Adjectives comparison

An adjective is a parts of speech that comes before a noun and defines it. Adjectives can be classified as:
Descriptive Possessive Demonstrative Indefinite Relative Numerals

Adjectives Comparison

Adjectives Comparison
Adjectives can be compared.
There are 3 degrees of comparison:
Positive - He is tall. Comparative - He is taller than me. Superlative - He is the tallest there.

 REGULAR COMPARISON 1. positive old strong big wet heavy pretty

Adjectives Comparison
comparative (-er)
older stronger bigger wetter heavier prettier

superlative (-est)
the the the the the the oldest strongest biggest wettest heaviest prettiest

Adjectives Comparison
REGULAR COMPARISON 1. positive comparative (more)
beautiful interesting expensive intelligent more beautiful more interesting more expensive more intelligent

superlative (the most)

the most beautiful the most interesting the most expensive the most intelligent

Adjectives Comparison
IRREGULAR 1. positive good little bad far much many COMPARISON comparative better less worse farther more superlative the best the least the worst the farthest the most

ADJECTIVES COMPARISONEXERCISES
Exc.1. Form a new sentence following the example: EXAMPLE: This church is very old. Yes, but that church is older. 1. This path is very narrow. 2. This pond is very deep. 3. This road is very wide. 4. This hedge is very low. 5. This girl is very pretty. 6. This song is very nice.

Exc.2. Form a new sentence following the example:

EXAMPLE: Henry is intelligent. (John) Yes, but John is more intelligent.

1. Mary is beautiful. (Ann) 2. Ted is amusing. (Pam) 3. Brian is upset. (Tom) 4. Margaret is interesting. (Hilary) 5. Joan is helpful. (Vanessa) 6. Rachel is charming. (Shirley) 7. Andrew is worried. (Simon) 8. Cher is popular. (Madonna) 9. I'm annoyed. (Timothy) lO. Felix is stupid.(Cyril)

Exc.3 Complete these sentences, following the example: EXAMPLE: cold Winter is colder than autumn. 1. fast 2. high 3. exciting 4. expensive 5. big 6. hot 7. cheap 8. pretty 9. dangerous 10. comfortable 11. windy 12. popular 13. heavy 14. good 15. bad Flying is.. traveling by train. A mountain is a hill. Life in the city is. life in the country. A diamond is a pearl. Whales are dolphins. Summer is.. spring. Watching television isgoing to the cinema. Mary is.. Jean. Motorcycles are..cars. Sports shoes arehigh heels. Chicago is .most cities. Action films aredrama. Three suitcases are two. This singer is .than the previous one. These mistakes are your friend's.

Exc.4. Form a new sentence following the example: EXAMPLE: This classroom is very large. Yes, this is the largest classroom. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. This train is very fast. This room is very small. This box is very big. This palace is very old. This restaurant is very cheap. This bag is very heavy.

Exc.5. Form a new sentence following the example: EXAMPLE: Is Mr Jones a careful driver? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. He is the most careful driver I know. Is Mr Smith a reliable person? Is Mr Jenkins a devoted husband? Is Mr Divac a popular basketball player? Is Mr Heckle an important politician? Is Mr Sobon a famous singer? Is Mr Capone a dangerous man? Is Mr Williams a boring speaker? Is Mr Lindsey a dependable pilot?

Exc.6. Complete the sentences below with superlative forms of the following adjectives:

high, deep, precious, comfortable, direct, long, complete

1. Everest is the.. mountain in the world. 2. The Pacific is the.. ocean. 3. The Nile is the.... river. 4. Diamonds are the... stones. 5. I like to sit in-the.. chair. 6. The... route is along the M4. 7. It is the.... account of the incident yet published.