WEEK 9 COMPARISONS Name I Make equal comparisions 1 The blue car is the red car (fast) 2 Peter is Fred (not/tall) 3 The violin is the cello (not/low) 4 This copy is the other one (bad) 5 Oliver is Pet[.]
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I Make equal comparisions.
1 The blue car is ……… the red car (fast)
2 Peter is ……… Fred (not/tall)
3 The violin is ……… the cello (not/low)
4 This copy is ……… the other one (bad)
5 Oliver is ……… Peter (optimistic)
6 Today it's ……… yesterday (not/windy)
7 The tomato soup was ……… the mushroom soup (delicious)
8 Grapefruit juice is ……… lemonade (not/sweet)
9 Nick is ……… Kevin (brave)
10 Silver is ……… gold (not/heavy)
II Make comparative sentences.
1 Alan is (tall) ……… than Livia.
2 Diana is (old) ……… than Alan.
3 Livia is (short) ……… than Diana.
4 Alan is (heavy) ……… than Livia.
5 Livia is (young) ……… than Diana.
6 Livia is (intelligent) ……… than Alan.
7 Diana is (beautiful) ……… than Livia.
8 Spain is (hot) ……… than Canada.
9 Canada is (big) ……… than Italy.
10 Spanish is (easy) ……… than Italian.
III Make superlative sentences.
1 Who is the ………(tall) person in your family?
2 My mum is the ………(good) cook in the world.
3 December is the ………(cold) month of the year in my country.
4 What's the ………(dangerous) animal in the world?
5 Ethan is the ……… (happy) boy that I know.
6 Where are the ………(nice) beaches in your country?
7 She bought the ………(big) cake in the shop.
8 Who is the ……… (famous) singer in your country?
IV Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (comparative or superlative).
1 My house is (big) ……… than yours.
2 This flower is (beautiful) ……… than that one.
3 This is the (interesting) ……… book I have ever read.
4 Non-smokers usually live (long) ……… than smokers.
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6 A holiday by the sea is (good) ……… than a holiday in the mountains.
7 It is strange but often a coke is (expensive) ……… than a beer.
8 Who is the (rich) ……… woman on earth?
9 The weather this summer is even (bad) ……… than last summer.
10 He was the (clever) ……… thief of all.
V Rewrite the following sentences using adjectives in the superlative degree.
1 James is taller than any other boy in the class.
- ……….………
2 Milk is more nourishing than any other food.
- ……….………
3 Bombay is richer than any other city in India.
- ……….………
4 Iron is more useful than most other metals.
- ……….………
5 Shakespeare was greater than any other English playwright.
- ……….………
6 Munnar is prettier than most other hill stations in India.
- ……….………
7 Few books are more popular than Dickens’ ‘David Copperfield’.
- ……….………
8 Gold is more precious than most other metals.
- ……….………
9 She is taller than her three sisters.
- ……….………
10 She sings better than anybody else in the class.
- ……….………
11 This is the most delicious cake I’ve ever tasted.
- I’ve ……….………
12 I’ve never met any more dependable person than George.
- George is ……….………
13 There isn’t anybody as kind-hearted as your mother.
- Your mother is ……….………
14 There is no better teacher in this school than Mr John.
- Mr John is ……….………
15 Have you got any bigger than that one?
- Is this ……….………?
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I Rewrite these sentences, using the words in brackets.
Example: Plays are usually longer than films (not as……as)
- Films are usually not as long as plays.
1 The painting is bigger than the photograph.( not as……as)
- ……….………
2 This painting is more expensive than my painting.( not as…… as)
- ……….………
3 This picture is the same as the picture in our room ( not different from)
- ……….………
4 This film is more interesting than the one we saw last week (not as………as)
- ……….………
5 The journey was shorter than we thought at first.( not as……….as)
- ……….………
II Combine the sentences Use the words in brackets.
1 Mr Pike teaches history of arts Mrs May teaches history of music SAME SUBJECT
- ……….………
2 This bike is 800,000 VND That bike is 600,000 VND (PRICE DIFFERENT)
- ……….………
3 Classical music is interesting Folk music is interesting (AS AS)
- ……….………
4 Mr Owen speaks English Mrs Phan speaks English (SAME LANGUAGE)
- ……….………
III Complete the sentences by using as as; not as; different from.
1 Your house is ……… my house (far)
2 The black car is ……… the red one (cheap)
3 That dog ……… it looks (not dangerous)
4 Vietnam coffee is ……… Brazil coffee (delicious)
5 Many people think that history ……… math (not important)
6 Opera is ……… pop music (different)
7 French foods is ……… Vietnam foods (different)
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IV Complete the sentence with as, than or from.
1 The blue car is as fast ……… the red car.
2 Physics is more difficult ……… history.
3 Animals feel pain the same ……… we do
4 Life in the country is very different ……… life in the city.
5 He’s not really ……… tall as he looks on TV.
6 This classroom is a lot nicer ……… the one we had last year.
7 London was different ……… most European capitals.
8 Driving a boat is not the same ……… driving a car.
V Complete the second sentence using the word in brackets.
1 Cycling is faster than walking (as)
Walking ………
2 This tea doesn’t taste the same as the one I usually drink (from)
This tea ………
3 Money is not as important as health (than)
Health ………
4 His new guitar isn’t different from his old one (as)
His new guitar ………
5 Everest is higher than K2 (as)
K2 ………
6 Oil painting is not the same as pencil painting (from)
Oil painting ………
7 Yesterday’s exam wasn’t as short as today’s (than)
Today’s exam ………
8 Your idea is different from mine (as)
Your idea ………
9 This cake and that cake taste the same.
- ……….………
10 Food in San Francisco and food in New Orleans are different.
- ……….………