A2
English Grammar Exercises for A2 – Comparatives and superlatives
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1. Complete the chart with the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives.
| Comparative | Superlative | |
| Short adjectives | ||
| short | 1 | 2 |
| hot | 3 | 4 |
| big | 5 | 6 |
| nice | 7 | 8 |
| scary | 9 | 10 |
| funny | 11 | 12 |
| Long adjectives | ||
| comfortable | 13 | 14 |
| beautiful | 15 | 16 |
| Irregular adjectives | ||
| bad | 17 | 18 |
| good | 19 | 20 |
2. Write true sentences. Use the comparative form of the adjective in brackets.
- 1)Spain / Scotland (wet)
- Scotland is wetter than Spain.
- 2)Spain / Britain (sunny)
- 3)silver / gold (expensive)
- 4)Pacific Ocean / Atlantic Ocean (wide)
- 5)India / Russia (cold)
3. Write questions. Use the comparative form of the adjectives. Then answer them using your own ideas.
- 1)healthy / bread / cake ?
- Which is healthier, bread or cake?
- In my opinion, bread is healthier.
- 2)friendly / cats / dogs?
- 3)dangerous / motorbikes / cars?
- 4)exciting / ice hockey / football?
4. Write sentences comparing three things. Use the comparative and superlative forms of the adjective in brackets.
- 1)Mount Everest: 8,848 m / K2: 8,611 m / Kangchenjunga: 8,586 m. (high)
- K2 is higher than Kangchenjunga, but Everest is the highest.
- 2)The Nile: 6,650 km / The Amazon: 6,400 km / The Yangtze: 6,300 km (long)
- 3)Greenland: 2,175,600 sq km / New Guinea: 792,500 sq km / Borneo: 725,500 sq km (large)
- 4)Diamonds: £££ / Emeralds: ££ / Rubies: £ (expensive)
5. Complete the text. Use the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
- Robert Pattinson was born in London in 1986. He is one of 1) (young), 2) (good-looking) actors in Hollywood. For Pattinson, the rise to fame has been 3) (quick) and 4) (easy) than for most actors. His 5) (big) role so far is Edward Cullen in The Twilight Saga trilogy, three of 6) (successful) films of recent years. Before that he had a 7) (small) role in the Harry Potter series.
6. Challenge!
| the Amazon Antarctica EuropeFrance Germany gold LondonMount Everest Snowdonthe Nile Rome silver | big coldheavy highhot long |
- Challenge!
- Write sentences comparing the things and places below. Use each place and each adjective once.
- 1)Germany is bigger than France.
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