Comparative And Superlative

Dialogue between Syahruni Syam and Suharni L. about Miss Universe Contest.

Arni : Good morning, my friend

Uni : Good morning. !ow are you" Arni : #$m fine, and you"

Uni : #$m fine too. # miss you so mu%h be%ause we didn$t meet for a long time.

Arni : &es, so do #. 'y the way did you wat%h the Miss Universe Contest on () some days ago"

Uni : &es, # did. (hey are very good. # li*e the finalist from Australia and )ene+uela. !ow about you"

Arni : ,hy did you li*e them" # thin* the finalist from -ussia better than the finalist from Australia.

Uni : &eah, but in my mind the finalist from )ene+uela is the best.

Arni : ,hy did you say it"

Uni : 'e%ause she is smart, beautiful, and behavior.

Arni : # don$t thin* so. # thin* the finalist from -ussia more beautiful and smarter than the finalist from )ene+uela.

Uni : .h.. /o. # thin* the finalist from )ene+uela smarter than the finalist from -ussia be%ause the finalist from -ussia %an$t s0ea* 1nglish fluently. #n my mind the smartest finalist is from )ene+uela. She is the winner.

Arni : .23 #t$s u0 to you. 'ut # don$t thin* so. 'y the way what$s your o0inion about -aema, the finalist from #ndonesia"

Uni : # thin* -aema is enough good. Although she %an$t be the winner but she %an showed a good 0erforman%e and she %an %om0ete with the other 0eo0le from the other %ountry.

Arni : .h, no3 loo* at the wat%h go to the %lass now.

#t$s 45 o$%lo%*. ,e$re almost late to study 1nglish. ,e must

Uni : .2. Let$s go.

Complete the sentences with the comparative or superlative form of these adjectives. .(10p) good big exciting popular friendly bad good bad interesting noisy

1. The people here are unfriendly. The people in my town are ................. . 2. Im good at English but my brother is ................. than me.

3. Pollution is ................. in the city than in the country because there are a lot of cars. . !ames has a lot of friends. "es the ................. boy at our school. #. $y sister shouts a lot. %he is ................. than me.

&. $y 'illage is (uite boring. )ife in the capital city is ................. . *. $y football team always loses. +e are the ................. team in our school. ,. +e ha'e lots of good caf-s in my town but this one is the ................. . The food is great. .. /eography is boring. I thin0 "istory is ................. .

11. The shops near my house are small. The shops in the city are much ................. .

Complete the conversation with the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. A: 2re you going to buy a picture3 B: 4es5 I am5 but I cant decide which one I li0e 6 17 .................... 6good7. I (uite li0e this one5 but its much 6 7 .................... 6big7 than the others and it might not fit in the room.

A: +hat about the red and orange one3 Its 6 !7 .................... 6modern7 than the others. B: 4es5 it is and the colours are 6 "7 ................... 6bright7. 895 Ill ta0e that one. A: "ow much is it3 B: ;.#. Typical< Its 6#7 .................... 6e=pensi'e7 of all of them. $rite the correct form of the words between brackets to compare these thin%s. 1. 2. 3. . #. %ome boys are . 6polite7 many girls. >onostia is . 6cheap7 )ondon. "e came .. 6early7 all his classmates. $adrid is not .. 6big7 Paris. +hich of the three e=ercises is . 6difficult73.

Key: Complete the sentences with the comparative or superlative form of these adjectives. .(10p) 4. 6riendlier 7. 'etter 8. ,orse 9. (he most 0o0ular :. /oisier ;. More e<%iting =. (he worst >. (he best ?. More interesting 45. bigger Complete the conversation with the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in rac!ets. 4. 'est 7. 'igger 8. More modern 9. 'righter :. (he most e<0ensive "rite the correct form of the words etween rac!ets to compare these thin#s. 4. 7. 8. 9. :. More 0olite than Chea0er than 1arlier than As big as @ bigger than (he most diffi%ult

The student with the nicest smile the friendliest student the hardest working student the earliest student the best-dressed student the most talkative student the quietest student