Exercise 112

Write the comparative and superlative of these adjectives, like this:

small – smaller – the smallest

expensive – more expensive – the most expensive

1. cheap _____________________________________

2. efficient ___________________________________

3. heavy _____________________________________

4. wide ______________________________________

5. easy ______________________________________

6. quiet ______________________________________

7. dirty ______________________________________

8. thin _______________________________________

9. big _______________________________________

10. dark ______________________________________

11. tall _______________________________________

12. clean ______________________________________

13. intelligent __________________________________

14. attractive ___________________________________

15. long _______________________________________

16. noisy ______________________________________

Exercise 113

Choose the right form of adjective and open the brackets. In some cases the both forms are correct.

1. Is your house much (further / farther)?

2. Who is the (oldest / eldest) in this class?

3. Your driving is (worse / worst) than mine.

4. We have no (further / farther) information.

5. This is the town (oldest / eldest) house.

6. My flat is (littler / smaller) than yours.

7. Jane is (older / elder) than I am.

8. His English is (best / better) than mine.

9. It’s the (better / best) shop.

10. It’s the (oldest / eldest) tree in the country.

11. She’s my (older / elder) sister.

Exercise 114 Comparing two things

Look at exercise 110 and, in pairs, compare the two typewriters, like this:

SIMON: My typewriter’s small.

ANNA: You’re right. It’s smaller than mine.

ANNA: My typewriter’s difficult to use.

SIMON: You’re right. It’s more difficult to use than mine.

NB: You cannot compare two of the adjectives! Which two?

Exercise 115

Write sentences with as…as.

1. Athens is older than Rome. Rome isn’t as old as Athens.

2. We worked better than them. _____________________________________________________

3. I’m harder up than him. _________________________________________________________

4. The inflation rate in Russia is higher than in America. _________________________________

5. The US dollar is stronger than many other currencies. _________________________________

6. White collar workers’ salary is higher than blue collar workers’. _________________________

Exercise 116

Using the words below make the sentences like in the model.

T his book, the other one, interesting. This book is as interesting as the other one.

This book is not so interesting as the other one.

1. Jane, Anna, beautiful. – ________________________________________________________

2. He, I, tall. – __________________________________________________________________

3. Michael, his brother, strong. – ____________________________________________________

4. Our car, their car, good. – ________________________________________________________

5. This report, your report, interesting. – ______________________________________________

6. My salary, yours, high. – ________________________________________________________

7. I feel, tired, yesterday. – ___________________________________________________­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­________

8. The ice-cream, the cake, delicious. – _________________________________________________

9. Russian currency, strong, last year. – _________________________________________________

10. My house, expensive, yours. – ______________________________________________________

Exercise 117

Put in as or than.

1. Athens is older than Rome.

1. I don’t watch TV as much _______ you.

2. You eat more ________ me.

3. I feel better _________ I felt yesterday.

4. Jim isn’t as clever _________ he thinks.

5. Belgium is smaller ____________ Switzerland.

6. Brazil isn’t as big _________ Canada.

7. I can’t wait longer _________ an hour.

Exercise 118 Comparing three things

Tommy, Tony and Terry are brothers. What do we know about them?

		Tommy	Tony	Terry
	1. polite	***	*	**
	2. lazy	*	***	**
	3. funny	**	*	***
	4. good	***	*	**
	5. friendly	*	**	***
	6. clever	***	*	**
	7. careful	**	***	*
	8. thin	*	**	***
	9. tall	**	***	*
	10. old	**	***	*
Tony is polite. Terry is more polite than Tony. Tommy is the most polite of all. Tommy ____________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Tony ______________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 4. Tony ______________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 5. Tommy ____________________________ ______________________________________________________________________			6. Tony __________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ 7. Terry _________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ 8. Terry _________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ 9. Tommy _______________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 10. Tony _________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________