Unit 2 ______ SOLUTIONS

U N I T – 2 - SOLUTIONS

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

1.- COMPLETE NEXT TABLE

ADJECTIVE	COMPARATIVE	SUPERLATIVE
Beautiful	More beautiful than	The most beautiful
Wide	Wider than	The widest
Handsome	More handsome than	The most handsome
Lazy	Lazier than	The laziest
Ugly	Uglier than	The ugliest
Serious	More serious than	The most serious
Clever	Cleverer than	The cleverest
Funny	Funnier than	The funniest
Soft	Softer than	The softest
Good	Better than	The best
Hard	Harder than	The hardest
Heavy	Heavier than	The heaviest
Loud	Louder than	The loudest
Expensive	More expensive than	The most expensive
Nasty	Nastier than	The nastiest
Bad	Worse than	The worst
Dirty	Dirtier than	The dirtiest

2.- CHOOSE ADJECTIVES FROM THE LIST AND WRITE THREE FOR EACH SECTION

Rich              Fat                Short             Confident              Large           Happy             Many              Beautiful           Curly                             Big                            Strange       Red     Quiet          Long         Worried              Gentle                  Little            Intelligent           Good                   Thin              Easy   

      Exciting            Small            Silly                Hot               Wide               

                               Dangerous         Quick

a)   Short adjectives with one syllable. (general rule)

ADJECTIVE                       COMPARATIVE                           SUPERLATIVE                

  Tall                        taller than                                    the tallest                         

 Rich                     richer than                               the richest

Short                    shorter than                             the shortest

Quiet                    quieter than                             the quietest

Long                     longer than                               the longest

Small                    smaller than                              the smallest

Quick                   quicker than                              the quickest

                                                 

b)   Short adjectives with one syllable, ending in -e.

ADJECTIVE                       COMPARATIVE                           SUPERLATIVE    

Large                               larger than                               the largest

Strange                           stranger than                           the strangest

Gentle                              gentler than                             the gentlest

Wide                                  wider than                               the widest

c)   Short adjectives with one syllable. (double final consonant)

ADJECTIVE                       COMPARATIVE                           SUPERLATIVE     Fat                               fatter than                              the fattest

          Big                                bigger than                            the biggest     

           Red                              redder than                            the reddest

          Thin                              thinner than                          the thinnest

          Hot                               hotter than                             the hottest

d)    Adjectives with two syllables ending in –y.

ADJECTIVE                       COMPARATIVE                           SUPERLATIVE                 Happy                        happier than                          the happiest

          Curly                          curlier than                             the curliest

           Easy                            easier than                              the easiest

          Silly                             sillier than                              the silliest

e)   Adjectives with two or more syllables.

ADJECTIVE                       COMPARATIVE                           SUPERLATIVE    

Confident                        more confident than           the most confident

Beautiful                         more beautiful than            the most beautiful

Worried                           more worried than              the most worried

Intelligent                       more intelligent than          the most intelligent

Exciting                           more exciting than              the most exciting

Dangerous                      more dangerous than          the most dangerous

f)    Irregular adjectives.

ADJECTIVE                       COMPARATIVE                           SUPERLATIVE                 Many                       more than                                 the most

          Little                       less than                                    the least

          Good                       better than                                the best

             

3.- COMPLETE NEXT SENTENCES WITH THE COMPARATIVE FORM

     1) Cindy's hat is _________darker than_____________________ (dark)  mine.

     2) Snakes are __________more dangerous than____________________  (dangerous)  rats.

     3) My old trousers are _______longer than_______________________ (long)  those black ones.

     4) Mark is ______cleverer than________________________ (clever)  his brother.

     5) German is __________more difficult than____________________ (difficult)  English.

     6) I am _________stronger than_____________________ (strong)  my friend.

     7) The teacher is  ____________taller than________________ (tall)  me.

     8) My friend's eyes are ________bigger than______________________ (big) mine.

     9) He sings _________better than_____________________  (good) Betty.

   10) Lucy's hair is __________curlier than____________________  (curly) yours

   11) By plane you can travel _______faster than_______________________ (fast) by train

   12) A normal person is _________poorer than_____________________ (poor) a King

   13) In this town some streets are ________more dangerous than ______________________ (dangerous) others

    14) Summer is ___________hotter than___________________  (hot) winter only in half the world

    15) Drinking water is ______healthier than________________________ (healthy) drinking coffee

    16) Julie’s hair is ________curlier than______________________ (curly) mine

    17) Sometimes the country is _______dirtier than_______________________ (dirty) the city

    18) Madrid is _______closer_______________________ (close) to Malaga ____than______ Bilbao

  19) This exam is ________easier than______________________ (easy) the previous one

  20) These trousers are ______more comfortable than ________________________ (comfortable) those jeans.

4.- COMPLETE NEXT SENTENCES WITH THE SUPERLATIVE FORM

    1) It´s a very nice house. It´s __________the nicest____________________  house in the street.

   2) This is a cheap restaurant. It´s ________the cheapest______________________  I´ve ever been.

   3) It was a very valuable painting. I´m sure it was

      _______the most valuable_______________________ painting in the gallery.

   4) She´s a very good tennis player. Her trainer says she is 

       _________the best_____________________ .

   5) He´s a very dangerous criminal. The police says he is

       _______the most dangerous_______________________  in the country.

   6) We should buy him a beautiful present. Last year we gave him

       __________the most beautiful____________________  gift of all in his birthday.

   7) What is ________the most beautiful______________________ (beautiful) city in Europe?

   8) My wife is _____the prettiest_________________________ (pretty) woman in the world

   9) _________The most important_____________________ (important) sportsman in Spain is …………………

 10) The Everest is _______the higest_______________________ (high) mountain in the  world

 11) New York is _______the most exciting_______________________ (exciting) city in the USA

 12) The Simpsons is ________the most boring______________________ (boring)  series you can watch on TV

 13) Antartica is ________the coldest______________________ (cold) place on Earth

 14) Why don’t we go to _____________the nearest_________________ (near) Burger and eat something?

 15) Do you know who is ________the richest______________________ (rich) person in Spain?

 16) My great-grandfather is _______________the oldest_______________ (old) member of my family.

  17) London is _______the largest_______________________ (large) city in England.

  18) Cheetahs are ______________the fastest________________ (fast) animals in the world.

  19) Whales are _______the biggest_______________________ (big) animals.

  20) San Francisco is __________the most beautiful____________________ (beautiful) city in the United States.

5. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjective in brackets:

     1)  We like wearing the _____latest__________________(late) fashion.

     2) These trousers are _____more comfortable_______________ (comfortable) than those jeans.

     3) She is ______happier than________________ (happy) now than he was last year.

     4) You are the _______prettiest_________________ (pretty) girl in class.

     5) My grandma is _____________older__________ (old) than my grandpa.

     6) The red dress is the ______most attractive________________ (attractive) in the shop.

     7) I always tell the _________funniest______________ (fun) jokes.

     8) Your hair is ______curlier ______________ (curly) than my hair.

     9) My hair is ______shorter________________ (short) than yours.

    10) This is _________the fanciest__________________ (fancy) dress I own.

    11) In my opinion, a deer moves _______most graceful_____________ (graceful) of all the animals.

    12) The politician spoke ______louder__________ (loud) than was necessary.

    13) When we travel, my suitcase is always _____heavier__________ (heavy) than my husband’s.

    14) January is _____the coldest________________ (cold) month of the year.

    15) Mrs. Smith speaks _________fluenter______________(fluent) than her husband, but her daughter speaks ______the fluentest_________________ (fluent) of the whole family.

    16) December 21 is the ___shortest_____________(short) day of the year. It is  ____shorter__________ (short) than any other.

    17) Andrew is ______the fastest____________ (fast) runner on the team.

    18) This apartment is _______the most convenient ___________(convenient) of all the apartments I have seen.

    19) Annie usually gets up _____earlier than___________(early) than her sister.

    20) Max finished the homework ______faster___________ (fast) than anyone else in the class.

    21) A turtle moves _________slower____________(slow) than a rabbit.

    22) Bonnie works _______the hardest____________(hard) of all the employees in the office.

    23) This book is ____more interesting_________________ (interesting) than the one I read last week.

    24) Daniel drives _____more careful_______________________ (careful) than his father.

    25) Judy goes to the library _____more often_______________ (often) than I do.