Language Practice

Unit 15 . Comparatives
. Superlatives
PRE-INTERMEDIATE

1 Table 3 Comparing
Complete the table with the comparative and/or Write sentences comparing the following. Use the
superlative form of the adjective. adjectives and phrases in brackets to help you.
adjective comparative superlative 1 African elephant Asian elephant (big)
1 lazy lazier laziest An African elephant is bigger than an Asian elephant.
2 boring .............................. ............................... 2 city countryside (noisy)
3 bad .............................. ............................... ...................................................................................
4 old .............................. ............................... 3 Jupiter Saturn (close to sun)
5 interesting .............................. ............................... ...................................................................................
6 young .............................. ............................... 4 Mount Everest Ben Nevis (high)
7 big .............................. ............................... ...................................................................................
8 nice .............................. ............................... 5 bus motorbike (safe)
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2 Choose 6 football tennis (interesting)
Choose the correct answer.
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1 Sugar has more calories ............... chocolate.
7 spider ¯y (more legs)
1) that 2) of *
3 than
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2 Wales is the ............... country in Britain.
8 River Nile River Amazon (long)
1) small 2) smaller 3) smallest
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3 The ............... famous tourist attraction in London is
Buckingham Palace. 4 Write a quiz
1) most 2) more 3) best Write eight quiz questions about your country using
the nouns and adjectives in the box.
4 Living in the city centre is ............... better than living
in the suburbs. high river large place long lake
famous building warm city deep
1) more 2) much 3) most
great mountain old university
5 The Metropolis Hotel is ............... than The Regent.
1) more 2) most 3) much Which is the deepest lake?
comfortable comfortable comfortable ........................................................................................
6 My brother is the ............... person in our family. ........................................................................................
1) young 2) younger 3) youngest ........................................................................................
7 French cooking is ............... best in the world. ........................................................................................
1) more 2) most 3) the ........................................................................................
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Ask your friends. Can they answer the questions?

Language in Use ^ Pre-Intermediate # Cambridge University Press 2003 PHOTOCOPIABLE ^ Unit 15