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English Grammar Exercises for A1 – Comparatives

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1. Complete the travel blog. Use the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.

  • After a week in New York, I’m now in Philadelphia. It’s much 1) (quiet) here, but it’s still a big city, with lots of restaurants, museums and famous buildings. The centre of Philadelphia is 2) (small) than Manhattan, so you can walk everywhere. I think the people here are 3) (friendly) and 4) (polite). But I prefer New York. It’s 5) (interesting) and 6) (exciting) than Philadelphia. And public transport is 7) (good), so it’s 8) (easy) to get around.

2. Look at the prompts and write sentences. Use the affirmative of be and the comparative form of the adjective with than.

  • 1)
    Prince Harry / young / Prince William
  • Prince Harry is younger than Prince William.
  • 2)
    Crocodiles / dangerous / sharks
  • 3)
    Chinese / difficult / English
  • 4)
    Friends / important / money
  • 5)
    Twitter / new / Facebook
  • 6)
    Brown rice / natural / white rice
  • 7)
    Six out of ten / bad / fourteen out of twenty

3. Complete the facts with the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets. Include than. Use the correct form of be, affirmative or negative, to make the facts true.

  • 1)
    Antarctica (big) Australia.
  • 2)
    Mars (far) from the Sun Earth.
  • 3)
    Tigers (large) cheetahs.
  • 4)
    Mount Fuji (high) Mount Kilimanjaro.
  • 5)
    The North Pole (cold) the South Pole.
  • 6)
    London (rainy) Rome.
  • 7)
    Beijing (polluted) Tokyo.
  • 8)
    Gold (expensive) silver.

4. Write true sentences comparing yourself with a friend or family member. Use the adjectives in brackets.

  • 1)
    (patient) I’m more patient than my brother.
  • 2)
    (kind)
  • 3)
    (noisy)
  • 4)
    (tidy)
  • 5)
    (sensible)
  • 6)
    (cool)
  • 7)
    (creative)

5. Write questions comparing the words below. The write your own opinion beginning with I think.

  • 1)
    Which / easy / English / German?
  • Which is easier, English or German?
  • I think English is easier.
  • 2)
    Who / funny / Ben Stiller / Jim Carrey?
  • 3)
    Which / casual / a T-shirt / a shirt?
  • 4)
    Which / bad / a broken leg / a broken arm?
  • 5)
    Who / famous / Lionel Messi / Taylor Swift?
  • 6)
    Which / nice / chocolate / cheese?
  • 7)
    Which / attractive / a flower / a butterfly?
  • 8)
    Which / good / a good exam result / a nice present?

6. Rewrite the sentences using the comparative form of the opposite adjectives.

  • 1)
    Fridays are better than Mondays.
  • Mondays are
  • 2)
    Chinese is more difficult than English.
  • English is
  • 3)
    Country roads are narrower than city streets.
  • City streets are
  • 4)
    Winter is colder than summer.
  • Summer is
  • 5)
    Cars are safer than motorbikes.
  • Motorbikes are
  • 6)
    Spain is more expensive than Portugal.
  • Portugal is
  • 7)
    The River Danube is longer than the River Thames.
  • The River Thames is
  • 8)
    The bus is slower than the train.
  • The train is

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