English Guide (1st Grade) Comparative & Superlative Adjectives Name: ___________________________________________________________________

We form the superlative degree o one- syllable adjectives by adding est.

Cold Bright

coldest brightest

We usually form the superlative degree of adjectives with more than two syllables by using most. Difficult Beautiful most difficult most beautiful

Good and bad have special superlative forms. Good Bad best worst

The precedes the superlative form of all adjectives.

She is the tallest girl in the class. This exercise is the most difficult one in the book. This book in the best. Supply the superlative form of the adjectives in parentheses. 1. Grace is 2. This is own.

9. She is know.

(intelligent) person that I

(old) girl in our class.

(expensive) book that I

10. The story which you told was (funny) of all. 11. January is year.

(cold) month of the

3. George is class.

(bad) student in the

4. The Herald is 5. Tokyo is today.

(important)

12. Which is (good) route from Miami to New York? 13. The Pacific is the word. 14. Mt. Everest is in the word.

(large) city in the word

(large) ocean in

6. He is (ambitious) boy that I know. 7. Helen was party.

(high) mountain

(attractive) girl at the

15. This chair is (comfortable) chair in the whole house. 16. These exercises are in the whole book.

8. She also wore

(pretty) dress.

(difficult)

Write the opposite of: 1. Cold 2. Tall 3. Long 11. Weak 12. Poor 13. Silly

4. Pretty 5. Good 6. Fat 7. Young 8. Fast 9. High 10. Large

14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Late Dry Difficult Bad Small Light Exciting

1. ___________________________________________

Choose the correct alternative for each sentence. (Comparatives or Superlatives) 1. I think thats _____ film Ive ever seen a) the funnier than b) the funny 2. Is football the _____ sport in Chile? a) popular b) more popular 3. Vegetables are _____ last week a) expensiver than b)more expensiver tham c) the funniest c) popularest c) more expensive than d) the funnier d) most popular d) most expensive d) the more

4. I think Vladimir is _____ intelligent person in the class a) more than b) the most c) most

5. Dont you think there are _____ things to do on hokidays than watching tv all day? a) best b) bestest c) better d) better than 6. Summer is _____ season in our country a) the hottest b) hotter than c) the hot d) hot

7. Groenland has the _____ weather of the world. Its always raining and snowing a) bad b) worse than c) worst d) worsest 8. The Everest is _____ the Aconcagua a) the highest b) highest than c) the higher than d) higher than

9. Last week we had _____ day in Santiago, the temperature was 18C a) the colder b) the coldest c) the cold d) colder than 10. To fall from a motorcycle is _____ to fall from a bicycle. a) more painful b) more painful than c) painfuller than d) the painfullest

11. If you suffer asthma, dont go to Mexico City. It is one of the _____ cities in the world a) pollutest b) more polluted c) polluter than d) most polluted 12. The _____ place from Chile is Australia. Its on the other side of the world. a) farther b) farthest c) farther than d) farthest than 13. I dont think your bike is _____ mine. a) fastest than b) faster c) fastest d) faster than d) the tallest d) easyer than

14. Michael was _____ basketball player in the world a) taller b) tallest c) the taller 15. Speaking Japanese is _____writing it. a) the easiest b) easy c) easier than

Superlatve Adjectives Adjetives with 1 syllable or two syllables ending in Y VIII Follow the example and complete the list with the correct Superlative

e.g. fast nice large tall old long great smart

the fastest the nicest

friendly funny silly hot big

the friendliest the hottest

Adjetives with two, three, four, or more quantity of syllables popular exciting successful the most popular Good Bad Far furthest the best the worst the farthest

or

the

Irregular Adjetives:

Write the following sentences using the correct form of the adjective (comparative or superlative)
1.

Clare is __________________________________________________ Mike. (old)

2. Jane is ________ of the four. She eats very well and does a lot of sports, (healthy)
3. 4.

The coach thinks that Peter is the __________________ player of the team, (fast) The teacher doesn't think Christopher is ________ the other students. (intelligent)

5. Kamilla is ___________________ girl in the class. She is always laughing. (happy)

6.

The Sahara desert is one of the ___________________deserts in the world. (hot)

7. The climate in the North of Chile is _______________________ in the South, (dry)

8. 9. 10.

Asia is _________________________________________________ Europe. (big) A Rolls-Royce is one of _______________________ cars in the world. (expensive) Nights with no moon are _______________________ nights with full moon. (dark)

11. ____________________________ hurricanes are developed over Mxico, (violent)

12. 13.

Diamonds are ______________________________ jewels in the world. (precious) History classes are _________________________ chemistry classes. (interesting)

14. Belize is one of _______________________________ cities Ive visited (beautiful) 15. Rachel is _____________________________________________ me, but... (thin) 16. Grace is __________________________________________________ girl in my class (thin)