Superlatives, comparatives, opposites

SUPERLATIVES

1. Complete the text with the adjective in the correct form – comparative or superlative. (5points)

My brother Stephan is (0) the happiest___ (happy) person in his class because everybody likes him. He has two very good friends - Lisa and Christine. Lisa studies a lot and she is (1)_______________ (good) student in her class. She is also (2) _______________ (intelligent) than Christine. Stephan likes to talk to her very much. Christine is very good-looking. She has (3) _______________ (long) and (4) _______________ (dark) hair than Lisa. In fact, everybody thinks Christina is (5) _______________ (pretty) girl at school.

2.Write the correct superlative forms of these adjectives. (5 marks)

0 expensive most expensive .

1 bad ______________________________.

2 lazy ______________________________.

3 good ______________________________.

4 fat ______________________________.

5 exciting______________________________.

OPPOSITES

1. Quick-

2. Ask –

3. Bored –

4. Hard-working –

5. Honest –

6. Outgoing –

7. Nervous –

8. Big –

9. Long –

10. Happy –

11. Fit –

12. Strong –

13. Useful –

14. Light –

15. Rude –

16. Formal –

17. Cheap –

18. Agree –

19. Attractive –

20. Correct –

21. Forget –

22. True –

23. Possible –

24. Ugly –

25. Popular –

26. Always –

27. Like –

28. Stressful –

COMPARATIVES

1. Complete the text with the adjective in the correct form – comparative or superlative. (5 points)

His girlfriend, Anaconda, has two very good friends - Steph and Amanda. They are very different. Steph is (1) _______________ (tall) and (2) _______________ (thin) than Amanda. Amanda is rather short and plump and everybody thinks she is (3) _______________ (attractive) girl in her class. But Barbara likes spending time with Amanda because she is (4) _______________ (funny) and (5) _______________ (intelligent) than her other friends.

2. Write the correct comparative forms of these adjectives. (10 marks)

0 expensive more expensive .

1 attractive_____________________________.

2 bad _____________________________.

3 funny _____________________________.

4 good _____________________________.

5 pretty _____________________________.

6 intelligent_____________________________.

7 nice _____________________________.

8 easy _____________________________.

9 light _____________________________.

10 slim _____________________________.

3. Use the correct comparative forms to compare Peter and Paul. (5 marks)

0 tall

Peter is taller than Paul .

1 young

_______________________________________.

2 short

Peter’s hair _____________________________.

3 heavy

Peter ___________________________________.

4 old

_______________________________________.

5 smart

Peter’s clothes ___________________________.