ACTIVITY ABOUT COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES FOR 10º GRADE

ACTIVITY

A. Complete the chart with the correct forms of the adjectives.

Example: ____ - newer - _______

Answer: new - newer – the newest
1) _________- longer - _____________
2) __________- ____________ - the worst
3) modern - _ ___________ - _____________
4) ___________- __________ - the nicest
5) __________- __________ - the nearest
6) __________- __________ - the flattest
7) popular - ______________ - __________
8) ___________- happier - _____________
9) full - ___________ - ____________
10) _________- _________ - the cleverest


B. Use as … as or not as … as in the sentences below.

Example: Ben Nevis is __________ as Mont Blanc (not/high).

Answer: Ben Nevis is not as high as Mont Blanc.

1) The blue car is ____________ the red car. (fast)
2) Peter is _________________Fred. (not/tall)
3) The violin is ______________ the cello. (not/low)
4) This copy is _______________ the other one. (bad)
5) Oliver is ________________Peter. (optimistic)
6) Today it's _______________ yesterday. (not/windy)
7) The tomato soup was _______________the mushroom soup. (delicious)
8) Grapefruit juice is ________________ lemonade. (not/sweet)
9) Nick is _______________ Kevin. (brave)
10) Silver is ________________ gold. (not/heavy)


C. Put in the adjective in bold from the first sentence into the second sentence in its correct form (comparative or superlative).

Example: I have a fast car, but my friend has a ______ car.

Answer: I have a fast car, but my friend has a faster car.

1) This is a nice cat. It's much ______ than my friend's cat.
2) Here is Emily. She's six years old. Her brother is nine, so he is ________ .
3) This is a difficult exercise. But the exercise with an asterisk (*) is the ___________ exercise on the worksheet.
4) He has an interesting hobby, but my sister has the ____________ hobby in the world.
5) In the last holidays I read a good book, but father gave me a ________ book last weekend.
6) School is boring, but homework is____________ than school.
7) Skateboarding is a dangerous hobby. Bungee jumping is______________ than skateboarding.
8) This magazine is cheap, but that one is ______________ .
9) We live in a small house, but my grandparents' house is __________ than ours.
10) Yesterday John told me a funny joke. This joke was the____________ joke I've ever heard.

D. Put in the adjective from the first sentences into the second sentence in its correct form (comparative or superlative).

Example: I have a fast car, but my friend has a ______ car.

Answer: I have a fast car, but my friend has a faster car.

1) My father is heavy. My uncle is ___________ than my father.
2) The test in Geography was easy, but the test in Biology was ___________ .
3) Florida is sunny. Do you know the ___________ place in the USA?
4) Stan is a successful sportsman, but his sister is _____________ than Stan.
5) My mother has a soft voice, but my teacher's voice is ___________ than my mother's.
6) Amy has a beautiful baby, but my daughter has the _____________ baby on earth.
7) I live in a large family, but my grandfather lived in a _________ family.
8) Lucy is clever, but Carol is ______________ than Lucy.
9) Have you visited the old castle? It was the __________ castle we visited during our holidays.
10) That flower is beautiful, but this is the ____________ in the garden.