Pre-intermediate level Comparative and superlative adjectives Monosyllabic adjectives & disyllabic adjectives ending on -y, -le, -er,

-ow Comparative form Superlative form -er the -est Other disyllabic adjectives & adjectives with three or more syllables Comparative form Superlative form more/ less the most/ the least Beautiful Polite Careful Interesting Difficult Serious Honest Boring Expensive Artistic Important -

Big Old Large Heavy Short Thin Funny Fat Small Slow Friendly Exceptions: Good better the best Bad worse the worst Far farther (about time), further (about distance) the farthest, the furthest Much / many more the most Little less the least Old older, elder (age in family) the oldest, the eldest Note: 1. as + adjective + as : He is as clever as his brother. 2. not so + adjective + as : She is not so clever as her sister. 3. less + adjective + than : This dress is less expensive than that one. 4. the least + adjective + of/in: This dress is the least expensive of all / in this shop. 5. the + comparative adjective , the + comparative adjective : The more you know, the more you forget. 6. the + superlative adjective + of / in : This car is the fastest of all. Task 1. Complete the sentences. 1. This book is interesting, but the other book is ______________________. 2. Im busy on Mondays, but Im _____________________ on Thursdays. 3. Module 8 was difficult, but Module 9 is _____________________. 4. Julia is short, but her sister is _____________________. 5. The movie is funny, but the book is _____________________. 6. The cake is good, but the ice cream is _____________________. 7. The speaking lesson is boring, but the grammar lesson is _____________________. 8. My grandfather is active, but my grandmother is _____________________. 9. The traffic today is bad, but the traffic yesterday was _____________________. 10. Its cold today, but it was _____________________ yesterday. Task 2. Make comparisons. Its too noisy here. Can we go somewhere _______________________? This coffee is very weak. I like it a bit _________________________. The hotel was surprisingly big. I expected it to be ________________________. The hotel was surprisingly cheap. I expected it to be ______________________. The weather is too cold in this country. Id like to live somewhere ________________________. My job is a bit boring. Id like to do something ____________________________. I was surprised how easy it was to use a computer. I thought it would be _______________________. Your work isnt very good. Im sure you can do ___________________________. Dont worry, the situations isnt so bad. It could be __________________________. You were a bit depressed yesterday but you look ____________________________ today. Task 3. Complete the sentences. 1. My room is larger ______________________ yours. 2. The white car is the fastest ____________________________ the three cars. 3. Watching TV is more interesting _____________________ listening to the radio. 4. He is the best student _______________________ his class. 5. She has got the most money _________________ all.

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Ive got more money ___________ you. Summer is hotter ___________ winter. Tom is the oldest ___________ all. Winter is the coldest month _______________________ the year.

Task 4. Use the following comparative phrases to make your own examples.

as as not so as less than the least of/in the + comparative , the + comparative the + superlative of/in
Task 5. Compare these guys:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

(young) (old) (heavy) (light) (tall) (tall) (old) (little) (much) (small) (big) (big)

David is younger than Tom and George. George and Tom _______________________ David. George is the _______________________ all. Tom is _______________________ George. Tom is _______________________ David. George is the _______________________ all. George is _______________________ Tom. David gets _______________________money ___________________ Tom. George gets ___________________money______________________Tom. Davids house is _______________________Toms. Georges house is the _______________________all. Toms house is _______________________Davi