THE PROMISED IS DEBT. HERE YOU CAN CHECK YOUR DICTATION.
1. They're orange, yellow and green. They've got lot of vitamin C. What are they? 2. It's a dark brown drink made of a type of bean. A lot of people drink it in the morming. What is it? 3. It comes from bees. It's very sweet. You can eat it on bread. What is it? 4. They can be green or black. They taste salty. They don't grow in Jamaica. What are they? 5. They come from tall trees. They're brown and hard. They've got liquid inside. What are they? 6. They can be green, red or white. We use it in lots of recipes. They're very healthy. What are they? 7. It's very sweet. a lot of people put it in coffee. We use it when you make a cake. What is it? 8. They help food taste more interesting. They can be of different colours and tastes. What are they? 9. It's a type of cereal. it's an important ingredient in Chinese, Indian food and in Paella. What is it? 10. It's white and a little bit of it makes food tastes better. You put it on the table. What is it? TASK. Copy in your notebook these descriptions and write the correct words.
With adjectives of one syllable and adjectives of two syllables ending in -y /-er/ -ow.
(pretty, friendly – clever – narrow)
SPELLING
ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
Long longer the longest
Small smaller the smallest
Fast faster the fastest
High higher the highest
DOUBLE CONSONANT
Big bigger the biggest
Thin thinner the thinnest
Slim slimmer the slimmest
Fat fatter the fattest
Y → ier /iest
Easy easier the easiest
Busy busier the busiest
Pretty prettier the prettiest
Friendly friendlier the friendliest
Lucky luckier the luckiest
healthy healthier the healthiest
E → r /st
Nice nicer the nicest
Large larger the largest
wide wider the widest
3.2.- MORE / MOST + ADJECTIVE
With adjectives of two or more syllables
ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
Interesting more interesting the most interesting
Boring more boring the most boring
Intelligent more intelligent the most intelligent
Beautiful more beautiful the most beautiful
Famous more famous the most famous
Dangerous more dangerous the most dangerous
4.- IRREGULAR FORMS
ADJECTIVE
*WORD COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
Good better The best
Bad worse The worst
Far farther /further The farthest /furthest
*well (adv) better The best
*badly (adv) worse The worst
*much/many/a lot of more The most
*little less The least
*few fewer The fewest
EXERCISES
1. WRITE THE CORRECT COMPARATIVE FOR THESE SENTENCES
1 The Mississippi's longer than the Thames. (long)
2 This hotel's more comfortable than the other one. (comfortable)
3 I think this shop is _________________ that one. (good)
4 The restaurant is _________________ the café. (expensive)
5 Simon's _________________ Mark. (old)
6 I think Scotland is _________________ England. (beautiful)
7 My brother's _________________ I am. (young)
8 1 like this school because it's _________________ the other one. (big)
9 Accommodation here is _________________ in my country. (expensive)
10 The weather here is _________________ at home. (cold)
11 I think you're _________________ your father now. (tall)
12 His homework was _________________ mine, (bad)
13 This film is _________________ the one you wanted to see. (interesting)
14 The journey is _________________ I thought. (long)
15 This lesson is _________________ the last one. (difficult)
2. WRITE THE CORRECT COMPARATIVE FOR THESE SENTENCES
1 He is more helpful than he used to be. (helpful)
2 It was slowly getting hotter and hotter (hot)
3 I had _________________ time than T needed to finish the job.(little)
4 Peter gets _________________ and _________________ all the time (selfish)
5 You seem _________________ you were yesterday (happy)
6 My chair was getting _________________ and _________________ (uncomfortable)
7 We need _________________ actors for this film (young)
8 I think that the new salesman is _________________ the last one. (honest)
9 This road is _________________ and _________________the other one. (long/dangerous)
10 Is the new car _________________ the old one? (expensive)
11 This system is _________________ the last one we had. (easy)
12 People here are _________________ they are at home (polite)
13 The man was getting _________________ and _________________ (angry)
14 The city is _________________ it used to be. (crowded)
15 She was feeling _____________________ she had been earlier. (miserable)
16 Computers are ______________________ nowadays (complicated)
17 I think trains are _________________ and ___________________ cars (fast/comfortable)
Comparatives and Superlatives - World Knowledge Quiz
