COMPARISON
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1 Sue’s car isn’t very big. She wants a car.
2 This house isn’t very modern. I like houses.
3 You’re not very tall. Your brother is .
4 Bill doesn’t work very hard. I work .
5 My chair isn’t very comfortable. Your chair is .
6 Jill’s idea wasn’t very good. My idea was .
7 These flowers aren’t very nice. The blue one is .
8 My case isn’t very heavy. Your case is .
9 I’m not very interested in sports. I’m in reading.
10 It isn’t very warm today. Yesterday it was .
11 These tomatoes aren’t very good. The other ones taste
12 Ireland isn’t very big. France is .
13 Liverpool isn’t very beautiful. London is .
14 This knife isn’t very sharp. Have you got a one?
15 People today aren’t very polite. In the past they were
.
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COMPARISON
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1 A cheetah is faster than a horse. (fast)
2 Susan’s hair is shorter than Betty’s. (short)
3 The Mt Blanc is than the Großglockner, the Mt
Everest is the mountain. (high)
4 June is than May, but July is the . (hot)
5 Table tennis is than tennis but badminton is the
. (easy)
6 French is than English, but Chinese is the
language. (difficult)
7 "Airforce One" is the film I have ever seen.
(interesting)
8 No, I don’t think so. "Contact" is than "Airforce
One". (interesting)
9 Hot dogs are than hamburgers. (good)
10 This is the chocolate cake I have ever eaten. (good)
11 Skiing is as as riding a bike. (easy)
12 Carol sings as as Mary, but Cindy sings the
. (beautiful)
13 Tennis is than skiing, but football is the
sport. (popular)
14 Detective films are as as western films. (boring)
15 No, I don’t think so! Romantic films are than
western films, but nature films are the films I have
ever seen. (boring)
16 The United States are than Mexico, but Russia is
the .country (large)
17 A mouse is as as a hamster, but a rat is than
a mouse. (clever)
18 A canary is than an eagle, but a parrot is the
bird. (colourful)
19 Peter is as as George. (clever)
20 January is as as February. (cold)
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Exercise on Comparison of Adverbs
Fill in the correct adverb form (comparative or superlative) of the adjectives in brackets.
1. I speak English more fluentlyAdverbs ending in '-ly' are compared by using
more fluently
'more/most'. now than last year.
2. She greeted me most politelyAdverbs ending in '-ly' are compared by using
'more/most'. of all.
3. She smiled more happilyAdverbs ending in '-ly' are compared by using 'more/most'.
Note: 'y' becomes 'i' than before.
4. This girl dances most gracefullyAdverbs ending in '-ly' are compared by using
'more/most'. of all.
5. Could you write more clearlyAdverbs ending in '-ly' are compared by using
'more/most'. ?
6. Planes can fly higherAdverbs that have the same form as adjectives are compared by
adding'-er/-est'. than birds.
7. He had an accident last year. Now, he drives more carefullyAdverbs ending in '-ly' are
compared by using 'more/most'. than before.
8. Jim can run fasterAdverbs that have the same form as adjectives are compared by
adding'-er/-est'. than John.
9. Our team played worstirregular comparison:'worse', 'worst' of all.
10. He worked harderAdverbs that have the same form as adjectives are compared by
adding'-er/-est'.
The adverb 'hardly' does exist, but has a different meaning. than ever
before.
