Unit 9

Grammar Practice

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1

Complete the sentences. Use the

comparative form of the adjectives.
1 My ruler is .................... (long) than yours.

longer

2 My English grammar is .................... (bad)

than my English spelling.

3 I ®nd Biology .................... (easy) than

History.

4 Our house is .................... (big) than yours.
5 I think French is .................... (dif®cult) than

English.

6 Naples is .................... (far) from London

than Milan.

7 My teacher this year is .................... (happy)

than my teacher last year.

8 The ®rst Harry Potter book is ....................

(short) than the second.

9 My English spelling is .................... (good)

than my English pronunciation.

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2

Complete the sentences. Choose the correct

adjective and use the comparative form.
1 Mount Everest is .................... (high/low)

higher than

Mount Kilimanjaro.

2 Barcelona is .................... (close to / far

from) France .................... Madrid.

3 The weather in Australia is ....................

(good/bad) the weather in the UK.

4 Brazil is .................... (small/big) Chile.
5 The Amazon River is ....................

(short/long) the Orinoco River.

6 Cars are .................... (big/small) buses.
7 Men are usually .................... (tall/short)

women.

8 New York is .................... (quiet/busy)

Boston.

9 Aeroplanes are .................... (slow/fast)

trains.

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3

Complete the sentences. Use the superlative

form of the adjectives.
1 The Nile River is the .................... (long) river

longest

in the world.

2 Mount Everest is the .................... (high)

mountain in the world.

3 The blue whale is the .................... (big)

mammal.

4 I think English is the .................... (good)

language to learn.

5 The shrew is the .................... (small)

mammal in the world.

6 Concorde was the .................... (fast) way

to travel.

7 Italians make the .................... (nice) pasta.
8 The ostrich is the .................... (tall) bird in

the world.

9 Some people think that Chinese is the

.................... (dif®cult) language to learn.

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4

Comparative or superlative? Circle the

correct form in each sentence.
1 The Vatican City is the smaller/smallest

city in the world.

2 My brother thinks that English is

easiest/easier than French.

3 Which is the longest/longer river in the

world?

4 Do you think football is more dif®cult / the

most dif®cult than tennis?

5 My teacher says that grammar is

more important / the most important than
spelling.

6 The most famous / more famous Italian

painter is Michelangelo.

7 The worst/worse day of my life was when my

dog died.

8 The Petronas Towers are taller/tallest than

the CNtower.

9 The ostrich is the heavier/heaviest bird in the

world.

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# Cambridge University Press 2004 Level 1 Unit 9

GRAMMAR

PRACTICE

LEVEL

1

UNIT

9