Grammar focus. Degrees of comparison

Простая форма
Положительная степень		Сравнительная степень		Превосходная степень
low	низкий	lower	ниже	lowest	самый низкий
weak	слабый	weaker	слабее	weakest	слабейший
strong	сильный	stronger	сильнее	strongest	сильнейший
long	длинный	longer	длиннее	longest	длиннейший

Исключения
Положительная степень		Сравнительная степень		Превосходная степень
good	хороший	better	лучше	best	лучший
bad	плохой	worse	хуже	worst	худший
little	маленький	less	меньше	least	наименьший
far	далекий	further, farther	более далекий	furthest, farthest	самый далекий

Ex 1. Fill in the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives.

1) old - ____________ - ____________

2) bad - ____________ - ____________

3) difficult - ___________ - ____________

4) large - ___________ - _____________

5) good - ___________ - ____________

6) big - ___________ - ___________

7) easy - __________ - ____________

8) much - __________ - __________

9) little - __________ - __________

10) interesting - ______________ - _____________

Ex 2. Use the correct form of the adjective (comparative or superlative).

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.

8. 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.

Ex 3. Open the brackets using a correct form of the adjective.

1. This man is (tall) _________ than that one.

2. Asia is (large) __________ than Australia.

3. The Volga is (short) ___________ than the Mississippi.

4. Mary is a (good) _____________ student than Lucy.

5. This garden is the (beautiful) __________ in our town.

6. She speaks Italian (good) _____________ than English.

7. Spanish is (easy) ________________ than German.

8. This book is (interesting) _______________ of all I have read this year.

9. January is (cold) ____________ month of the year.

10. Which is the (hot) ______________ month of the year?

Ex 4. Write the appropriate form of the adjective in the brackets.

1.     The town is just as _______ (large) as my native one.

2.    The road was ___________ (long) than we had expected.

3.    The girl is very __________ (intelligent).

4.    As soon as they understood that the second book was ________ (boring) than the first one, they changed their mind.

5.    The shop is _________ (far) than the school.

6.    Ventspils is ________ (far) town in Latvia I have been to.

7.    Tim is __________ (intelligent) than Pat.

8.    The heat is less ___________ (harmful) than the cold.

9.    This song is _____________ (beautiful) one in the world!

10. They are as ______________ (stubborn) as donkeys!