheap restaurant. It ́s ________________ [the cheapest/the most cheap/] I ́ve ever
been.

3. It was a very valuable painting. I ́m sure it was _____________________ [the most valuable/the
valuablest] painting in the gallery.

4. She ́s a very good tennis player. Her trainer says she is ____________ [the most good/the
best/the goodest] .

5. He ́s a very dangerous criminal. The police says he is ______________________ [the most
dangerous/the dangerousest/] in the country.

6. We should buy him a beautiful present. Last year we gave him ______________________ [the
most beautiful/the beautifulest/] gift of all in his birthday.

D. WRITE THE COMPARATIVE OR SUPERLATIVE FORM OF THE ADJECTIVES IN THESE

SENTENCES

1. She was a very intelligent student. She was ________________________ [more intelligent
than/the most intelligent] girl in her class.

2. It ́s a very old castle. Experts argued it is ______________ [the oldest/older than/] in Britain.

3. I ́m going to sleep on the sofa. The floor is ______________________ [more uncomfortable/the
most uncomfortable/] (uncomfortable) than it.

4. This new job is __________________ [the most important/more important] (important) for me
than the last I had.

5. Living in the countryside is _____________ [healthier/the healthiest/] (healthy) than leaving in
town.

6. These instructions were ______________________ [the most difficult/more difficult than]
(difficult) ones I have ever read.