English Guide (1st Grade)

Comparative & Superlative Adjectives

Name: ___________________________________________________________________

We form the superlative degree o one- syllable adjectives by adding est.

 

Cold coldest

Bright brightest

 

We usually form the superlative degree of adjectives with more than two syllables by using most.

Difficult most difficult

Beautiful most beautiful 

Good and bad have special superlative forms.

Good best

Bad worst

The precedes the superlative form of all adjectives.

 

She is the tallest girl in the class.

This exercise is the most difficult one in the book.

This book in the best.

Supply the superlative form of the adjectives in parentheses.

1. Grace is  (old) girl in our class.

2. This is  (expensive) book that I own.

3. George is  (bad) student in the class.

4. The Herald is  (important)

5. Tokyo is  (large) city in the word today.

6. He is  (ambitious) boy that I know.

7. Helen was  (attractive) girl at the party.

8. She also wore (pretty) dress.

9. She is  (intelligent) person that I know.

10. The story which you told was (funny) of all.

11. January is  (cold) month of the year.

12. Which is (good) route from Miami to New York?

13. The Pacific is  (large) ocean in the word.

14. Mt. Everest is  (high) mountain in the word.

15. This chair is  (comfortable) chair in the whole house.

16. These exercises are  (difficult) in the whole book.

Write the opposite of:

1. Cold 11. Weak2. Tall 12. Poor

3. Long 13. Silly4. Pretty 14. Late5. Good 15. Dry6. Fat 16. Difficult 7. Young 17. Bad8. Fast 18. Small9. High 19. Light10.Large 20. Exciting

1. ___________________________________________

Choose the correct alternative for each sentence. (Comparatives or Superlatives)

1. I think that’s _____ film I’ve ever seena) the funnier than b) the funny c) the funniest d) the funnier

2. Is football the _____ sport in Chile?a) popular b) more popular c) popularest d) most popular

3. Vegetables are _____ last weeka) expensiver than b)more expensiver tham c) more expensive than d) most expensive

4. I think Vladimir is _____ intelligent person in the classa) more than b) the most c) most d) the more

5. Don’t you think there are _____ things to do on hokidays than watching tv all day?a) best b) bestest c) better d) better than

6. Summer is _____ season in our countrya) the hottest b) hotter than c) the hot d) hot

7. Groenland has the _____ weather of the world. It’s always raining and snowinga) bad b) worse than c) worst d) worsest

8. The Everest is _____ the Aconcaguaa) the highest b) highest than c) the higher than d) higher than

9. Last week we had _____ day in Santiago, the temperature was –18ºCa) the colder b) the coldest c) the cold d) colder than

10. To fall from a motorcycle is _____ to fall from a bicycle.a) more painful b) more painful than c) painfuller than d) the painfullest

11. If you suffer asthma, don’t go to Mexico City. It is one of the _____ cities in the worlda) pollutest b) more polluted c) polluter than d) most polluted

12. The _____ place from Chile is Australia. It’s on the other side of the world.a) farther b) farthest c) farther than d) farthest than

13. I don’t think your bike is _____ mine.a) fastest than b) faster c) fastest d) faster than

14. Michael was _____ basketball player in the worlda) taller b) tallest c) the taller d) the tallest

15. Speaking Japanese is _____writing it.a) the easiest b) easy c) easier than d) easyer than

Superlatíve Adjectives

Adjetives with 1 syllable or two syllables ending in “Y”

VIII Follow the example and complete the list with the correct Superlative

e.g. fast the fastest

nice the nicest large tall old long great smart

friendly the friendliest funny silly

hot the hottest big

Adjetives with two, three, four, or more quantity of syllables

popular the most popularexciting successful

Irregular Adjetives:

Good the bestBad the worstFar the farthest or the furthest

Write the following sentences using the correct form of the adjective (comparative or

superlative)

1. Clare is __________________________________________________ Mike. (old)

2. Jane is ________ of the four. She eats very well and does a lot of sports, (healthy)

3. The coach thinks that Peter is the __________________ player of the team, (fast)

4. The teacher doesn't think Christopher is ________ the other students. (intelligent)

5. Kamilla is ___________________ girl in the class. She is always laughing. (happy)

6. The Sahara desert is one of the ___________________deserts in the world. (hot)

7. The climate in the North of Chile is _______________________ in the South, (dry)

8. Asia is _________________________________________________ Europe. (big)

9. A Rolls-Royce is one of _______________________ cars in the world. (expensive)

10. Nights with no moon are _______________________ nights with full moon. (dark)

11. ____________________________ hurricanes are developed over México, (violent)

12. Diamonds are ______________________________ jewels in the world. (precious)

13. History classes are _________________________ chemistry classes. (interesting)

14. Belize is one of _______________________________ cities I’ve visited (beautiful)

15. Rachel is _____________________________________________ me, but... (thin)

16. Grace is __________________________________________________ girl in my class (thin)