A2 - B1

COMPARATIVES

1) Complete the sentences with a comparative form of an adjective or an adverb

from the list.
fast / bad / far / good / hot / difficult / fluent / long

a) Ferraris are __________ than Fiats.

b) The weather in Kenya is __________ than in Italy.

c) Lucy’s brother can speak English __________ than her.

d) The Finnish ice hockey team is __________ than the Italian one.

e) The journey home by train takes __________ than by plane.

f) New York is __________ from Sydney than Hong Kong.

g) Hungarian is __________ than Spanish.

h) Our team played __________ than the other one, that’s why we lost.

2) Rewrite the sentences from exercise 1) using “as + adj / adv + as” so that they
mean the same. Use the same adjective / adverb.

Fiats are not as fast as Ferraris.

a) __________________________________________________

b) __________________________________________________

c) __________________________________________________

d) __________________________________________________

e) __________________________________________________

f) __________________________________________________

g) __________________________________________________

h) __________________________________________________

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ANSWER KEY

1) Complete the sentences with a comparative form of an adjective or an adverb

from the list.

a) Ferraris are faster than Fiats.

b) The weather in Kenya is hotter than in Italy.
c) Lucy’s brother can speak English more fluently than her.
d) The Finnish ice hockey team is better than the Italian one.
e) The journey home by train takes longer than by plane.
f) New York is further from Sydney than Hong Kong.
g) Hungarian is more difficult than Spanish.
h) Our team played worse than the other one, that’s why we lost.

2) Rewrite the sentences from exercise 1) using “as + adj / adv + as” so that they
mean the same. Use the same adjective / adverb.

a) Fiats are not as fast as Ferraris.

b) The weather in Italy is not as hot as in Kenya.
c) Lucy cannot speak as fluently as her brother.
d) The Italian ice hockey team is not as good as the Finnish one.
e) The journey home by plane doesn’t take as long as by train.
f) Hong Kong isn’t as far from Sydney as New York.
g) Spanish isn’t as difficult as Hungarian.
h) The other team didn’t play as badly as ours, that’s why we lost.

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