Put in the adjective in bold from the first sentence into the second .

(sentence in its correct form (comparative or superlative .Example: I have a fast car, but my friend has a ______ car .Answer: I have a fast car, but my friend has a faster car .This is a nice cat. It's much ____________ than my friend's cat (1 Here is Emily. She's six years old. Her brother is nine, so he is (2 ____________ This is a difficult exercise. But the exercise with an asterisk (*) is the (3 .____________ exercise on the worksheet He has an interesting hobby, but my sister has the ____________ (4 .hobby in the world In the last holidays I read a good book, but father gave me an even (5 .____________ one last weekend .School is boring, but homework is ____________ than school (6 Skateboarding is a dangerous hobby. Bungee jumping is ____________ (7 .than skateboarding ____________This magazine is cheap, but that one is (8 We live in a small house, but my grandparents' house is even (9 .____________ than ours Yesterday John told me a funny joke. This joke was the ____________ (10 joke I've ever heard

.My father is heavy. My uncle is much ____________ than my father (1 The test in Geography was easy, but the test in Biology (2 ____________was ?Florida is sunny. Do you know the ____________ place in the USA (3 Stan is a successful sportsman, but his sister is ____________ than (4 .Stan My mother has a soft voice, but my teacher's voice is ____________ (5 .than my mother's Amy has a beautiful baby, but my daughter has the ____________ baby (6 .on earth I live in a large family, but my grandfather lived in a ____________ (7 .family We have only little time for this exercise, but in the examination we'll (8 .have even ____________ time .Lucy is clever, but Carol is ____________ than Lucy (9 Have you visited the old castle? It was the ____________ castle we (10

visited during our holidays

.Use either as as or not as as in the sentences below .(Example: Ben Nevis is __________ as Mont Blanc (not/high .Answer: Ben Nevis is not as high as Mont Blanc (The blue car is _________ the red car. (fast (1 (Peter is _________ Fred. (not/tall (2 (The violin is _________ the cello. (not/low (3 (This copy is _________ the other one. (bad (4 (Oliver is _________ Peter. (optimistic (5 (Today it's _________ yesterday. (not/windy (6 The tomato soup was _________ the mushroom (7 (soup. (delicious (Grapefruit juice is _________ lemonade. (not/sweet (8 (Nick is _________ Kevin. (brave (9 (Silver is _________ gold. (not/heavy (10
.Fill in the missing words into the gaps

Positive

Comparative

Superlative
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jealous great humorous

brave fragile damp classical decent quiet nice

:There are three forms of comparison Positive comparative superlative A - Comparison with -er/-est clean - cleaner - (the) cleanest :We use -er/-est with the following adjectives Adjectives with one syllable (1 clean new cheap cleaner newer cheaper cleanest newest cheapest

:Adjectives with two syllables and the following endings (2 adjectives with two syllables, ending in -y (1 - 2 dirty easy happy dirtier easier happier dirtiest easiest happiest

pretty clever simple narrow

prettier cleverer simpler narrower

prettiest cleverest simplest narrowest

adjectives with two syllables, ending in -er (2 - 2 adjectives with two syllables, ending in -le (3 - 2 adjectives with two syllables, ending in -ow (4 - 2

Spelling of the adjectives using the endings -er/-est large big sad dirty shy larger bigger sadder dirtier shyer largest biggest saddest dirtiest shyest leave out the silent -e Double the consonant after short vowel (Change -y to -i (consonant before -y .Here -y is not changed to -i (although consonant before -y)

B - Comparison with more - most Difficult - more difficult - (the) most difficult All adjectives with more than one syllable (except some adjectives with two syllables - see (to 2 - 4 1 - 2 C - Irregular adjectives good bad much many little little better worse more more less smaller best worst most most least smallest uncountable nouns countable nouns

D - Special adjectives .Some ajdectives have two possible forms of comparison

common likely pleasant polite simple stupid subtle sure

commoner / more common commonest / most common likelier / more likely politer / more polite simpler / more simple stupider / more stupid subtler / more subtle surer / more sure likeliest / most likely politest / most polite simplest / most simple stupidest / most stupid subtlest surest / most sure pleasanter / more pleasant pleasantest / most pleasant

:Difference in meaning with adjectives farther far further later late latter x old near older elder nearer x farthest furthest latest x last oldest eldest nearest next people and things (people (family distance order distance distance or time

Past Progressive/Continuous - Use The Past Progressive is used when we talk about something which was happening at a special time in the past. It is also :called Past Continuous. Have a look at the following examples Action was in progress at special time in the past (1 .Peter was reading a book yesterday evening .She was listening to the radio Two actions were happening at the same time (the (2 (actions do not influence each other Anne was writing a letter while Steve was reading the New .York Times Together with the Simple Past (3 While we were sitting at the breakfast table, the telephone .rang :Note Past Progressive: were sitting at the table .Simple Past: the telephone rang The action in the Simple Past interrupted the action in the Past .Progressive
repeated actions irritating the speaker (with always, constantly, (4 (and forever (.Andrew was always coming in late. (I don't like it :Simple Past (.Andrew always came late. (Here I don't give a comment

Past Progressive - Spelling

consonant after a short, stressed vowel at the end of the word (1 .Double the consonant sit he was sitting put - he was putting :If the consonant is not stressed, we do not double it (.'benefit - benefiting (Here we stress the first 'e', not the 'i :In British English we double one -l at the end of the word travel - travelling one -e at the end of the word (2 .Leave out the -e write he was writing take he was taking :BUT double e: add -ing see he was seeing verbs ending in -ie (3 .'Change 'ie' to 'y lie - he was lying verbs ending in -c (4 .'Change 'c' to 'ck picnic - he was picnicking