Exercise comparative degree of adjectives in English. Degrees of comparison of English adjectives in Russian

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English grammar rules are quite easy to understand for both adults and children. To prove this to you, today we will look at one of the most popular topics: degrees of comparison of adjectives in English.

Bright and memorable tables will not leave you indifferent, but practical part, consisting of tasks, exercises and, will forever consolidate the acquired knowledge.

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Let's start simple

You probably know that in English there is 3 degrees of comparison of adjectives: simple, comparative and superlative.

Remember, or better yet, write down: If you have an English word with one syllable (hot, big, cool, kind) - just add the ending -er to the end of the adjective and get a comparative degree.

For example:

hot-hotter wide-wider

big-bigger kind-kinder

But don’t forget that there is also a superlative degree (this is when something is the best/beautiful/fast). So, if we still have a word of one syllable, then the superlative degree is formed by adding article the at the beginning of a word and -est at the end.

For example:

hot-hotter-the hottest wide-wider-the widest

big-bigger-the biggest kind-kinder-the kindest

This ends the simple part of the rule.

And the next thing begins.

Don't forget about the important

If you haven't noticed, in the examples above we have consonants doubled. This only happens under the following conditions:

The word consists of one syllable.
The word ends like this: one vowel + one consonant.

For example,

fat-fatter-the fattest

I'll say something obvious, but sometimes confusing - words ending with a vowel -e, we simply add -r And -st.(this can also be seen in the examples above)
Another important point! There is a list of short adjectives consisting of two syllables and ending in - y. When we form degrees of comparison with them, then the letter -y is replaced by -i.

For example,

lucky -lucki er-the lucki est.

There is an unspoken rule that adjectives consisting of two syllables can form degrees of comparison in the second way, which you can read about below.

Another way to form degrees of comparison

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Answers:
Exercise 1.
1. Hot-Hotter-The hottest
2. Beautiful-More beautiful-The most beautiful
3. Happy-Happier-The happiest
4. Brave-Braver-The bravest
5. Fast-Faster-The Fastest
6. Calm-Calmer-The calmest
7. Cool-Cooler-The coolest
8. Loud-Louder-The loudest
9. Short-Shorter-The shortest
10. Strong-Stronger-The strongest
11. Dangerous-More dangerous-The most dangerous
12. Handsome-More handsome-The most handsome
13. Nice-Nicer-The nicest
14. Sarcastic-More sarcastic-The most sarcastic
15. Bad-Worse- The worst

Exercise 2.
1. The safest \ the fastest.
2. Longer\Shorter
3. Louder
4. Closer
5. Bigger
6. More expensive
7.More beautiful
8. The best
9. The tallest
10. Taller

Exercise 3.
1. The cleverest
2. Worse
3. The kindest
4. The most populated
5.Further
6. (Much) happier
7. The best
8. The most popular
9.Further
10. Worst

A convenient table with examples will help you understand how to use comparative adjectives in English:

Pay attention to the spelling of endings simple shapes degrees of comparison:

one consonant after a short vowel is doubled

big - bigger - the biggest
fat - fatter - the fattest

letter after the consonant -y changes to -i

happy - happier - the happiest

letter -e falls out at the end

large - larger - the largest

Exercises on using degrees of comparison of adjectives

Choose in brackets and write down the required form adjective

1. June is usually a ( hot / hottest) month.
2.July is ( hotter / hottest) than May.
3. Summer is the ( hotter / hottest) season.
4. Kittens are very ( funny / funnier).
5. The white cat is ( funny / funnier) than the gray cat.
6. Monkeys are the (funny / funniest) animals of all.
7. Tom is very ( good / better) dancer.
8. Who is the ( good / best) runner in your whole class?
9. The car is ( good / better) than the bike.
10. Don’t eat this salad, it is really ( worst / bad).
11. Jack is the ( worse / worst) pupil in the class.
12. It is one of the ( more interesting / most interesting) stories.
13. The weather is ( cold / coldest) today.
14. This spring is ( cold / colder) than last spring.

Key:

Open key

1.hot
2. hotter
3.hottest
4.funny
5. funnier
6. funniest
7. good
8.best
9.better
10.bad
11. worst
12. most interesting
13. cold
14. cooler

Put the adjectives in brackets to the correct degree.

1.Father's car is ( old) than uncle's car.
2. What is the ( long) river in Europe?
3. The red dress is ( beautiful) than the blue dress.
4. The red dress is ( beautiful) in this shop.
5. The cake is ( tasty) than bread.
6. Your story is ( good) than my story.
7. This shop is ( bad) than that shop.
8. Who was the ( bad) runner in this competition?
9. This is the ( interesting) cartoon.
10. Brown dog is ( fat) than the white dog.
11. Is Bob ( lazy) than his brother?
12. This is the ( good) stamp in my collection.
13. Who is the ( accurate) pupil in your class?
14. What is the ( big) house in Moscow?

Comparative adjectives

Exercises

A. Write the Comparative forms of the adjectives:

tall taller

1. fast ____________

2. heavy___________

3. dangerous____________

4. small___________

5. large___________

6. light ____________

7. rare ____________

8. common___________

9. bad ____________

10.good___________

B. Correct the sentences

1. Cats are popularer than snakes as pets. X

2. Pigs are more intelligent as other animals. X

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3. Turtles are slower than crocodiles. X

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4. Elephants are heavier than pigs. X

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5. Bears are more rare than snakes. X

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Comparative adjectives

1. I am ___________ (tall) my sister.

2. My mum thinks that cats are ___________ (good) pets than dogs.

3. Cycling is one of ___________ (dangerous) sports.

4. I want to have ___________ (big) car.

5. A blue whale is ___________ (heavy) twenty-five elephants.

6. You look ___________ (thin) last month. Have you lost weight?

7. Bicycles are ___________ (slow) cars.

8. She is ___________ (nice) person I know.

9. What is ___________ (good) film you´ve seen?

10. Computers are ___________ (cheap) mobile phones.

11. Is your brother ___________ (tall) you?

12. I think Spanish is ___________ (easy) Japanese.

13. Our dog is ___________ (nice) your dog.

14. Glass bottles are ___________ (good) plastic bottles.

15. I think Rafael Nadal is ___________(good) tennis player in Spain.

16. Sharks are ___________ (dangerous) other fish.

17. This situation is ___________ (serious) the last one.

18. He is ___________ (smart) his brother.

19. My brother wanted ___________ (expensive) trainers in the shop.

20. Today is ___________ (good) day of the year.

21. Daniela is ___________ (funny) me.

22. My house is ___________ (larger).

23. Mount Everest is ___________ (high) mountain in the world.

24. The sea is ___________ (large) a lake.

25. My job is ___________ (easy) yours.

26. London is ___________ (big) city in England.

27. This car is ___________ (comfortable) yours.

28. He is ___________ (rich) man in town.

29. I am ___________ (strong) you.

30. A baby blue whale gets ___________ (big) a great white shark.

Comparative adjectives

1. A Mercedes is ________ (expensive) a Fiat.

3. A swordfish is ________ (fast) a jellyfish.

5. Irene is ________ (clever) Silvia.

6. Comedies are ________ (funny) police dramas.

7. Pablo is ________ (big) Juanma.

8. Max is ________ (old) John.

9. Adriano is ________ (fast) Ronaldo.

10. My hair is ________ (long) yours.

11. A dolphin is ________ (intelligent) a shark.

12. Elaine is ________ (wise) her sister.

13. Tony is ________ (happy) Max.

14. Sandra is ________ (busy) Sam.

15. Skiing is ________ (dangerous) football.

16. This is ________ (narrow) of all roads in Málaga.

17. Health is ________ (important) money.

18. Those cakes are ________ (bad) I´ve ever tasted.

19. My dog is ________ (good) dog in the world.

20. Patricia's house is ________ (small) Linda's.

21. A car is ________ (fast) a bike.

22. My laptop is ________ (fast) yours.

23. The ant is ________ (small) insect.

24. This lamp is ________ (bright) one in the room.

25. My house is ________ (clean) her house.

26. Jack is ________ (tall) boy in his class.

27. Steven Spielberg is ________ (good) film director in the world.

28. This dress is ________ (old) that one.

29. A sea lion is ________ (heavy) a lobster.

30. A sports car is ________ (fast) a motorbike.

Comparative and superlative adjectives

1. clean

4.dirty

6.beautiful

9. active

10. comfortable

12.happy

14. narrow

16.busy

17. noisy

18.dirty

19.thin

20. little

23. much

24. many

The exercises are designed to consolidate knowledge on this topic and practice the skill of using comparative and superlative adjectives in writing. English speech. In all tasks, it is necessary to put an adjective instead of an ellipsis, while correctly choosing the degree of comparison. When performing tasks, you should also pay attention to correct spelling degrees of comparison of adjectives.

Let me remind you how degrees of comparison of adjectives are formed in English:

Length words	Degree of comparison of an adjective
Length words	Positive degree	Comparative degree	Superlative
1 - 2 syllable	adjective cheap cheap	adjective + er cheap er cheaper	adjective + est cheap est cheapest
more 2-x syllables	adjective expensive Expensive	enclosed telial more expensive more expensive	enclosed telial the most expensive the most expensive

You will find explanations for this table. More detailed explanation rules for forming degrees of comparison of adjectives are in this article.

The order of performing the exercises is as follows:

Read the sentence.
If a sentence contains unfamiliar words that make it difficult to understand the meaning, use a dictionary. For this Double-click an unfamiliar word and you will immediately see its translation.
From the given answer options, choose the one that can be substituted for the ellipsis.
Click the “Show Correct Answer” button and check your choice against the correct answer.

Training exercises

1. Choose the correct degree of the adjective in brackets:

Nick is (happier, the happiest) boy that I know. – Nick is the happiest boy I know.
Of the six cars, I like the silver one (better, best). – Of the six cars, I like the silver one the most.
Jane's notebook is (cheaper, the cheapest) than mine. Jane’s laptop is cheaper than mine.
This is (more delicious, the most delicious) cheese-cake I have ever had! – This is the most delicious cheesecake I have ever tried!
This bookcase is (more beautiful, the most beautiful) than that one. – This bookcase is more beautiful than that one.
Do you feel (better, the best) today than yesterday? – Do you feel better today than yesterday?
I think my cat is (prettier, the prettiest) of all the cats in the world. – I think that my cat is the most beautiful cat in the world.
Steve Jobs is (more famous, famouser) than Stephen Wozniak. – Steve Jobs is more famous than Stephen Wozniak.
This week the weather is (hotter, more hot) than last week. – This week the weather is hotter than last week.
Our new house is (more expensive, expensiver) than the old one. – Our new house is more expensive than the old one.
Girls are usually (cleaner, more clean) than boys. – Girls are usually cleaner than boys.
Chemistry was (harder, the hardest) subject at school. – Chemistry was the most difficult subject at school.

2. Give degrees of comparison for adjectives.

Example: wet – wetter – the wettest

Expensive – more expensive – the most expensive

1. big 2. clever 3. good 4. pleasant 5. poor 6. bad 7. funny 8. important 9. sunny (sunny) 10. far (distant) 11. comfortable (convenient) 12. wise (wise)

3. Make sentences from these words and translate them.

most – the Mona Lisa – in – is – painting – the – famous – the – world.
longer – the Don – is – the Volga – than.
more – Spain – Germany – than – beautiful - is.
London – city – in – biggest – the – England – is.
the – team – Adam – is - worst – the – player – in.

Exercise 4. Tell which of the following sentences are correct and correct the errors. Say which of these sentences are right and correct the wrong ones.

1 I hope that next time you’ll speak to your uncle more politely. 2. Peter usually comes to his classes most late of his classmates. 3. Who can solve this problem most quickly? 4. This time he listened to his little sister patient than usual. 5. Could you speak a little slower, please? 6. When I was a very young child I thought that to sing best meant to sing loudest. 7. I think that now I see the whole problem much more clearly. 8. Who lives more near to the school - you or your friend? 9. Alice goes to the theater frequentest of us all. 10. Will you raise your hands a bit higher, please? I can"t see them. 11. In December it snows more often than in November. 12. He knows three languages but he speaks English easiest. 13. Last night I slept peacefullier than before. 14, Could you come to school more early and water the plants tomorrow 15. This new computer works most fast and can solve problems in no time.

Exercise 5. Translate.

Could you drive faster?
The train arrived earlier than usual.
My sister helps my mother more often than other members of our family.
Of the five athletes, Vasya jumped the highest.
Mrs. Finch talks to nurses more patiently than any other doctor.
Our dog barks louder than the neighbor's.
My brother writes to my grandmother more often than I do.
Anna speaks English better than Vasya.
Vasya lives closest to the school.

Answers:

1. the happiest 2. best 3. cheaper 4. the most delicious 5. more beautiful 6. better 7. the prettiest 8. more famous 9. hotter 10. more expensive 11. cleaner 12. the hardest

big – bigger – the biggest
clever – cleverer – the cleverest
good – better – the best (excl.)
pleasant – more pleasant – the most pleasant
poor – poorer – the poorest
bad – worse – the worst (excl.)
funny – funnier – the funniest
important – more important – the most important
sunny – sunnier – the sunniest
far – farther – the farthest (excl.)
comfortable – more comfortable – the most comfortable
wise – wiser – the wisest

The Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world. – “Mona Lisa” is the most famous painting in the world.
The Volga is longer than the Don. – The Volga is longer than the Don.
Spain is more beautiful than Germany. – Spain is more beautiful than Germany.
London is the biggest city in England. – London is the largest city in England.
Adam is the worst player in the team. – Adam is the worst player on the team.

Exercise 4.

1 -> correct;

2 most late -> latest;

3->correct;

4 patient -> more patiently;

5->correct;

6->correct;

7->correct;

8 more near -> nearer

9 frequentest -> most frequent;

10 -> correct;

11->correct;