COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES EXERCISES

Which animal is the biggest? Comparatives/superlatives

1. The cat is_______ than the camel.
4. Santa is the _______ of the three people.
 (0.5kg) (3.5kg)
5. The bee is___________ than the bird.
6. The giraffe is the_______ of the three animals.
8. The giraffe is______ than the horse.
1. The mouse is the_______ of the three animals.
2. The mouse is _______ than the cat.
3. The elephant is______ than the cow.
4. Santa is ______ than my father.
5. The bee is the________ of all three.
7. The whale is__________ than the dolphin



Word Bank
smaller
bigger
older
smallest
bigger
taller
tallest
lighter
lightest
oldest
heavier

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES - CHART2

ADJECTIVES
Comparative and superlative forms

1 syllable adjectives:

Suffix, except monosyllables ending in -ed

2 syllables:

suffix: -y, -le, -ow ending

word: other cases

both: -er ending

3 syllables or more:

word

Comparación: de superioridad (más que...), igualdad (tan... como...), inferioridad (menos que...)

Superlativo: el/la/los/las más...

ADJECTIVE	COMPARATIVE			SUPERLATIVE
	SUPERIORITY	EQUALITY	INFERIORITY
big (1)	bigger (than)	(not) as big (as)	less big (than)	the biggest
nice (1)	nicer (than)	(not) as nice (as)	less nice (than)	the nicest
bored (1)	more bored	(not) as bored (as)	less bored (than)	the most bored
plain, simple (1)	more plain/simple ?
funny (2, –y)	funnier (than)	(not) as funny (as)	less funny (than)	the funniest
sleepy (2, -y)	sleepier (than)	(not) as sleepy (as)	less sleepy (than)	the sleepiest
hungry (2, -y)	hungrier (than)	(not) as hungry (as)	less hungry (than)	the hungriest
careful (2)	more careful (than)	(not) as careful (as)	less careful (than)	the most careful
nervous (2)	more nervous (than)	(not) as nervous (as)	less nervous (than)	the most nervous
relaxed* (2)	more relaxed (than)
boring (2)	more boring (than)	(not) as boring (as)	less boring (than)	the most boring
playful (2)	more playful (than)	(not) as playful (as)	less playful (than)	the most playful
clever	more clever cleverer	(not) as clever (as)	less clever (than)	the most clever the cleverest
exciting (3)	more exciting (than)	(not) as exciting (as)	less exciting (than)	the most exciting
emotional (4)	more emotional(than)	(not) as emotional (as)	less emotional (than)	the most emotional
intelligent (4)	more intelligent (than)	(not) as intelligent (as)	less intelligent (than)	the most intelligent

                  IRREGULAR COMPARISON

             good            better                            best

             bad             worse                            worst

             many           more                             most

             much           more                             most

             little            less                               least

             old              older (people, things)     oldest (people, things)

                                elder (people)                eldest (people)

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES - CHART

We use comparative and superlative form to compare and contrast different objects, or to show the difference between them.

	Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
One- syllable adjectives	old long big hot	older longer bigger hotter	the oldest the longest the biggest the hottest
Adjectives ending in -y	dirty noisy	dirtier noisier	the dirtiest the noisiest
Adjectives with two or more syllables	beautiful interesting	more beautiful moreinteresting	the mostbeautiful the mostinteresting
Irregular adjectives	good bad far	better worse further	the best the worst the furthest

Adjectives that end in one vowel and one consonant double the consonant.

• Look! This is the biggest church in Italy!
• My hair is thinner than yours.
• Yesterday was hotter than today.

Adjectives ending in -y change the -y in -i.

• Lucy is happier than me.
• This TV programme is funnier than the one we saw yesterday.

Than is always used with comparatives to introduce the second element in a comparison.

QUIZ COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

QUIZ

Comparatives and Superlatives

Principio del formulario

Q1 of 10: My mother is _____ than my father.

 old

 older

 the oldest

 the old

Q2 of 10: What is _____ movie you have ever seen?

 funny

 funnier

 the funniest

 the funny

Q3 of 10: That movie was bad, but it wasn't _____ I have ever seen.

 baddest

 worsest

 worse

 the worst

Q4 of 10: Rachel's hair is not as _____ as Sarah's.

 long

 longer

 the longest

 more long

Q5 of 10: Yesterday's exam was _____ than the one last month.

 difficult

 difficulter

 the difficultest

 more difficult

Q6 of 10: Peter is as ____ as Alex.

 fast

 faster

 the fastest

 the faster

Q7 of 10: I think Mary is _____ woman I have ever seen.

 beautiful

 the most beautiful

 the beautifulest

 the beautifuler

Q8 of 10: Her room is only a little bit _____ than mine.

 bigger

 the bigger

 big

 he biggest

Q9 of 10: He is _____ when he is playing football.

 the happier

 the happiest

 the happy

 happyest

Q10 of 10: Michael's house is _____ from the train than Betty's.

 far

 the furthest

 the farther

 further

Final del formulario