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 Comparative adjectives are used to compare two objects.
 Superlative adjectives are used to compare an object with a number of other objects.

Mr. Milton’s headache is more severe than yesterday.
After resting for a while, the patient feels better.

Fill in the blanks with the correct adjectives.
1. Mr. Lincoln started to have pain on the lower part of his back, the pain has got stronger____ and __________.

He took some painkillers and lie down on a sofa. After taking the medicine, he felt __________ and few
hours later he was generally __________. Yesterday, he started to feel the pain again and it was the
__________ pain he has ever got so far. The __________ solution for him is to see the doctor.

2. Mrs. Carlton feels pain all around her forehead and behind her cheekbones. The pain gets __________ when

the weather is cold. The __________ when she got pregnant last year. At that time, the __________ treatment
that she could do was inhaling some eucalyptus oil. Sometimes, she can also get __________ if she uses
some nasal spray.

3. Steve has cut his finger while he was cooking in the kitchen. The cut pain became __________ because he
didn’t immediately wash his hands after the accident. He decided to put on some bandage and the pain
started to get __________. Overnight, he couldn’t sleep because he thought that the pain was getting
__________. In the next morning, he went to the clinic and the doctor gave the __________ treatment for
the wound.

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