II 3 Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Big Bigger
Biggest

Sharon Sarah Juliet Pilar Daphne Ashley

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 Sharon is the fattest and the funniest.
 Sarah is the tallest and the most intelligent.
 Juliet is the oldest and the most loving.
 Pilar is the ugliest and the most stupid.
 Daphne is the youngest and the sweetest.
 Ashley is the most fashionable and coolest.

Rule Adjective Example

✔ tall taller tallest • Mary is the tallest of all the students.
✔ old older oldest • Of the three students, Max is the oldest.
✔ long longer longest • Max's story is the longest story I've ever heard.
✔ large larger largest • Mary's car is larger than Max's car.
✔ wise wiser wisest • My house is the tallest of all the houses on the block.
✔ cute cuter cutest • Max is the wisest person I know.
✔ big bigger biggest • My dog is the biggest of all the dogs in the
✔ hot hotter hottest neighborhood.
✔ fat fatter fattest • Of all the students in the class, Max is the thinnest.
• Mary is the fattest person I've ever seen.
✔ peaceful • This morning is more peaceful than yesterday
more peaceful morning.
most peaceful • Max's house in the mountains is the most peaceful in
✔ thoughtful the world.
more thoughtful most • Of all the taxi drivers, Jack is the most careful.
thoughtful • Jill is more thoughtful than your sister.
• Mary is the most thoughtful person I've ever met.
✔ shy shier shiest • John is happier today than he was yesterday.
✔ silly sillier silliest • John is the happiest boy in the world.
✔ busy busier busiest • Of all of John's victims, Max is the angriest.
✔ good better best • Italian food is better than American food.
✔ bad worse worst • My dog is the best dog in the world.
 ✔ far farther farthest • My mother's cooking is worse than your mother's
✔ little less least cooking.
• Of all the students in the class, Max is the worst.

Complete the chart

tall healthy
small friendly
large busy
slow sunny
fast dirty
old dry
cheap hungry
long early
short easy
safe expensive
high dangerous
big popular
hot common
wet generous
sad difficult
thin comfortable
pretty boring

Fill in the blanks with the comparative or superlative form of the adjective in parentheses.
1. The Qu’ran is considered ____________________ book by all Muslims. (holy)
2. Do you find Pepsi ______________ Coca-Cola? (refreshing)
3. I think that water is _______________ drink of all. (satisfying)
4. She is ________________ person I have ever met. (sweet)
5. Organically grown vegetables are ______________vegetables grown with chemical fertilizers. (healthy)
6. Statistically speaking, travel by airplane is ________________ travel by car. (safe)
7. Methane gas is ________________ to the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. (harmful)
8. Of all the industrialized nations, the United States has _______________ prisoners per capita. (many)
9. This grammar book is _______________ the book we used in high school. (useful)
10. Temperature in the world was recorded ________________ in the desert of Saudi Arabia. (hot)
11. My pet turtle is ______________ my cat. (old)
12. Montreal is famous for _________________ smoked meat sandwiches in the world. (good)
13. This year has been ________________ last year for the number of car accidents. (bad)
14. A Mercedes is ________________ a Volkswagon. (expensive)
15. Saskatchewan is ________________ province in Canada. (flat)
16. _____________ tropical storms usually occur in the months of July and August. (bad)

Conversation
SAILOR 1 (SAM): Hi, mate! Can't wait to get home. I haven't been home for six months.
 SAILOR 2 (SACK): Well, I have been away from home much
....................... than that.
SAM: Where do you live? I live in Scotland.
SACK: Well, I live in Kent; it is a bit ....................... than Scotland.
SAM: Have you got a girlfriend or wife?
SACK: Yes, I have a girlfriend who wants to marry me, but she's
....................... than me.
SAM Is she a lot ....................... than you?
SACK: Oh, yes. 10 centimetres.
SAM: Well my girlfriend is much ....................... than that. In fact she is
....................... woman I know.
SACK: My girlfriend's very ......................., too. Have you got a photo of
your one?
SAM: Yes, here it is. My girlfriend is ..................... girl in the world, but
she is so .................
SACK: She reminds me of my girlfriend, but this woman has
....................... hair. Let me look ....................... with my glasses.
Hmmmm! This woman is definitely as ...................... as my girlfriend!
Just a minute! She is MY girlfriend, not YOUR girlfriend! You're
....................... scumbag I have ever met. Get a girlfriend of your own!
SAM: Are you sure she's your girlfriend? Is her hair as ....................... as your girlfriend's?
SACK:Well, no, but she must have dyed it. It's usually much ....................... than that. I have always
preferred blondes.
SAM: Well, there you are, then. She can't be your girlfriend - her hair's the wrong colour.
SACK: Maybe you're right, but she does look just like my Meg. Sorry, mate. Didn't mean to turn on you
like that. I'm not usually as ....................... as that. Look, here's a photo of Meg.
SAM: Yes, she does resemble my Margaret a bit, but her hair is much ....................... and she also looks
....................... in the face. (Thinks: You must be ....................... than you look!)
SAILOR: Yes. You're right. Well then, bye mate. ....................... to have met you.
SOLDIER: Bye, mate. (Thinks: You must be ....................... man I have ever met!

1. Joe is ______________ than Ed. (short)

2. Al is the ____________ . (short)
3. Ed is the _____________ . (thin)
4. Joe is _______________ than Al. (thin)
5. Al has the _____________ clothes. (colourful)
6. Al is _______________ than Joe. (heavy)
7. Ed is the _____________ . (light)
8. Joe is _______________ than Ed. (happy)
9. Ed is the _______________ . (mysterious)
10. Joe is ________________than Ed. (energetic)

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Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan 101 1,667
004 8

Petronas Tower 1, Kuala  45
1998 88 1,483
Lumpur 2

44
Sears Tower, Chicago 1974 110 1,451
2

42
Jin Mao Building, Shanghai 1999 88 1,381
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Empire State Building, New York 1931 102 38 1,250

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