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The document provides exercises on comparative and superlative forms of adjectives, including filling in forms, choosing correct alternatives, and rewriting sentences. It includes examples and prompts for creating sentences using comparative structures. The focus is on understanding and applying the rules of comparison in English grammar.

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Comparative and superlative forms & adjectives

1) Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives.

Adjective Comparative form Superlative form


cold colder the coldest
Fat
Happy
high
lucky
relaxed
athletic more athletic the most athletic
badly-dressed
big
extreme
gentle
good-looking
healthy
well-paid
intelligent

2) Put the adjectives in parenthesis into the comparative and superlative form. Insert THAN and THE
where necessary.

Comparative and superlative adjectives

3) Choose the correct alternative.

4) Write comparative sentences using the words in parenthesis.


a) Skydiving / extreme / ping pong (much)
Skydiving is much more extreme than ping pong.
b) Soccer players / well-paid / squash players (way)

c) A basketball / big / a volleyball / (a little bit)

d) Tennis / popular / judo (slightly)

e) Cyclists / athletic / golfers (much)

f) Surfers / good-looking / boxers (a lot)

5) Rewrite the sentences, beginning with words given.


a) Tennis is more popular than Badminton.
Badminton isn’t as popular as tennis.
b) Bungee jumping isn’t as difficult as kite surfing.
Kite surfing is
c) La Bombonera Stadium in Buenos Aires is not as big as the Maracana Stadium in Rio.
The Maracana Stadium in Rio is
d) The Red Box are better than the Cubs.
The Cubs aren’t
e) Baseball isn’t nearly as exciting as soccer.
Soccer is a lot
f) Snowboarding is much more fashionable than fishing.
Fishing isn’t
g) Horseback riding isn’t as dangerous as boxing.
Boxing is
6) Rewrite the sentences with NEARLY or QUITE so they have the same meaning.
a) Skydiving is much more extreme than ping pong
→ Ping pong isn’t nearly as extreme as skydiving.
b) Soccer players are way better-paid than squash players.

c) A basketball is a little bit bigger than a volleyball.

d) Tennis is slightly more popular than judo

e) Cyclists are much more athletic than golfers.

f) Surfers are lot better-looking than boxers.

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