Worksheet for practicing comparative and superlative adjectives with exercises on completing charts, writing forms, sentence completion, and multiple-choice questions.
A worksheet titled "Comparative and superlative adjectives: Exercises" with four sections: completing a chart of adjectives, writing comparatives, completing sentences with superlatives, and choosing correct answers between comparative and superlative forms.
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Task: Solve the problems related to comparative and superlative adjectives.
#### Exercise 1: Complete the chart with comparatives and superlatives
The task is to fill in the missing comparatives and superlatives for the given adjectives.
| Adjective | Comparative | Superlative |
|-----------|-------------|-------------|
| long | longer than | the longest |
| fast | faster than | the fastest |
| pretty | prettier than | the prettiest |
| beautiful | more beautiful than | the most beautiful |
| ugly | uglier than | the ugliest |
| thin | thinner than | the thinnest |
| fashionable | more fashionable than | the most fashionable |
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#### Exercise 2: Write the comparative
The task is to write the comparative form of the given adjectives.
1. old → older
2. strong → stronger
3. happy → happier
4. modern → more modern
5. important → more important
6. good → better
7. large → larger
8. serious → more serious
9. pretty → prettier
10. bad → worse
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#### Exercise 3: Complete the sentences with a superlative
The task is to complete the sentences using the appropriate superlative form.
1. This building is very old. It’s the oldest building in Bari.
- Answer: the oldest building
2. It was a very happy day. It was the happiest day of my life.
- Answer: the happiest day
3. It’s a very good film. It’s the best film I’ve seen.
- Answer: the best film
4. It was a very bad mistake. It was the worst mistake in my life.
- Answer: the worst mistake
5. It was a very cold day. It was the coldest day of the year.
- Answer: the coldest day
6. She’s a popular singer. She’s the most popular singer in the country.
- Answer: the most popular singer
7. He’s a very boring person. He’s the most boring person I know.
- Answer: the most boring person
8. This house is very big. It is the biggest house I’ve lived in.
- Answer: the biggest house
9. My cousin is very tall. He is the tallest person I have.
- Answer: the tallest person
10. Laura is a very pretty girl. She is the prettiest girl I know.
- Answer: the prettiest girl
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#### Exercise 4: Choose the correct answer
The task is to choose the correct comparative or superlative form in each sentence.
1. Giovanni’s car is bigger / the biggest than his friend’s car.
- Correct Answer: bigger
- Explanation: "Bigger" is used for comparing two things (Giovanni's car and his friend's car).
2. Who is shorter than / the shortest person in your family?
- Correct Answer: shorter than
- Explanation: "Shorter than" is used for comparing one person to another in the family.
3. Who is more independent than / the most independent person you know?
- Correct Answer: more independent than
- Explanation: "More independent than" is used for comparing one person to another.
4. These sofas are more comfortable than / the most comfortable ours.
- Correct Answer: more comfortable than
- Explanation: "More comfortable than" is used for comparing the sofas to something else.
5. My brother is taller than / the tallest in the class.
- Correct Answer: taller than
- Explanation: "Taller than" is used for comparing one person (your brother) to others in the class.
6. Is Daniele’s dog older than / the oldest yours?
- Correct Answer: older than
- Explanation: "Older than" is used for comparing Daniele's dog to yours.
7. Who is the best / better than singer in the world?
- Correct Answer: the best
- Explanation: "The best" is used to indicate the highest degree of quality among all singers in the world.
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Final Answers:
#### Exercise 1:
| Adjective | Comparative | Superlative |
|-----------|-------------|-------------|
| long | longer than | the longest |
| fast | faster than | the fastest |
| pretty | prettier than | the prettiest |
| beautiful | more beautiful than | the most beautiful |
| ugly | uglier than | the ugliest |
| thin | thinner than | the thinnest |
| fashionable | more fashionable than | the most fashionable |
#### Exercise 2:
1. older
2. stronger
3. happier
4. more modern
5. more important
6. better
7. larger
8. more serious
9. prettier
10. worse
#### Exercise 3:
1. the oldest building
2. the happiest day
3. the best film
4. the worst mistake
5. the coldest day
6. the most popular singer
7. the most boring person
8. the biggest house
9. the tallest person
10. the prettiest girl
#### Exercise 4:
1. bigger
2. shorter than
3. more independent than
4. more comfortable than
5. taller than
6. older than
7. the best
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