30 Nov 2022

Comparatives and Superlatives Quiz

COMPARATIVES OR SUPERLATIVES



COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES


A/ Complete these sentences using the comparative form of the adjectives. (Add “THAN”)
1. She is ............................................................................. (imaginative)  her brother .
2. He’s  ............................................................................... (old) all the other students.
3. Do you think Paul is  ................................................................... (intelligent) Brian?
4. He eats a lot. He is ..................................................................... (fat) before.
5. Do you think English is .................................. (difficult) French ?
6. He was ......................................................... (angry) before.
7. My Maths exam was .............................. (bad) my English exam.
8. The road becomes ........................... (good) after three or four miles.

B/ Write the superlatives of the adjectives in brackets:
1. This is ................................................... (big) building in the world.
2. He is buying ........................................ (expensive) flowers in the shop.
3. I think she is .......................................... (good) singer in the group.
4. Who is the ............................................... (old) student in the class?
5. It’s the ................................................... (bad) film I’ve ever seen.
6. She’s ................................................ (intelligent) of all the students.
7. She’s ............................................ (strange) person I’ve ever met.
8. I didn’t answer ......................................... (difficult) questions.

C/ Use the adjectives and write comparisons:
1. An elephant / a tiger / a cat (heavy, dangerous, fast)
2. A car / a bicycle / a train (expensive, slow, comfortable)
3. A rat /a dog/ a bird  (dirty, friendly, noisy)
4. A gorilla / a human (intelligent, strong)
5. Paris / London/ Madrid ( cold, pretty, large)

D/ Comparative or superlative?
1. Our holiday was much ......................................... (cheap) we expected.
2. Baseball is ..............................................(popular) sport in the USA.
3. She’s much ............................................(serious) her brother.
4. He is much .........................................(generous) his brother.
5. Where is ..............................................(hot) place in the word.                                    

 Sheet 1 : Comparatives & Superlatives (3º ESO)

Sheet 2  **

Sheet 3  *

Sheet 4  ***

Sheet 5  ** (2º ESO) (with answers)



23 Sept 2022

order of adjectives

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

We can use more than one adjective before a noun. There is usually one correct order.

Learn this rhyme to help you remember the order of adjectives.

In one humble tiny house
Lives an old round mouse.
It hates a grey Persian cat
Which sleeps on its bast door mat.

opinion
Size/weight
age
shape
colour
origin
material
NOUN
humble
tiny





house


old
round



mouse




grey
Persian

cat






bast
door mat

Exercises

I  Put the adjectives in the box under the correct headings

French   old   horrible   grey   round   shopping   sports   short    middle-aged   Italian   plastic
  beautiful   writing    ugly   square    red   German   small   young    white   English   curly   large
    leather   cheap    handsome    paper    tiny    marble   delicious   silk    long    huge      horrible
                                                
Opinion  
Size    
Age    
Shape      
Colour  
 Origin        
Material       











































II  Put the adjectives in the correct position.
A
   1   a detective/  new /  brilliant  /  French  /  film
   2   a(n) German /  brown  / enormous /  beef   /  sausage
   3   a red and white   /   lovely   /  marble   /  Turkish   /  chess set
   4   a(n)  motorcycling  /  old  /  black   /  dirty   /  big  /  jacket
   5   a(n) Greek/   ancient  /  fascinating  /  monument
   6   a  green  /  antique  /  really  /  big   /  old  /   car
   7    a  big  /  beautiful  /  white   /  bulldog.
B
         Dear Ann,
   It's a shame you couldn't make it to the wedding, but thank you for the... 1...( dessert / crystal / lovely  ) bowls which you sent us. The wedding was unforgettable and everyone looked beautiful, especially the bridesmaids in their.....2.....( silk / long / cream )  dresses. At the reception we had a....3....( three-course / home-made / delicious )  meal and the best man gave a(n)...4...( amusing / nice / short )  speech. In the evening more guests arrived and the hotel provided....5....( Irish / live / excellent ) music. Before we left, we cut the....6... ( wedding / white /iced ) cake.
Hope to see you soon!

Love,    
   Jane and Peter.


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