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In Class Activity 9 - COMPARATIVES and SUPERLATIVES

PRACTISING COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

A. Complete the sentences with the correct adjectives. Use the comparative form of the adjectives in the
box and “than”.

small cold friendly clean modern

busy expensive dangerous polite long

1. Skiing is __________________ golf.
2. A Mercedes is __________________ a Volkswagen.
3. Dogs are __________________ wolves.
4. A lemon is __________________ a watermelon.
5. That building is __________________ the one that was built 30 years ago.
6. My father is __________________ Tom’s father because he works at two jobs.
7. Canada is __________________ Saudi Arabia.
8. John’s room is __________________ Amy’s room because he cleans is every day.
9. Tom’s __________________ Joe because he knows his table manners.
10. A giraffe’s neck is __________________ a bear’s neck.

B. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjectives in the brackets.

1. Planes are __________ than trains. (dangerous)
2. The weather in Konya is__________ than the weather in Mersin. (dry)
3. A gold necklace is__________ than a silver one. (expensive)
4. Who was the__________ student in the class? (hardworking)
5. George feels__________ than he felt yesterday. (bad)
6. I think Chinese is the__________ language in the world. (difficult)
7. They are looking for a __________ flat. (big)
8. Helen is the__________ student in our class this year. (bad)
9. Everyone says our daughter is the__________ girl in town. (pretty)
10. That clown is __________ than the others. (funny)
11. Saudi Arabia is the__________ country in the Middle East. (rich)
12. Nothing is__________ than our health. (important)
13. Olive oil tastes__________ than corn oil. (good)
14. Some people are__________ than others. (kind)
15. Jogging is the__________ sport that I know. (tiring)

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