CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD OR PHRASE IN EACH SENTENCE a The fish was so tasty as/ as tasty as the meat.. COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE WITH A COMPARATIVE OR SUPERLATIVE FORM OF THE ADJECTIVE IN B
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a) The fish was so tasty as/ as tasty as the meat.
b) This monument is the eldest / the oldest in Australia.
c) Could you study more quietly / more quieter please?
d) Actually, today he feels more bad / worse than he did yesterday.
e) The exam wasn’t difficult as / as difficult as I imagined.
2 COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE WITH A COMPARATIVE OR SUPERLATIVE FORM OF THE ADJECTIVE
IN BOLD INCLUDE ANY NECESSARY CHANGES.
a) The Mediterranean is not the Pacific Ocean LARGE
b) I was disappointed as the meeting was _ than
I expected ENTERTAINING
c) The exercise in blue was easy but the one in red is
_ DIFFICULT
d) Your friend is _ than he thinks.
INTELLIGENT
e) It’s the _ book I’ve ever read.
3 COMPLETE THE SECOND SENTENCE SO THAT IT HAS A SIMILAR MEANING TO THE FIRST
SENTENCE.
a) David is a better singer than Paul PAUL IS NOT b) No student in school is noisier than I am I’M THE _ c) This is as fast as the train can go THE TRAIN CAN’T _ d) Carol ate much less than Marcia did CAROL DIDN’T e) I haven’t written as much as I wanted, I’VE WRITTEN f) Could you not talk so fast, please? COULD YOU , PLEASE? g) You ran a lot faster than I did I DIDN’T RUN YOU.
AS + ADJECTIVE + AS
Is used when we compare two equal things.
John is as tall as Mike.
She is as hard headed as her father.
NOT AS + ADJECTIVE + AS
Is used when we compare two things that are not equal.
John is not as tall as Mike.
She is not as hard headed as her father.
MORE THAN / LESS THAN
This game is more interesting than the other one.
This game is less interesting than the last one.
We can also use ADVERBS OF DEGREE to make comparisons: A LITTLE BIT, MUCH, A LOT, FAR, ETC…
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a) The fish was so tasty as/ as tasty as the meat.
b) This monument is the eldest / the oldest in Australia.
c) Could you study more quietly / more quieter please?
d) Actually, today he feels more bad / worse than he did yesterday.
e) The exam wasn’t difficult as / as difficult as I imagined.
2 COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE WITH A COMPARATIVE OR SUPERLATIVE FORM OF THE ADJECTIVE IN BOLD INCLUDE ANY NECESSARY CHANGES.
f) The Mediterranean is not AS LARGE AS _ the Pacific Ocean LARGE
g) I was disappointed as the meeting was LESS ENTERTAINING than I expected
ENTERTAINING
h) The exercise in blue was easy but the one in red is MORE DIFFICULT _ DIFFICULT i) Your friend is _LESS INTELLIGENT _ than he thinks INTELLIGENT
j) It’s the MOST INTERESTING _ book I’ve ever read.
3 COMPLETE THE SECOND SENTENCE SO THAT IT HAS A SIMILAR MEANING TO THE FIRST SENTENCE.
4 David is a better singer than Paul Paul is not AS GOOD SINGER AS PAUL
5 No student in school is noisier than I am I’m the NOISIEST STUDENT IN THE SCHOOL _
6 This is as fast as the train can go _The train can’t GO FASTER / GO ANY FASTER
7 Carol ate much less than Marcia did Carol didn’t EAT AS MUCH AS MARCIA (DID) _
8 I haven’t written as much as I wanted, I’ve written LESS THAN I THOUGHT / WANTED
9 Could you not talk so fast, please? Could you _TALK MORE SLOWLY _, please?
10 You ran a lot faster than I did I didn’t run AS FAST AS you.
AS + ADJECTIVE + AS
Is used when we compare two equal things.
John is as tall as Mike.
She is as hard headed as her father.
NOT AS + ADJECTIVE + AS
Is used when we compare two things that are not equal.
John is not as tall as Mike.
She is not as hard headed as her father.
MORE THAN / LESS THAN
This game is more interesting than the other one.
This game is less interesting than the last one.
We can also use ADVERBS OF DEGREE to make comparisons: A LITTLE BIT, MUCH, A LOT, FAR, ETC…