PRACTICE THESE COMPARATIVES

Comparative – As…As

To say that 2 things are the same, you use “as [adjective] as.”

My car is big. Your car is big, too. My car is as big as yours.

Jake is 14 years old. Katy is 14 years old, too. Katy is as old as Jake.

PRACTICE

Read the sentences below, then write a sentence using “as [adjective] as.”

1. Dana’s dog is cute. Jamie’s dog is cute, too. __________________________

2. Chris is responsible. His brother is responsible, too. ___________________________

3. Sandra’s test score is good. Tina’s test score is good, too. __________________________

4. Joe is 26 years old. Paulina is 26 years old, too. __________________________

5. Ryan can run fast. Linda can run fast, too. __________________________

Comparative – Not So…As

You can also say that something is “not so [adjective] as” something else. This is the

opposite of “more [adjective]”.

The elephant is bigger than the mouse.

o The mouse is not so big as the elephant.

Your test score is better than mine.

o My test score is not as good as yours.

PRACTICE

1. My mom is (not / strict) ___________________your mum.

2. Your mobile phone is (not / trendy)________________ mine.

3. This yoghurt (not / taste / good)____________________ the one I bought yesterday.

4. I can do (many / press-ups) ___________________________you.

5. The professor speaks (fast) ___________________________me.

Comparative adjectives

With long adjectives of two syllables or more we use more + adjective + than.

e.g. Trains are more expensive than buses.

With short adjectives (one syllable or two syllables ending in –y) we add –er.

e.g. Brazil is bigger than Uruguay.

Spelling rules

1. With the majority of adjectives we simply add -er. e.g. old, older

2. When the adjective ends in e we only add -r. e.g. nice, nicer

3. When the adjective ends in y we change the y to I and add -er. e.g. happy, happier

4. When the adjective has one vowel and one final consonant

we double the final consonant and add -er. e.g. sad, sadder

Note: Some short adjectives have irregular comparative forms.

e.g. good -better

bad -worse

PRACTICE

Choose the correct adjective. comfortable enjoyable important

1. Love is more _____________________ than money.

2. Sleeping in a bed is more ________________ than sleeping on the floor.

3. Going to the cinema is more ___________________ than doing your homework.

Write the correct form of the adjective in brackets.

1. Alaska is _______________ (cold) than Italy.

2. My room is ______________ (old) than my brother’s room.

3. Madrid is ________________ (hot) than Paris.

4. The weather in California is ______________ (good) than the weather in Japan.

Superlative adjective

With long adjectives of two syllables or more we use the most + adjective.

e.g. That was the most interesting day of my life.

With short adjectives (one syllable or two syllables ending in –y) we add –est.

e.g. The Vatican is the smallest country in the world.

Spelling rules

1. With the majority of adjectives we simply add -est. e.g. old, oldest

2. When the adjective ends in e we only add -st. e.g. nice, nicest

3. When the adjective ends in y we change the y to I and add -est. e.g. happy, happiest

4. When the adjective has one vowel and one final consonant we double the final consonant and add -est

e.g. sad, saddest

Note: Some short adjectives have irregular superlative forms.

e.g. good – the best, bad – the worst.

PRACTICE

Fix the mistakes in the sentences below.

1. Yesterday was hottest day of the year. ________________________________________

2. Yesterday was hottest than today. _________________________________________

3. Elle is most considerate girl in the class. _________________________________________

4. My mother is the more responsible person in our family. ___________________________

5. I think that the brown dog is ugliest than the black dog. ___________________________