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CRISTIAN YESID ADAIME

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.

3. Circle the correct word.


1 It’s hoter / hotter in July than in September.
2 The weather is badder / worse in London than in my city.
3 I think it’s more beautiful / beautifuler when it rains.
4 Is it drier / more dry now in the summer?
5 I think summer is getting shorter / more short.
6 It’s always raining so it’s weter / wetter than before.
4 Circle the odd word out.
cold difficult short

1 hot big bad


2 dry long new
3 popular sunny famous
4 easy early expensive
5 good cold late
6 big wet old

Superlative adjectives
1. Complete the chart with the superlative forms.

Adjective Superlative form Remember

bad worst Short adjectives + est: tall – tallest

beautiful Most beautiful Short adjectives ending in one consonant


biggest double last letter + est: hot – hottest
big
Most dangerous Long adjectives (more than 2 syllables) =
dangerous
most
difficult Most difficult
+ adjective: most amazing
fast fastest
Most friendly Be careful of irregular adjectives e.g. good.
friendly
good Best

intelligent Most intelligent

loud Loudest

popular Most popular

slow Slowest

small smallest

strange Strangest

ugly ugliest

2. Write sentences about the animals using the prompts.

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

4 cat / friendly the cat is the most friendly

5 hippo / ugly the hippo is the ugliest

6 dolphin / intelligent the dolphin is the most intelligent

The parrot is the loudest

7 parrot / loud

3. Complete the dialogue with the superlative form of the adjectives


in brackets

Katya Wow! This is a really difficult quiz.


Emily Yes, but I really want to win.
Katya Okay, let’s look at the next question. What’s the
A. biggest (big) animal in the
world? Emily The elephant.
Katya No, it isn’t. I think it’s the blue whale.
Emily Yes, you’re right. And the (2) fastest (fast) animal is the cheetah.
Katya Question 3. Is the Indian cobra the
(3) Most dangerous (Dangerous) animal in the world?
Emily No, it isn’t. Mosquitoes are, because their bite can give you
malaria. Katya What about this question? What is the
(4) Tallest (tall) animal?
Emily Oh! That’s easy, the
giraffe. Katya Of course.
Emily Okay, here’s the last question. What is the
(5) Loudest (loud) animal?
Katya Wow! That’s the (6) most difficult (difficult) question. I don’t know the
answer to it.

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