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    The document provides instructions and examples for using comparative and superlative adjectives in English. It includes: 1) A chart showing the comparative forms of various adjectives like "colder", "bigger", and "more difficult". 2) Example sentences using comparative adjectives such as "Britain is hotter now than before". 3) A similar chart and examples for superlative adjectives ending in "est" or using "most" like "biggest", "most dangerous", and "loudest".

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    The document provides instructions and examples for using comparative and superlative adjectives in English. It includes: 1) A chart showing the comparative forms of various adjectives like "colder", "bigger", and "more difficult". 2) Example sentences using comparative adjectives such as "Britain is hotter now than before". 3) A similar chart and examples for superlative adjectives ending in "est" or using "most" like "biggest", "most dangerous", and "loudest".

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    ACTIVITY NUMBER 7 NEW CULTURES

    Comparatives Natalia Tamara Esquivel


    1. Complete the chart with the comparative forms.

    RemembeR
    Adjective Comparative form

    cold Colder
    big Bigger
    diffic More difficult
    ult Worse • Short adjectives + -er: cold – colder
    bad Drier • Short adjectives ending in one
    dry Earlier
    earl
    consonant double the last letter +
    Better
    y -er: big – bigger
    Higher
    goo
    Hotter • Long adjectives (more than two
    d
    Longer syllables): more + adjective:
    high
    hot
    More popular more expensive
    long Rainier
    Sunnier • Be careful of irregular adjectives
    popu
    wetter e.g. good, bad
    lar
    2. Complete the sentences with the comparative form
    of the adjectives in brackets.
    a. Britain is hotter (hot) now than at any time before.

    b. It’s usually foggier (foggy) in autumn than in summer.


    c. Places that are sunny are more popular (popular) than places where it rains
    a lot.

    d. I think the weather is worse (bad) than ten years ago.


    e. India is sunnier (sunny) than Britain, but it is also wetter (wet)!

    f. The sea is getting higher (high).


    g. Summer is shorter (short) now than 25 years ago.

    3. Circle the correct word.


    1 It’s hoter / hotter in July than in September.
    2 The weather is badder / worse in London than in my city.
    3 I think it’s more beautiful / beautifuler when it rains.
    4 Is it drier / more dry now in the summer?
    5 I think summer is getting shorter / more short.
    6 It’s always raining so it’s weter / wetter than before.
    4 Circle the odd word out.
    cold difficult short

    1 hot big bad


    2 dry long new
    3 popular sunny famous
    4 easy early expensive
    5 good cold late
    6 big wet old

    Superlative adjectives
    1. Complete the chart with the superlative forms.

    Adjective Superlative form Remember

    bad worsest Short adjectives + est: tall – tallest

    beautiful Most beautiful Short adjectives ending in one consonant

    big biggest double last letter + est: hot – hottest

    dangerous Most dangerous Long adjectives (more than 2 syllables) = most

    difficult Most difficult + adjective: most amazing

    fast fastest Be careful of irregular adjectives e.g. good.


    friendly Most friendly

    good Betterest

    intelligent Most intelligent

    loud loudest

    popular Most popular

    slow slowest

    small Smallest

    strange Most strange

    ugly Ugliest

    2. Write sentences about the animals using the prompts.

    tortoise / slow
    The tortoise is the slowest.
    1 blue whale / big the blue whale is the biggest
    2 cheetah / fast the cheetah is the fastest
    3 mosquito / dangerous the mosquito is the most dangerous

    4 cat / friendly the cat is the most friendly

    5 hippo / ugly hippo is the ugliest

    6 dolphin / intelligent the dolphin is the most intelligent

    the parrot is the loudest


    7 parrot / loud

    3. Complete the dialogue with the superlative form of the

    adjectives in brackets

    katya Wow! This is a really difficult quiz.


    emily Yes, but I really want to win.
    katya Okay, let’s look at the next question. What’s the
    a. biggest (big) animal in the world?
    emily The elephant.
    katya No, it isn’t. I think it’s the blue whale.
    emily Yes, you’re right. And the (2) fastest (fast) animal is the cheetah.
    katya Question 3. Is the Indian cobra the
    (3) Most dangerous (Dangerous) animal in the world?
    emily No, it isn’t. Mosquitoes are, because their bite can give you
    malaria. katya What about this question? What is the
    (4) tallest (tall) animal?
    emily Oh! That’s easy, the giraffe.
    katya Of course.
    emily Okay, here’s the last question. What is the
    (5) loudest (loud) animal?
    katya Wow! That’s the (6) most difficult (difficult) question. I don’t know the
    answer to it.

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