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I. Make comparative and superlative forms of the following adjectives:
safe
hot
cheap
dry
grey
good
bad
far
narrow
happy
real
expensive
unhappy
II. Write sentences about Tom and Helen. Use ‘than’:
Tom
1. I’m 21.
2. I’m very intelligent.
3. I’m good at physics.
4. I’m not creative
5. I’m not very patient.
6. I’m a fast runner.
7. I’m rich.
8. I live far from the institute.
Example: Tom is older than Helen.
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Helen
I’m 19.
I’m not very intelligent.
I’m bad at physics.
I’m a really creative person.
I’m full of patience.
I can’t run fast.
I don’t have a lot of money.
I live near the institute.
III. Compare the following. Use ‘X is N meters longer / $ N more / less expensive than Y’:
Example: Mr Black is 80. Mr Brown is 70. (old, young) - Mr Black is 10 years older than Mr Brown. Mr
Black is 10 years less young than Mr Brown.
1. My car costs $ 10, 000 dollars. His car costs $ 25, 000 dollars. (cheep, expensive)
2. Today the temperature is 10 degrees. Yesterday it was 7 degrees. (warm, cold)
3. This tree is 3 meters high. That tree is 10 meters high. (low, high)
4. This river is 40 kilometers long. That river is 60 kilometers long. (long, short)
VI. Compare the following. Use ‘X is N twice longer / $ N times more / less expensive than Y’:
Example: Liz is 10. Barry is 30. (young, old) - Liz is three times younger than Barry. Barry is three times
older than Kate.
1. My car costs $ 10, 000 dollars. His car costs $ 40, 000 dollars.
2. This tree is 3 meters high. That tree is 9 meters high.
3. This river is 40 kilometers long. That river is 260 kilometers long.
V. Fill in the gaps with the superlative form and either ‘in’ or ‘of’:
1. What is ______ (large) ocean ___ the world?
2. Arshavin is a good footballer but he is not ______ (good) player ___ the team.
3. Alice is one ___
________ (attractive) girls ___ our school.
4. This festival was ______ (remarkable) event _____ the year.
5. ____ all my friends she is __________ ( hard-working).
VI. Write sentences with a superlative (the longest). Choose from the boxes:
Sydney
Everest
Brazil
Alaska
The Nile
Jupiter
high
large
long
country
city
mountain
Example: Sydney is the largest city in Australia.
river
state
planet
Africa
Australia
The USA
South America
the world
the solar system