World Quiz

Which is the largest country in the world?

• Russia

• China

Which has the bigger population?

• China

• Russia

Which is longer?

• The River Nile in Africa

• The Amazon River in South America

Which are the FIVE most populated countries in the world?

Answer explanation

Seoul

Mumbai

Sao Paulo

Jakarta

Moscow

Which country has the longest coastline in the world?

• Australia

• Canada

• Indonesia

• Greece

Which of these US cities is furthest north?

• Chicago

• San Francisco

• Los Angeles

• New York

Match the following descriptions to a country

• It has the most fast food restaurants in the world

• China

• It is the most popular country in the world for tourists

• India

• It has the busiest airport in the world

• France

• They drink the most cups of tea per person in the world

• Ireland

• It has the most universities in the world

• UK

What are the comparative and superlative forms of these words:

1. long

2. big

3. busy

4. popular

5. far

Match the following

• Some adjectives have completely irregular comparative and superlative forms.

• small-smaller-smallest

• Add -er for the comparative and -est for the superlative.

• good-better-best

• For adjectives ending in y, change the y to an i before adding the ending.

• happy - happier - happiest

• If the adjective has a consonant + single vowel + consonant spelling, the final consonant is doubled

• boring-more boring - most boring

• Adjectives with two or more syllables form the comparative by adding more/most

• big-bigger-biggest

Match the sentences to the correct picture

• X is slightly higher than Y

• X is much higher than Y

• X is a little higher than Y

• X is a lot higher than Y