Basic 2 Unit 3

EXERCISES PRACTICE

A. Complete the questions with comparatives or superlatives of the adjectives in parentheses. Then, answer the questions.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Which city is ___________________, Tokyo or New York? (crowded) Which country has a _____________________ population, Mexico or Brazil? (large) Which lake is _____________________, Lake Baikal or Lake Ontario? (deep) What is _________________________ river in the world? (long) What is _________________________ place in the world? (cold) Which ocean is _________________________, the Pacific or the Atlantic? (large) Which country is _________________________, the United States or Canada? (big) What is _______________________ place in the world? (dry) Which island is __________________, Ireland or Iceland? (small)

10. Which waterfall is ______________________: Angel Falls, Niagara Falls, or Victoria Falls? (high) About Chile: A. Which is the largest city? _____________________________________________ B. Whats the wettest month? ___________________________________________ C. Whats the driest month? _____________________________________________ D. Whats the most beautiful town to visit? _________________________________

B. 1.

Put a ticket next to the correct sentence. Yesterday was more hot than today. Yesterday was hotter than today. 2. Shes older than her brother. Shes older that her brother. 3. Im the most young in the class.

Im the youngest in the class. 4. My homework is the baddest in the class. My homework is the worst in the class.

C.

Compare these two elements with the adjectives in parenthesis.

1. 2. 3. 4.

Brazil Russia (cold) A bike a car (expensive)

_________________________________________________ ________________________________________________

A man a woman (intelligent) _______________________________________________ Atacama desert Sahara desert (dry)____________________________________________

D. 1. 2.

Complete these sentences with the correct form. Everest is _________________________ mountain in the world. (high) The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is __________________________ bridge in the USA. (long) 3. 4. The Caspian Sea isnt a sea, its _________________________ lake in the world. (large) Rotterdam is _____________________ port in Europe. Ships from all over the world stop there. (busy) 5. The Empire State Building in New York was ______________________ in the world for over 40 years. (tall) 6. A church is _______________________ than a cathedral. (small)

E.

Complete with the correct comparative or superlative form.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

My suitcase is ______________________________(large) than your suitcase. This scarf is ______________________________(beautiful) than the one in the window. The palace Hotel was ______________________________(expensive) than the Grosvenor. John is a ______________________________(good) gardener than Stuart. The palace is the ______________________________(expensive) hotel. John is the ______________________________(good) gardener.

7. 8. 9. (good). 10. menu . 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26.

These are the ______________________________(beautiful) colors. A lion is ______________________________ (big) than a cat. It was raining yesterday but today the weather is ______________________________

I have just a little money, then I'll have the ______________________________(cheap)

She thinks that Chinese is ______________________________ (difficult) than English. It's awful, we have ______________________________ (bad) weather in the world. Jane is 8 and Kim is 10; Jane is ______________________________ (young) than Kim . My brother is ______________________________ (tall) than me. Nancy is ______________________________ (intelligent) girl in the classroom. Your father is ______________________________ (old) than you. This dress is ______________________________ (expensive) than those shoes. Is Italian food ______________________________ (good) than American food? My dog is ______________________________ (big) than your cat. Mary is ______________________________ (young) of all the students in the classroom, Marrakech is ______________________________ (hot) city in Morocco. A diamond is ______________________________ (solid) than wood. Mount Everest is ________________ than Cerro Aconcagua. (high) I like music. To me, music is ______________________ interesting than Math. Cheetahs are ___________________ than tigers or lions. (fast) The Parana is a long river. The Amazon is longer. But the Nile is the _______________ in

the world. 27. 28. three" 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. The giraffe is ___________________________ than the elephant. (tall) Laurel and Hardy were _______________ than the Simpson" (funny) Pluto is ___________________ than Mars (cold) Mercury is ___________________ planet to the Sun. (close) The Sahara desert is ___________________ one in the world. (big) A horse lives longer than a dog. But a tortoise lives the _____________________ This Ferrari is the _____________________ expensive car in the world! Which is the heaviest? Gold, silver or aluminum? "Gold is the _________________ of the

35.

Which

is

smaller,

China,

Argentina

or

Monaco?

"Obviously

Monaco

is

the

________________ of the three".

Vocabulary: Adjectives
Short Adjectives: add er and the -est adjective big busy cheap clean close cold cool deep dirty dry easy fast friendly funny great heavy high hot large light long new comparative bigger busier cheaper cleaner closer colder cooler deeper dirtier drier easier faster friendlier funnier greater heavier higher hotter larger lighter longer newer superlative the biggest the busiest the cheapest the cleanest the closest the coldest the coolest the deepest the dirtiest the driest the easiest the fastest the friendliest the funniest the greatest the heaviest the highest the hottest the largest the lightest the longest the newest meaning grande ocupado barato limpio cerca frio frio profundo sucio seco facil rapido amigable divertido genial pesado alto caliente grande claro largo nuevo

nice old pretty quiet safe scary short slow small tall ugly warm wet young

nicer older prettier quieter safer scarier shorter slower smaller taller uglier warmer wetter younger

the nicest the oldest the prettiest the quietest the safest the scariest the shortest the slowest the smallest the tallest the ugliest the warmest the wettest the youngest

simpatico viejo bonito quieto seguro miedoso bajo - corto lento chico alto feo calido humedo joven

Long Adjectives: use more and the most adjective attractive beautiful boring crowded dangerous delicious difficult exciting expensive famous important interesting outgoing popular relaxing stressful comparative more attractive more beautiful more boring more crowded more dangerous more delicious more difficult more exciting more expensive more famous more important more interesting more more more more outgoing popular relaxing stressful superlative the most attractive the most beautiful the most boring the most crowded the most dangerous the most delicious the most difficult the most exciting the most expensive the most famous the most important the most interesting the most outgoing the most popular the most relaxing the most stressful meaning atractivo hermosa aburrido poblado peligroso delicioso dificil emocionante caro famoso importante interesante extrovertido popular relajado estresante

Irregular Adjectives adjective good bad comparative better worse superlative the best the worst meaning bueno malo