Activity 7 PDF
Activity 7 PDF
Activity 7 PDF
ACTIVITY NUMBER 7
NEW CULTURES
Comparatives
1. Complete the chart with the comparative forms.
Adjective Comparative form
cold
big
Colder
Bigger
RemembeR
difficult More difficult
bad Worse • Short adjectives + -er: cold – colder
dry Drier • Short adjectives ending in one
early Earlier consonant double the last letter +
good Better
high -er: big – bigger
Higher
hot • Long adjectives (more than two
Hotter
long
Longer syllables): more + adjective: more
popular
More popular expensive
rain
sunny
Rainier
Sunnier • Be careful of irregular adjectives
wet e.g. good, bad
Wetter
2. Complete the sentences with the comparative form of
the adjectives in brackets.
a. Britain is hitter (hot) now than at any time before.
b. It’s usually foggier (foggy) in autumn than in summer.
c. Places that are sunny are more popular (popular) than places where it rains a lot.
d. I think the weather is worse (bad) than ten years ago.
e. India is sunnier (sunny) than Britain, but it is also wetter (wet)!
f. The sea is getting higher (high).
g. Summer is shorter (short) now than 25 years ago.
Superlative adjectives
1. Complete the chart with the superlative forms.
loud Loudest
slow Slowest
small smallest
strange Strangest
ugly ugliest
tortoise / slow
The tortoise is the slowest.
1 blue whale / big the blue whale is the biggest
2 cheetah / fast the cheetah is the fastest
3 mosquito / dangerous the mosquito is the most dangerous
7 parrot / loud