Comparatives

and
Superlatives

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Adjecti
ves
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 Tall Short
Sad Happy
Empty Full
Large Small
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Fast Slow
Good Bad
Clean Dirty
New Old
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Heavy Light
Far Close
Thin Fat
Hot Cold
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Wet Dry
Old Young
Easy Difficult
Rigth Wrong
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 Exercise #1
Fill the blanks with the opposite of the
adjective.
Tall:___________ Close:____________
Funny:_________ Modern:__________
Good:_________ Fat:______________
Tame:_________ Handsome:________
Cold:__________ Dry:_____________
Boring:_________ Lazy:_____________
Young:_________ Easy:_____________
Dull:___________ Big:______________
Right:__________ New:_____________
Fast:___________ Empty:____________
Clean:__________ Fast:______________

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Comparati
ves
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How is a Comparative Adjective formed:
•If the adjective is short add the ending –er.
Adjective Comparative
Short Shorter
Full Fuller
Old Older

•If and adjective ends in –y, preceded by a consonant, change

the –y for –I and add –er.
Adjective Comparative
Pretty Prettier
Crazy Crazier
Ugly Uglier

•If the adjective has more than 2 syllables (long adjective) we

add the word more before the adjective to make the comparative.
Adjective Comparative
Beautiful More beautiful
Intelligent More intelligent

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•Finally we have some adjectives that are irregular, and have to be
memorized.
Adjective Comparative
Good Better
Far Farther
Bad Worse

Exercise #2
Fill the blank with the correct comparative for each
adjective
Cold:___________________ Young:___________________
Dry:____________________ Clean:___________________
Good:___________________ Funny:___________________
Handsome:_______________ Easy:____________________
Big:____________________ Fat:_____________________
Bad:___________________ Far:_____________________
Close:__________________ Thin:____________________
Dirty:____________________ Happy:__________________

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 Exercise #3
Complete the following sentences with the correct
comparative.
1.Pizza is _________________ than broccoli.
2.France is __________________ than Mexico.
3.My Ipod is 2 times ________________ than yours.
4.Shakira is _____________________ than Amandititita.
5.1st B is ____________________ than 1st A.
6.My laptop is ___________________ than yours.
7.English homework is _________________ than Spanish
homework.
8.A Ferrari is ________________ than a Volkswagen.
9.A basketball player is _________________ than a
soccer player.
10.Bill Gates is ____________________ than me.

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Superlati
ves
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How is a Superlative formed:
•If the adjective is short add the ending –est.
Adjective Superlative
Short Shortest
Full Fullest
Old Oldest

•If and adjective ends in –y, preceded by a consonant, change

the –y for –I and add –est.
Adjective Superlative
Pretty Prettiest
Crazy Craziest
Ugly Ugliest

•If the adjective has more than 2 syllables (long adjective) we

add the words the most before the adjective to make the
comparative.
Adjective Superlative
Beautiful The most beautiful
Intelligent The most intelligent

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•Finally we have some adjectives that are irregular, and have to be
memorized.
Adjective Superlative
Good The best
Far The farthest
Bad The worst

Exercise #4
Fill the column with the correct comparative and superlative
form of the adjective.
Adjective Comparative Superlative
Clean ______________ __________________
Handsome ______________ __________________
Pretty ______________ __________________
Short ______________ __________________
Fast ______________ __________________
Intelligent ______________ __________________
Thin ______________ __________________
Beautiful ______________ __________________

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 Exercise #5
Look at the picture and answer with the correct Superlative.

1.Homer is _________________ member of the family.

(old)
2.Marge is ___________________ if you count her
hair. (tall)
3.Bart is __________________________ of the family.
(dirty)
4.Maggie is ______________________ of the family.
(young)
5.Lisa is ___________________________ of them all.
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 Final Exercise
Find a partner using the numbers the teacher will give you
and answer the following questions.

1.Who is the most intelligent in your class?

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2.Who is the worst singing?
3.Who is the best singing?
4.Who is the best soccer player?
5.Who is the worst soccer player?
6.Who is the most beautiful?
7.Who is the most handsome?
8.Who is the youngest?
9.Who is the oldest?
10.Who is the funniest?
11.Who is the dirtiest?
12.Who is the cleanest?
13.Who is the most serious?
14.Who is the tallest?
15.Who is the shortest?
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 Thanks
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