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INSTRUCTIONS: Read the post Comparison of Adjectives then answer the following exercises. Copy and paste the following exercises in a long bond paper then print. Afterwards, write your answer. Submit it on March 5, 2008.

Exercise I

Fill in the missing words into the gaps. Mind the first two words in each task.

1) strong – stronger; good – _______________ 2) coldest – colder; happiest – _______________ 3) nice – nicer; bad – _______________ 4) angry – angrier; much – _______________ 5) more boring – boring; sunnier – _______________ 6) more interesting – most interesting; worse – _______________ 7) hard – hardest; new – _______________ most expensive – expensive; cleanest – _______________ 9) fast – fastest; old – _______________ 10) shortest – short; most difficult – _______________

Exercise II

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 much __________ 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. We have only little time for this exercise, but in the examination we’ll have even _____________ time. 9) Lucy is clever, but Carol is _____________ than Lucy. 10) Have you visited the old castle? It was the ____________ castle we visited during our holidays.

Exercise III
Fill in the missing words into the gaps.

There are three forms of comparison:

- positive
- comparative
- superlative

A – Comparison with -er/-est

clean – cleaner – (the) cleanest

We use -er/-est with the following adjectives:

1) adjectives with one syllable

2) adjectives with two syllables and the following endings:

2 – 1) adjectives with two syllables, ending in -y

2 – 2) adjectives with two syllables, ending in -er

2 – 3) adjectives with two syllables, ending in -le

2 – 4) adjectives with two syllables, ending in -ow

Spelling of the adjectives using the endings -er/-est

B – Comparison with more – most

difficult – more difficult – (the) most difficult

all adjectives with more than one syllable (except some adjectives with two syllables – see
2 – 1 to 2 – 4)

C – Irregular adjectives

D – Special adjectives

Some ajdectives have two possible forms of comparison.

Difference in meaning with adjectives: