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COMPARISONS
I. Choose the correct answer.
1. Of the four dresses, I like the red one (better/best).
2. Pat’s car is (faster/fastest) than Dan’s.
3. John is (less/least) athletic of all the men.
4. Does Fred feel (weller/better) today than he did yesterday?
5. My cat is the (prettier/prettiest) of the two.
6. This vegetable soup tastes very (good/best).
7. David is the (happier/happiest) person that we know.
8. This summery is (the better/the best) of the pair.
9. Jim has as (few/fewer) opportunities to play tennis as I do.
10. The museum is (the further/the furthest) away of the three buildings.

II. Complete the following sentences with the appropriate form of the words in brackets.
1. Learning to speak a language is often much (easy) _____________________ than learning to write it.
2. This hotel must be (expensive)____________________ than the small one next door.
3. He is certainly (unusual)___________________person I have ever met.
4. His latest film is (interesting)_____________________ than his previous ones.
5. What is (difficult)_______________________ thing you have ever done?
6. Losing your credit card is (bad)_______________________ than losing your money.
7. Bringing up children is one of (hard)_____________________ jobs in the world.
8. When I saw her, she looked much (thin)______________________ than I remembered her.

III. Complete the sentences below, using the suitable comparison form of the adjectives from the box. One of these adjectives is used twice.
warm comfortable cheap intelligent
lucky simple boring hot difficult
1. This exercise is too easy – can’t we try a ____________________ one?
2. England is too cold in spring – let’s go to Spain where is ____________________.
3. She comes top in all exams – she must be _________________________ girl in the class.
4. The temperature in July reaches forty – four degrees – it’s ______________________ month of the year.
5. Let’s buy this video – it doesn’t cost too much – it’s ______________________ the other one.
6. When I passed my driving test, it was the _________________________ day of my life.
7. Lying down in bed is ___________________________ sitting on a hard chair.
8. I could hardly keep awake – it was _______________________________ film I’ve ever seen.
9. She’s ______________________________ person I know – she is always winning prizes in lotteries.
10. I can’t do this test – can you give me a ______________________________ one?

IV. Match the phrases in A with suitable ones in B and C to make meaningful sentences.

A
B
C

1. Jonathan is
A. the biggest state
m. in the group.

2. My great-great aunt is
B. the longest river
n. in my family.

3. London is
C. the best musician
o. in the team.

4. Alaska is
D. the fastest runner
p. in the world.

5. The guitar player is
E. the biggest city
q. in Britain.

6. The Nile is
F. the oldest person
r. in the USA.

7. My parents’ room is
G. the most expensive
s. of the four bedrooms.

8. The Mercedes is
H. the longest day
t. of the five girls.

9. Sarah is
I. the youngest
u. of the three cars.

10. June 21th is
J. the biggest
v. of the year.




V. Rewrite the sentences, beginning as shown.
1. Yesterday the temperature was nine degrees, but today it is only six degrees.
(It’s
2. I expected my friends arrived at about 4p.m. In fact they arrived at 2:30.
( My friends
3. Jane cooks better than her sister. ( Jane’s sister
4. Tom is the best football player in this team. ( Nobody in this team
5. Nothing is faster than the speed of light. ( The speed of light
6. Jack is younger than he looks. ( Jack isn’t
7. I didn’t spend as much money as you do. (
8. I have never met anyone as interesting as he is. ( He is

VI. Complete the sentences below, using Comparative + and + comparative
1. The company expanded rapidly. It grew (big) _____________________________ all the time.
2. Cathy got (bored) __________________________________ in her job. In the end, she left