COMPARATIVES and SUPERLATIVES

Rewrite the sentences using the new beginnings and the words in block letters
1. Susan paints well but her brother Andrew paints far better.
Susan doesn’t .............................................................................................. NEARLY
Andrew is ......................................................................................... PAINTER
2. I always arrive at school a little later than my schoolmates.
My schoolmates arrive ................................................................................. BIT
I never arrive ................................................................................................
3. In that queue there are 50 people: In this one there are 23.
There are .........................................................................................................
In this queue there aren’t ............................................................................... NEARLY
In that queue there are ................................................................................ ALMOST
4. Donald Duck is less rich than Uncle Scrooge.
Donald Duck has got .....................................................................................
Donald Duck hasn’t ....................................................................................... MUCH
Uncle Scrooge has .........................................................................................
Uncle Scrooge is much ..................................................................................
5. I earn £100. John earns £1500.
I earn .............................................................................................................. FAR
John earns ......................................................................................................
I don’t earn .................................................................................................... NEARLY
6. A Jaguar is much more expensive than a Fiat.
A Fiat costs .................................................................................................. WAY
A Jaguar ....................................................................................................... COSTS
7. In a football match there are more players than in a basketball match.
In a basketball match there are ......................................................................
In a basketball match there aren’t ..................................................................
8. Patrick drinks more than his brother.
Patrick’s brother ............................................................................................
9. Climbing is a more dangerous sport than swimming.
Swimming is not ............................................................................................
10. Living in Lissone is more peaceful than living in Milan.
Lissone is a .....................................................................................................
Living in Milan is not .......................................................................................
One lives ..................................................................................in Milan.
11. I play tennis twice a week. Mark plays tennis every day. Jean plays tennis twice a month
I play tennis …………………………………………………..……………….. Mark
Mark plays …………………………………………………………….the three. OFTEN
Jean...........................................................…………………….Mark or I do.

Look at the table below and ask one question for each answer
age height hobbies salary
Paul 23 178 skiing, dancing, tennis £250 a week
George 21 180 music £150
Betty 30 170 skiing, cinema, music £250

1. ..........................................................................................
No, she isn’t. She is seven years older.
2. ............................................................................................
Yes, he has. They’ve both got three hobbies.
3. ...........................................................................................
No, he doesn’t. He earns less than him.
4. ............................................................................................
Yes, he is. He is the tallest of the three.
5. ............................................................................................
No, he doesn’t. He earns as much as her.
6. ............................................................................................
It’s Betty. And the youngest is George.

Complete the following sentences with THE CORRECT FORM OF one of the words from the box and
THAN ,AS, IN ,or OF if necessary. Some words will be used more than once

friend, money, short, modern, fast, tall, careful, cheap, street, old, big

1. Jack drives more ………….……………….. me

2. I can’t run as ………… ………… him.
3. I’ve got less ………………………. him.
4. Munich is a more ……………….............................. city …………… Florence.
5. Jack is the …………….................… student …………….. the class.
6. Of course I’m not as ………………...............…………….. my brother; he’s two years ……………….…………… me.
7. This is the ………...................……. building ………….. the world.
8. “Where do you live?” “ In the same …………….…………. Maria.
9. Susan ran to the station ……………..…………… me, so she didn’t miss the train.
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10. December 13 is the ……………. day ………………. the year.
11. Have you still got as many ……………....………………. you did?
12. The red car is very cheap. In fact, it’s the ………………...………………… the three cars.
13. My .........................................................son is studying to become a doctor
14. I’m exhausted, I don’t think I can walk .................................................................this.

Complete the sentences with LESS, FEWER, MUCH, MANY, MORE, FAR. Use the suggestions given.
1. You’ll have ……………… free time when you retire.(+)
2. There are ……………books in Italian than in English on this subject.(-)
3. I haven’t got as ……………… records as my friend Jane.
4. There isn’t enough coffee. We need ………….. ……………….. (++)
5. They have ……………. spare time than us (-)
6. I’ve got ………………. friends here than in England (-)
7. He’s earning ……………………….. money that he did in his old job. (++)
8. I’ve got as …………….. luggage as him.
9. There were …………….………….. people than I expected.(++).

Rewrite the sentences putting the adjective in brackets in the correct comparative/superlative form, as
indicated by the symbols (+) or (-). Add THAN; AS, IN, OF as necessary.
1. Steve always arrives at work (early +) ……………………………………………... Kevin.
2. Bill is much (talkative +)…………………………………………..….. Susan.
3. I chose the blue dress because it was (expensive -) ……………………………………………….. the red one.
4. The weather today is (bad +) ………………………………………………….….. yesterday, in fact, today is the (bad ++)
…………………………… day …………… he week.
5. “Do you live near the school?” “No, I live (far +) ………………………..……………………….. all of you.
6. I find history (difficult +) ………………………….……..……………………….. Geography but far (interesting
+).…………………………………………………
7. “How old is your (old +) ……………………. sister?” “She is two years (old +) …………………………me.
8. Yes but I think that Science is (interesting++) …………………………. subject ……………all.
9. She never does any exercise. She’s just (lazy =)……………………………….……………….. her sister.
10. “Your car is (powerful -) ………………………………………………….. mine” “Yes, but mine is (cheap +)
……………………………………………….and (economic +)…………………………………………..……………..
11. How do you feel today? Much (good +)………………………………………….…….. yesterday, thank you.
12. Who’s (old ++) ………………………………… the three brothers?

Correct the mistakes in the following sentences. If there is no mistake put a

1. My uncle is much more older than my aunt. ……………………………………………………….
2. Henry is one of the most famous robber in England. ………………………………………………
3. He is the nicest of the two brothers. ……………………………………………………….
4. My car isn’t nearly as economic as my brother’s. ……………………………………………………….
5. I study more hardly than her but she gets much gooder marks. …………………………………………
6. I’ve got as less money as him. ……………………………………………………….
7. He arrived more lately than us ……………………………………………………….
8. Is Brad Pitt more good-looking than Tom Cruise? ……………………………………………………….
9. Tom eats more than all of us. ……………………………………………………….
10. The same shoes cost far more in the corner shop than at the supermarket. ………………………….

Read the sentences and complete the blanks by writing sentences that have as similar a meaning as
possible to the original sentence. Use comparative forms.
1. I like warm weather. If the weather is good, I feel good, in fact, the ………………………………………………, the
………………………………………….
2. I didn’t really like him when we fist met but then I changed my mind and the more I got to know him,
.…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. It’s hard to concentrate when you are tired. The more ……………………………………………….,
…………………………………… to concentrate.
4. She had to wait a long time and she became very impatient. The ……………………………………………,
………………………………………………….
5. If you are very young it’s easy to learn. The ………………………………………., the ………………………………………..
6. I thought about the plan. I didn’t like it at all. …………………………………………….., the less ……………………………..
As she got old, she became friendly. The ……………………………………., ……………………………………..

Choose adjectives to complete the sentences in the exercise below. Repeat comparatives to say that
something is changing all the time.

1. It’s becoming …………………………….. to find a job. A lot of people have to send hundreds of CV1s before
they find someone who is willing to consider their application.
2. He has always treated people very badly, it is not surprising that he has ………………………………… friends.
3. That hole in your pullover is getting …………………………………….. Why don’t you have it mended?
4. My bags seemed to get …………………………………… as I carried them. I became …………………………………………..
In the end I had to stop to rest for a while. I am never going to pack so many things again.
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5. As I waited for the interview , I became …………………………………… Luckily the interviewer was very friendly
so it was OK after all.
6. As the day went on, the weather got …………………………………………………… We eventually decided to go back
home and spend the rest of the day playing cards in front of a warm fire.
7. Travelling is becoming …………………………………………. Next summer we’ll have to go camping to save
money.
8. Since she has been in Britain, her English has got ………………………………….. Now she can speak very fluently
and makes very few mistakes.

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CV curriculum vitae
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a job interview: someone asks you questions to decide if he can give you a job
9. These days ……………………………. people are learning English because it has become the world language.
10. When I started learning English, I found it difficult but now I feel more confident and I find it
………………………………. to learn new words and to speak it.

Find the mistakes in the following sentences. Put a if the sentence is correct.

1. The longer went on the game, the more

exhausted felt the players.
2. The better the students, the easier it is to teach
them
3. The older he gets, the more he becomes
irritable.
4. He’s working more and more hard these days.