Wednesday, 13 February 2013

GRAMMAR - COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORMS OF ADJECTIVES: PRACTICE


1. Complete with the COMPARATIVE FORM of the adjectives in brackets. Then rewrite the sentences into negative comparisons, making all the necessary changes:

a. Cars are faster than (fast) horses. Horses are less fast than cars.
b. Comics are ________________________ (funny) History books.
c. Vegetables are _________________________ (healthy) hamburgers.
d. Cars are ______________________________ (expensive) bicycles.
e. Football is ________________________ (popular) volleyball.
f. That pullover is _______________________ (large) yours.

2. Complete with the SUPERLATIVE FORM of the adjectives in brackets, using the positive or negative comparison as necessary:

a. New York is the biggest (big) city in USA.  
b. The Vatican is ____________________________ (big) country in the world.
c. In my opinion, cycling is ___________________________ (exciting) sport.
d. Messi is _________________________ (good) football player in the world.
e. Cartagena is ___________________________ (old) city in Spain.
f. Summer is ___________________________ (cold) season.