ELEMENTARY LANGUAGE PRACTICE 2 Write the comparative form of each adjective. biager. big happy beautiful angry bad important dry good hot 10 expensive weaeraneone 3 Complete the sentences. Write one word in each space. 1. This book is better ...t a... the other one. 2 Jimisnot.. . tall as his sister. 3 Idon't like running. If interesting than swimming. 4. This film is funnier .. the last one we saw. 5 Do this exercise first. It’s ... important. 6 These boots are cheaper .. the other ones. 7 Don't worry! It’s not bad as you think! 8 This road is longer... . I thought. 4 Rewrite each sentence so it has the same meaning. Use a comparative form of the adjective in brackets. 1 Tims older than Sarah. (young) Sarah is youmaer. tha 2 Our house is larger than yours. (small) Your house is a 3 Billis notas tall as David. (short) Bill is : 4. Jack’s marks are worse than mine. (good) ‘My marks - 5. This book is the same price as that one. (expensive) ‘That book is 6 Your bike is slower than mine. (fast) My bikeGRAMMAR 60 MAKING COMPARISONS 2: SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES 1 Write the superlative form of each adjective. eVAaukene long He Langest.... fit funny terrible good wide nasty strange 2. Underline the correct word in each sentence. 1 2 ey 4 5 6 7 3 Look at the picture and write sentences using the superlative form of the words in brackets. This is the better / best restaurant in the town. This castle is one of the older / oldest in Europe. Your hotel is more / most comfortable than ours. ‘This is the worse / worst holiday I have ever had! Bill is the richer / richest person in the world. George is happier / happiest than he was. This film is more / most interesting than the last one. aukene Dave (tall). Tom (short) . Jim (old) ‘Tom (young) ‘Tom (heavy) Jim (light)A. Write the comparative form of these adjectives, 0 cold coder 3 Nong — _ 1 big peepee ta Ce: 2 careful = _ sre 15 nice se os 3 Spa eG i 4 god 0 ificu) 5 fat pee 18 old ot ees G TUE 19 beautiful ei 7 new See «= 0 Telly pps 8 WOME) a 21 hot pone 2 9 young 2s wonderful © 10 cheap a 23 bad a 11 delicious a 24 small ee 12 rich ———___—_— 25. sad prea Practice A. Put the words in brackets }in the right order to make sentences, 0. (the world Antarctica ~coldest~is~place-the— in) Antarctica is the coldest place in the world. 1 (city ~the~ Manchester in England —is— friendliest) 2 fin New York ~expensive—restaurant~The Manhattan — the - is~most) 3. {is~river— the world - the-The Nile— longest in} 4 (town —most - in Spain - Granada - beautiful -is-the} 5. (painting -The Mona Lisa - the - famous - in -is - most-the world) 6 (the Europe - mountain - in highest - Mont Blancs)B_ Fillthe gaps in these dialogues, using the and the superlative form of the wordin brackets, 0 A: B: A: B: A B: A B A B; A B: A B Pe Pe PP Pr be Which cites did you visit? ‘: Bath, Oxford and York. ; And which did you like best? ; [thought that Bath was the most beautiful _(beantiful).. Have you finished all your exams? :: Yes, I did the last one today. Was it difficult? Yes, It was . _________________ bad). : It's your birthday, isn’t it? Yes. P'm 25 today. : Shall we go to Maxime’s tonight? ; Are yousure? It's _________________ (expensive) restaurant in town! : Can Thelp you? Yes, I want to fly to Los Angeles. How much are _______ {cheap} tickets? : Did you enjoy that? : Yes. twas (delicious) meal I've ever caten. ; What are you going to see? : We're going to see ‘The Winner. Its____________ (good) film in London at the moment. You must visit the castle before you leave. Why? [vs _________ (old) castle in England, Would you, or John or Michael, like the last sandwich? Mepleasesm hungry), Which jumper is —__.__________(nice} Idon’t know. They're all wonderful!B Complete the sentences using the comparative form of the adjective in brackets and than. 0. [think that golfis_more interesting than (interesting) tennis, 1 This question is ________ (easy) the last one. 2. Ima good player, but Bric is ______________ (good) me. 3. The group's first record was ________ (successful) their second record. 4 Weboth played well, but he was _____ (lucky) me. 5 Yourcar is ______________ (powerful) mine. 6 Thiscomputeris _______(useful) that one. C Complete the sentences using the superlative form of the adjective in brackets. 0. Anna is the youngest_____ (young) person in her class. 1 Westayed in _____________ (bad) hotel in the whole city. 2 People say that itis ______________ (funny) film of the year. 3. What is ______________ (tall) building in the world? 4 Her teachers say that she is _________ (good) student in the school. 5 This is ______ (expensive) camera in the shop. 6 Many people say that Venice is _______ (beautiful) city in the world. B Comparing places ‘Visit England’ is a magazine in English for Polish students. In this article, the writer is comparing study holidays in Liverpool, a big city in Lancashire, and in Beverley, a small town in Yorkshire, Circle the correct comparative adjectives.D Complete the dialogues using the comparative form of the adjective in brackets + than, or the superlative form of the adjective in brackets. 0. A: Why did you choose that hotel? It’s a long way from the centre of town. B: I chose it because it was cheaper than (cheap) the hotel in the centre. 0. A: Shall we sit in the living-room? B: Yes, it's the warmest __ (warm) room in the house. 1 A: Did you enjoy being a student? B; Yes, it was ——___ (happy) period of my life. 2 A: Ishe famous in this country? B: Yes, he’s _______________ (famous) any other singer. 3 A: I'm nota very good cook. B: Pmsure Pm —________ (bad) you. I can’t cook anything well. 4 A; Do you like this programme? B: Yes, I think it's ___________ (good) programme on TV. 5 A: What did you have for dinner? B: I chose ___________ (expensive) dish on the menu. 6 A: How is your new course going? B; Its (difficult) the last one I took. 7 A: What's the weather going to be like today? B: They say that today is going to be __ _______ (wet) yesterday. 8 A; Are you happy in your new flat? B: Yes, its (comfortable) my last one. 9 A: IsLondon ____________ (exciting) city in Britain? B: No, I think that Liverpool is ______ (exciting) London.Look at the home page of the website for’Seychelles Holidays. Change the underlined words into superlative adjectives. ARONA RRR CE PSERNT: + The Republic of Seychelles is the small... smallest. 9 African country, and its the ‘good * place in the world for your holiday! * The big. ? of the hundred and fifty five islands is Mahé, with an international airport. '* The Seychelles Islands have the beautiful 3 beaches you've ever seen, and the warm 4 seas, + Thesunny > times of year are December and January (but they're also the expensive 5 times to vist) * The peaceful 7 island is La Digue- it ikea journey into the past! + The nice * restaurantin the Seychelles is André’ Anse Lazo. (Another free meal, please, André!) * The best Creole music is by the famous 9 Seychelles musician, the wonderful Jean-Marc Volcy! F Choosing a singer for a musical Desmond and Jilly are trying to find a singer for a new musical. They saw three singers this morning, Change the underlined adjectives into comparatives or superlatives. | HiDesmond, _ What did you think about the guys this morning? Charlie was the loud loudest @ singer I've ever heard! My ears are still hurting. He's probably got the strong * voice in London. liked him, but Luke was a good ? dancer than him, and his voice was good too, But Luke hasn't sung ina big show before. Matt, the tall z > guy today, looked great, but his voice was weak yi __* than Charlies. We've got to decide soon, but we could see them again tomorrow. What do you think? Jilly 5 today with the guys than yesterday with the girls. Lukes the young, isnt he? He wasalso the good 7 dancer this morning, but don't think he's ready shard to sing everynight fr six weeks, isnt? Matt isd... * than Luke, and he got the right face, but he also got the bad _..2 voice of the three, 'm afraid In my view, Charlie isthe good 1” of the guys. We can teach him to dance later! Desmond