Comparative and superlative review

Comparative and Superlative adjectives

By Tat Le Thi

Comparative adjectives

Use comparative adjectives in order to compare two things, animals, or people.

Multiple Choice

Select the correct irregular adjective:

The comparative form of “good” is:

(USE THE CHART)

• Gooder

• More good

• Better

• Best

​Comparative Adjectives

​A comparative adjective is used to compare one person, action, thing or state to another.

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​It adds the suffix -er to the original adjective.

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​e.g. bright - > brighter

Example:

• Tom Holland is slimmer than Tobey McGuire.

• Huawei smartphones are less expensive than the Samsung ones.

Superlative adjectives

Use superlative adjectives in order to say that a thing, an animal, or a person is the most of a group.

​Superlative Adjectives

​A superlative adjective is used to compare one person, action, thing or state to all others in the same group.

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​It adds the suffix -est to the original adjective.

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​e.g. bright - > brightest

Example:

• Andrew Garfield is the slimmest Spider-man.

• iPhones are the least expensive smartphones.

The Equative

Use the equative in order to say that a thing, an animal, or a person is similar to another one.

Example:

• Rachel is as intelligent as Sue.

• Samsung smartphones are as expensive as iPhones.

​PRACTICE

Multiple Choice

My grandma is 80 years old. She is _______ in the family.

• old

• older

• the oldest

• the youngest

Multiple Choice

I have good grades. I am one of _________ students in my class.

• more comfortable

• the best

• the quickest

• the most beautiful

Multiple Choice

New York is ________________than London.

• crowdeder

• more crowded

• the crowdest

• the most crowded

Multiple Choice

The Mona Lisa is one of the ___________paintings in the museum.

• beautifuler

• more beautiful

• beautifulest

• most beautiful

Multiple Choice

Mt. Everest is _______________than Mt. Fuji

• higher

• more high

• highest

• the highest

Multiple Choice

Antartica is the ___________ place on earth.

• colder

• more cold

• coldest

• most cold

Multiple Choice

A tiger is ___________a cat.

• stronger than

• more strong than

• the strongest

• the most strong

Multiple Choice

Albert Einstein was ____________than me.

• intelligenter

• more intelligent

• intelligentest

• most intelligent

Multiple Choice

Who is____ singer in your country ?

• most famous 

• more famous

• the most famous 

Multiple Choice

A mouse is _________a lion.

• weaker than

• more weak than

• the weakest

• the most weak

Multiple Choice

Sugar is ______________salt.

• sweeter than

• more sweet than

• the sweetest

• the most sweet

Multiple Choice

A desert is __________than a jungle.

• drier

• more dry

• driest

• most dry

Multiple Choice

The cheetah is the___animal in the world

• fast

• most  fast 

• fastest

• more fast

Multiple Choice

His mom is (busy) than my dad.

• more busy

• most busy

• busier

• busiest

Multiple Choice

That was the ( ) quiz you have ever given us!

• harder

• more hard

• hardest

• most hard

Multiple Choice

Your watch is (expensive) than mine.

• more expensive

• most expensive

• expensiver

• expensivest

Multiple Choice

Select the correct irregular adjective:

The comparative form of “good” is:

(USE THE CHART)

• Gooder

• More good

• Better

• Best

Multiple Choice

The comparative form of “much” is:

• mucher

• most

• more

• morer

Multiple Select

Identify all irregular comparative / superlative adjectives.

• Further

• Worse

• cleaner

• Better

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct irregular adjective:

The weather is _______ today than last week. It’s so cold!

• Worse

• The worst

• Bad

Comparatives as...as

Multiple Choice

COMPARATIVO DE IGUALDAD

• I am as tall as you

• I am taller than you

• I am less tall than you

• I am the tallest

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence:

"I am __________ as you.

• as cool

• cool

• as

Multiple Choice

Ellen is as intelligent _____ John.

• more

• as

• is

• from

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence.

• The black phone is as big as the white phone

• The black phone is not as big as the white phone.

Multiple Choice

My hair is longer than your hair.

Your hair ... my hair.

• is as long as

• is as short as

• isn't as long as

Multiple Choice

Jenny's hair is the same color ____ her sister's.

• than

• as

• like

• from