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Comparisons
73
Write the
comparative
and
superlative
form
of the following adjectives.
1
long
longer longest
2
thick ................... .....................
3
thin ................... .....................
4
bad ................... .....................
5
sharp ................... .....................
6
small ................... .....................
7
happy ................... .....................
8
careful ................... .....................
9
intelligent ................... .....................
10
good ................... .....................
11
far ................... .....................
12
friendly ................... .....................
2
Write the
comparative
and
superlative
form
of the following adverbs.
1
heavily
more heavily most heavily
2
quickly ................... .....................
3
early ................... .....................
4
bravely ................... .....................
5
hard ................... .....................
6
clearly ................... .....................
7
fast ................... .....................
8
angrily ................... .....................
9
well ................... .....................
10
little ................... .....................
3
Choose the correct item.
4
•
The black marlin is
1) the fastest/faster
fish in the
sea. It can swim 80 miles per hour.
•
The whale shark is
2) the largest/larger
than the great
white shark. It can get as large as 18 metres.
•
The great white shark has
3) sharper/the sharpest
teeth of all sharks.
•
Humpback whales sing
4) the longest/the most long
whale songs. They can last up to 20 minutes.
•
Pufferfish are
5) more poisonous/the most poisonous
than stonefish and lionfish. One pufferfish
can easily kill 30 adult humans.
•
Lobsters live long lives.
6) The older/
The oldest
lobster ever
caught was 70 years old!
1
Elephants are the heaviest
of
all land animals.
2
Athens is one of the oldest cities .......... the world.
3
There are many oceans in the world, but the Pacific
Ocean is the largest .......... all.
4
Johannesburg has more trees .......... any other
city in the world.
5
The giant huntsman spider has the longest legs
.......... all spiders.
6
We know more about space .......... we do about
life in the deep sea.
Fill in:
of, in,
or
than
.
5
Adverbs
Adverbs Positive Comparative
Superlative
ending in -ly
slowly
more
slowly
the
most
the
slowly
the same form
as adjectives
fast
late
early
fast
er
late
r
earl
ier
the fast
est
the late
st
the earl
iest
irregular
forms
little
well
badly
far
less
better
worse
farther/further
the
least
the
best
the
worst
the
farthest/furthest
Look at the jokes and the words in bold above. a) What part of speech are they? b) What form are
they? c) How do we form the
comparative
and
superlative
form of adjectives/adverbs? Give
examples.
1
SEALIFE FACTFILE
AMAZING FACTS
• Τα επιρρήματα που έχουν τον ίδιο τύπο
με το επίθετό τους, σχηματίζουν τον
comparative
με την κατάληξη
-er
και το
superlative
με την κατάληξη
-est
.
hard – hard
er
– harde
st
• Τα επιρρήματα που σχηματίζονται από
επίθετα με την κατάληξη
-ly,
παίρνουν
more
στον
comparative
και
most
στο
superlative
.
carefully –
more
carefully –
most
carefully
