ACTIVITY 7 KNOWING NEW CULTURES

COORPORACION UNIVERSITARIA MINUTO DE DIOS

FACULTAD ADMINISTRACION EN SALUD OCUPACIONAL
NEIVA – HUILA

2020

1. Complete the chart with the comparative forms.

Adjetive Comparative form

Cold Colder than
 big Bigger than
dificult More dificult than
bad Worse than
dry Drier
early Earlier than
good Better than
high Higher
hot Hotter than
long Longer
popular More popular
rain Raimer
sunny Sunnier
wet Wetter

RemembeR
• Short adjectives + -er: cold – colder
• Short adjectives ending in one
consonant double the last letter + -er: big

2. Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives in

brackets.
a. Britain is hotter (hot) now than at any time before.
b. It’s usually foggier (foggy) in autumn than in summer.
c. Places that are sunny are more popular (popular) than places where it rains a lot.
d. I think the weather is worse (bad) than ten years ago.
e. India is sunnier (sunny) than Britain, but it is also (wet)!
f. The sea is getting higther (high).
g. Summer is shorter (short) now than 25 years ago.
3. Circle the correct word.
1 It’s hoter / hotter in July than inSeptember.
2 The weather is badder / worse in London than in my city.
3 I think it’s more beautiful / beautifuler when it rains.
4 Is it drier / more dry now in the summer?
5 I think summer is getting shorter / more short.
6 It’s always raining so it’s weter / wetter than before.

4 Circle the odd word out.

cold difficult short

1 hot big bad
2 dry long new
3 popular sunny famous
4 easy early expensive
5 good cold late
6 big wet old

Superlative adjectives
1. Complete the chart with the superlative forms.

adjetive Superlative form

bad The worst
beautiful The most beautiful
big The biggest
dangerous The most dangerous
difficult The most dificult
fast The fastest
friendly The friendlier
good The best
intelligent The most intelligent
loud The loudest
popular The most popular
slow The slowest
small The smallest
strange The estrangest
ugly The ugliest
 2. Write sentences about the animals using the prompts

tortoise / slow

The tortoise is the slowest.

1. blue whale / big the blue whale is the biggest animal in the world.

2. cheetah / fast The cheetah is the fastest

3. mosquito / dangerous The mosquito is the most dangerous animal in the

world.

4. Cat / friendly the Cat is the friendliest animal in the world.

5. hippo / ugly the hippo is the ugliest animal in the world.

3. Complete the dialogue with the superlative form of the adjectives in

brackets

Katya: Wow! This is a really difficult quiz.

Emily: Yes, but I really want to win.
Katya: Okay, let’s look at the next question. What’s 1)the biggest
----------- (big) animal in the world?

Emily: The elephant.

Katya: No, it isn’t. I think it’s the blue whale.
Emily: Yes, you’re right. And the (2) fastest (fast) animal is the cheetah.
Katya: Question 3. Is the Indian cobra the 3) most dangerous
(Dangerous) animal in the world?
Emily: No, it isn’t. Mosquitoes are, because their bite can give you malaria.
Katya: What about this question? What is the tallest
(3) _ (tall) animal?
(4) Emily: Oh! That’s easy, the giraffe.
(5) Katya: Of course.

Emily: Okay, here’s the last question. What is the loudest

(6) (loud) animal?

Katya: Wow! That’s the (6) most difficult (difficult) question. I don’t know
the answer to it.