Comparative and

The bestholidoyl superlative

Yourroomis nicerthan mine. Butourroomis smallerthan vours.

n Tomokecomporotive odjectives,
we normoLLg odd-eror -r.
{r-
-'.
Thistable is cheaperthan that toble. It'snicerthan thoseoverthere.
t
Forodjectives
endingin consonont + -9,we delete-g ondodd-ier.
Witliamisfunny but Ericisfunnier than Witliom.
Forodjectives
with two or moresgLLob[es, we put morebeforethe odjective.
Thesenew chairsaremorecomfortablethan the old chairs.
Theopposite oJmoreis [ess.We uselessin the somewou os more.
Thissofais lesscomfortablethan that sofa.
Thetwo mostcommonodjectives thot hoveirregu[or comporotives
ore
goodondb o d .
Ryanisgoodatfootball, but OIly is betterthan Ryan.
Ryonis worseatfootball.

1 Chongethe odjectives
intocomporotive
odjectives.
1 wh ite 2 hoppu
3 comfortobLe 4 soft
5 expensive 6 modern
7 big 8 toLL

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Lookof the picturesondwrite sentences.
Usethe comporotive
odjectives
from
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3 Lookof the tob[e.Completethe sentences.
Usecomporotive ond [ess.
odjectives
ToL[ Inte[tigent Hoppg I T h e ois t a t le r t h a n ALice.
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4 1.50m ,/,/,/ r/
3 T h e ois ALice.
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6,/,/,/
4 A lic eis oLL9.
s O L L 9is ALice.
6 O L L gis ALice.

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TomokesuperLotive odjectives,
we
normoL[g odd-estor -st.Forodjectives
with two or moresgllobles, we put
the mostbeJore the odjective. Whereare the least expensive
rooms?
I |ikeFrenchandGeogrophy, but
Historgis the mostinterestingsubject.
Theoppositeof the mostisthe leost.
Weusethe leostin the somewog os
the most.
All the lampsareexpensive,but this
oneis the leastexpensive.
Thetwo mostcommonodjectives thot
hoveirreguLor superlotives oregood
The cheapestroomsare at the top,
ondbod.
becauseyou haveto climbmorestairs!
Olty is the bestatfootbaLl.
Ryanis the worstatfootbaLl.

4 Writesuperlotive
odjectives.
Adjective Comporotive Super[otive
1 nic e ni c e r th e n L cers
2 hungr g hun g r i e r
3 interesting m o r ei n t e r e s tin g
4 br ight b r i gh t e r
5 impor t on t m o r ei m p o r t o n t
6 comfortobLe morecomfortoble
7 coLd c oLder
8 beoutifuL morebeoutifuI

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5 Circlethe correctonswer.
qot the(worst)/worsemorkin moths.
1 Li[L,t
2 She's
mostintelligent/ the mostintelligentgirLin the closs.
3 Themostimportont/ Theimportontest
thingto remember
is someone's
nome.
4 Whichsubjectisthe leost/ the lessdifficuLt?
5 Youmustcomewith us.It'sthe best/ goodestmorketin the world!
6 Thot is worst/ the worst ideoI conthink of.
7 ThotfiLmwosthe leostfunng/ leostfunniest.
8 I Liketheseshoes.
Theg'rethe morecomfortobLe
/most comfortobte.
9 Andg'so nicest/ the nicestpersonin the ctoss!
1 0 Mg G rondp ot' s
h e o l d e s /t m o s to ld p e r so nin o u r fo m iL g .

Lookof MoLLg's
schoolreport.Completethe text. Usecomporotive
ond superlotive
odjectives,
lessondthe leost.
MoLLg isverggoodot historg.
In foct,she'sI the best (good)
School Report
inthecloss.In Eng[ish,
shegot
( h ig h )m o r kin the cLoss.
Name: ffloll1Jon..
It isn ' tsu r p r isinth
g o t M o L [gis
( g o o din) th e cLoss
Fc.n.h 68"'. o t En g [ishSh . er e o d so lo t o f En g L ish
t10"'. sto r ie s.
Sh eL ikem s o th sth e L e o st.soi t i sn't
lfl"ths o
su r p r isinthg o t sh eg o t
9uJ?oz
English w
( to w)m o r ksin th o t su b je ct. T h esu bj ect thot
G.ogrophl CZU" s h eis t ( h o p p gobout
) is
Historl 1Gu" o r t.Sh e[ike so r t o L o t,sosh ewo ssodw hen
(9oz^ sh eso wh e rm o r k.Wh e nsh ed isco vered
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th o t h e rm o r ksfo r scie n ce we r e
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