PERIOD 84:

PRACTICE: COMPARISON.

TASK 1: Choose a suitable phrase to complete each sentence:

1. Harrys watch is more

a. less and less cold.

2. The more you study,

b. beautiful as her sister.

3. Harvey is the

c. the smarter you will become.

4. She is as

d. expensive than mine.

5. It seems that the teachers in our school

e. are younger and younger.

6. The polar climate gets

f. most intelligent boy in my class.

TASK 2: Complete each sentence with the correct form of Adj/Adv:

1. German is much (difficult) _______________________ than English.
2. Who is (busy) ____________________ in your family?
3. She smiled as (happy) __________________ a child.
4. As we getting older, our eyesight is becoming (bad) _______________ and _________________.
5. (long) ___________________ I waited for her, (nervous) ____________________ I felt.
6. Football is (popular) ______________________ sport in our country.
7. Being a doctor isnt (interesting) _____________________ as being a journalist.
8. Is Bi Rain more (handsome) _____________________ David Beckham?
9. Life in the modern world is becoming (complex) _________________ and __________________.
10. What is (interesting) _____________________ movie you have seen?
11. (friendly) __________________ you look, (many) _____________________ friends youll have.
12. Of the six novels, this one is (exciting) ______________________.
TASK 3: Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence:
1. Today English is __________ international of languages.
A. more
B. most
C. the most
2. The larger the city, _________ the crime rate.
A. highest
B. higher
C. the highest
3. She plays the piano _________ as she sings.
A. as beautifully
B. more beautifully
C. as beautiful
D. the most beautifully
4. Of the four dresses, which is _________expensive?
A. the best
B. the most
C. the more
5. Is this book more interesting ________ the one you read last week?
A. that
B. as
C. than
6. Bill is _____________.
A. lazier and lazier
B. more and most lazy
C. lazier and more lazy
D. more lazy and lazier
7. The teacher speaks English ___________ we do.
A. fluently as
B. more fluently
C. most fluently
D. more fluently than
8. Its too noisy here. Can we go somewhere ___________?
A. noisier
B. quieter
C. more noisy
9. My brother was very tired last night, so he went to bed ___________ usual.
A. as early as
B. earlier as
C. earlier than
10. You must explain your problems ____________.
A. as clear as you can
B. as clearly as you can
C. as clear than you are
D. as clearly as you are

D. the more
D. the higher

D. the greater
D. of

D. more quieter
D. early than

11. __________ a car is, ____________ it is.

A. The expensive . the comfortable
B. The most expensive the most comfortable
C. The more expensive . the more comfortable
D. The less expensive the more comfortable
12. Jill drives more carefully than Rose.
A. Rose drives less careful than Jill.
C. Jill is more carefully driver than Rose.

B. Rose drives carelessly than Jill.

D. Jill is a more careful driver than Rose.

TASK 4: Find out the error in each sentence and then correct them:
1. Its getting most and most difficult to find a cheap apartment.
A
B C D
2. The stronger is the wind, the higher the waves get.
A
B
C
D
3. No one in the team plays football as good as Peter.
A
B
C D
4. It is a scariest story that Ive ever heard.

A
B
C
D
5. My younger sister studies more hardlier than Laura is.
A
B
C
D
6. With the five women she danced the most beautifully.
A
B
C
D

Make sentences based on the prompt below, using comparison:

The airplane: 120,000,000,000 $
The car: 10,000 $
The bicycle: 100 $
1. The bicycle / is / cheap / the car.
_____________________________________________________________________________
2. The airplane / is / expensive / the car.
_____________________________________________________________________________
3. The bicycle / is / cheap.
_____________________________________________________________________________
4. The airplane / is / expensive.
_____________________________________________________________________________

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