Comparative Adjectives

Student’s name: Level: Basic 03

20 kg
50 kg

SLOW SLOWER HEAVY HEAVIER DANGEROUS MORE DANGEROUS

Short words (1 syllable) Long words (2, 3, 4 syllables)  more…

 - er

old  older slow  slower dangerous  more dangerous

warm  warmer tall  taller expensive  more expensive
Irregular comparative for ms:
big  bigger, hot  hotter heavy good  better, far  further
 heavier, happy  happier bad  worse, little  less

Write the comparative form: Write the opposite.

new newer younger older
long longer cleaner dirty
nice nicer darker light
big bigger more boring exciting
good better hotter cold
fat fatter happier sad
modern more modern easier hard
friendly friendlier smaller big
famous more famous cheaper expensive
Write comparative sentences using the verbs in brackets

1. My house is (big) bigger than yours.

2. This flower is (beautiful) more beautiful than that one.
3. A holiday by the sea is (good) better than a holiday in the mountains.
4. The weather this summer is even (bad) worse than last summer.
5. I think mathematics is (difficult) more difficult than English.

Complete the sentences. Use the comparative.

1. Joe’s car isn’t very fast. He wants a faster one.

2. My job isn’t very interesting. I want to do something more interesting
3. The weather isn’t very warm today. Yesterday it was warmer
4. People aren’t very polite today. In the past they were more polite
5. This sofa isn’t very comfortable. That one is more comfortable
6. This coat is nice, but I think the other one is nicer

Write three sentences using comparative adjectives

1. My house is more beautiful than my grand mother
2. The snail is slower than the turtle _
3. Maria is happier today than yesterday _