II 3 Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Big

Bigger

Biggest

Sharon

Sarah

Juliet

Pilar

Daphne

Ashley

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Sharon is the fattest and the funniest.

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Sarah is the tallest and the most intelligent.

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Juliet is the oldest and the most loving.

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Pilar is the ugliest and the most stupid.

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Daphne is the youngest and the sweetest.

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Ashley is the most fashionable and coolest.

Rule

Adjective

Example

✔

tall taller tallest

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old older oldest

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long longer longest

•

Mary is the tallest of all the students.

•

Of the three students, Max is the oldest.

•

Max's story is the longest story I've ever heard.

✔

large larger largest

✔

wise wiser wisest

✔

cute cuter cutest

•

Mary's car is larger than Max's car.

•

My house is the tallest of all the houses on the block.

•

Max is the wisest person I know.

✔

big bigger biggest

✔

hot hotter hottest

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fat fatter fattest

•

My dog is the biggest of all the dogs in the
neighborhood.

•

Of all the students in the class, Max is the thinnest.

•

Mary is the fattest person I've ever seen.

✔

peaceful

more peaceful

most peaceful
✔

thoughtful

more thoughtful most
thoughtful

•

This morning is more peaceful than yesterday
morning.

•

Max's house in the mountains is the most peaceful in
the world.

•

Of all the taxi drivers, Jack is the most careful.

•

Jill is more thoughtful than your sister.

•

Mary is the most thoughtful person I've ever met.

✔

shy shier shiest

✔

silly sillier silliest

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busy busier busiest

•

John is happier today than he was yesterday.

•

John is the happiest boy in the world.

•

Of all of John's victims, Max is the angriest.

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good better best

✔

bad worse worst

•

Italian food is better than American food.

•

My dog is the best dog in the world.

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far farther farthest

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little less least

•

My mother's cooking is worse than your mother's
cooking.

•

Of all the students in the class, Max is the worst.

Complete the chart

tall

healthy

small

friendly

large

busy

slow

sunny

fast

dirty

old

dry

cheap

hungry

long

early

short

easy

safe

expensive

high

dangerous

big

popular

hot

common

wet

generous

sad

difficult

thin

comfortable

pretty

boring

Fill in the blanks with the comparative or superlative form of the adjective in parentheses.
1. The Qu’ran is considered ____________________ book by all Muslims. (holy)

2. Do you find Pepsi ______________ Coca-Cola? (refreshing)
3. I think that water is _______________ drink of all. (satisfying)

4. She is ________________ person I have ever met. (sweet)
5. Organically grown vegetables are ______________vegetables grown with chemical fertilizers. (healthy)

6. Statistically speaking, travel by airplane is ________________ travel by car. (safe)
7. Methane gas is ________________ to the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. (harmful)

8. Of all the industrialized nations, the United States has _______________ prisoners per capita. (many)
9. This grammar book is _______________ the book we used in high school. (useful)

10. Temperature in the world was recorded ________________ in the desert of Saudi Arabia. (hot)
11. My pet turtle is ______________ my cat. (old)

12. Montreal is famous for _________________ smoked meat sandwiches in the world. (good)
13. This year has been ________________ last year for the number of car accidents. (bad)

14. A Mercedes is ________________ a Volkswagon. (expensive)
15. Saskatchewan is ________________ province in Canada. (flat)

16. _____________ tropical storms usually occur in the months of July and August. (bad)

Conversation
SAILOR 1 (SAM): Hi, mate! Can't wait to get home. I haven't been home for six months.

SAILOR 2 (SACK): Well, I have been away from home much
....................... than that.

SAM: Where do you live? I live in Scotland.
SACK: Well, I live in Kent; it is a bit .......................

than Scotland.

SAM: Have you got a girlfriend or wife?
SACK: Yes, I have a girlfriend who wants to marry me, but she's

....................... than me.
SAM Is she a lot ....................... than you?

SACK: Oh, yes. 10 centimetres.
SAM: Well my girlfriend is much ....................... than that. In fact she is

....................... woman I know.
SACK: My girlfriend's very ......................., too. Have you got a photo of

your one?
SAM: Yes, here it is. My girlfriend is ..................... girl in the world, but

she is so .................
SACK: She reminds me of my girlfriend, but this woman has

....................... hair. Let me look ....................... with my glasses.
Hmmmm! This woman is definitely as ...................... as my girlfriend!

Just a minute! She is MY girlfriend, not YOUR girlfriend! You're
....................... scumbag I have ever met. Get a girlfriend of your own!

SAM: Are you sure she's your girlfriend? Is her hair as .......................

as your girlfriend's?

SACK:Well, no, but she must have dyed it. It's usually much ....................... than that. I have always

preferred blondes.
SAM: Well, there you are, then. She can't be your girlfriend - her hair's the wrong colour.

SACK: Maybe you're right, but she does look just like my Meg. Sorry, mate. Didn't mean to turn on you
like that. I'm not usually as ....................... as that. Look, here's a photo of Meg.

SAM: Yes, she does resemble my Margaret a bit, but her hair is much ....................... and she also looks
....................... in the face. (Thinks: You must be ....................... than you look!)

SAILOR: Yes. You're right. Well then, bye mate. ....................... to have met you.
SOLDIER: Bye, mate. (Thinks: You must be ....................... man I have ever met!

1. Joe is ______________ than Ed. (short)

2. Al is the ____________ . (short)
3. Ed is the _____________ . (thin)

4. Joe is _______________ than Al. (thin)
5. Al has the _____________ clothes. (colourful)

6. Al is _______________ than Joe. (heavy)
7. Ed is the _____________ . (light)

8. Joe is _______________ than Ed. (happy)
9. Ed is the _______________ . (mysterious)

10. Joe is ________________than Ed. (energetic)

m

ft

Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan

2

004

101

50

8

1,667

Petronas Tower 1, Kuala 
Lumpur

1998

88

45

2

1,483

Sears Tower, Chicago

1974

110

44

2

1,451

Jin Mao Building, Shanghai

1999

88

42

1

1,381

Empire State Building, New York

1931

102

38

1,250

1