1. ESCOLA BÁSICA BARTOLOMEU PERESTRELO
SCHOOL YEAR / 2006 / 2007
ENGLISH WORKSHEET
- Degree of the adjectives -
Comparative of Equality / Superiority
A. Complete the table.
ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY
Short Fast
Old Big
Young Long
Fat Small
Thin Ugly
Friendly Cheap
Pretty Nice
Hot Cool
Healthy Poor
High Rich
B. Write complete sentences using the comparative of superiority.
E.g.: Mary / Rose (tall)
Mary is taller than Rose.
1. T-shirt / blouse (small)
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2. Building / house (high)
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3. Plane / car (fast)
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4. Sofa / chair (big)
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5. River Nile / River Tagus (long)
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6. February / March (short)
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7. My father / my mother (old)
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8. Doing exercise / smoking (healthy)
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9. German / English (difficult)
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10. Susan / Sally (nice)
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C. Find these words.
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2. older younger taller shorter faster stronger than who
Y O U N G E R Y
T G W H O R U S
A Y P S V M E H
L W R Y I P K O
L A F A S T E R
E O L D E R H T
R T H A N N P E
S T R O N G E R
D. Complete the sentences. Use the words in exercise C.
1. Lucy is t ________________ than Carol.
2. Carol is st________________ than Paul.
3. Jack is f________________ than Lucy.
4. Bill is y________________ than Paul.
5. Sarah is o________________ than Paul.
6. Lucy is sh________________ than Sarah.
E. Look at the pictures. Are the sentences True or False?
1. Anna is taller than Karen. ____True _____
2. Anna is stronger than Karen. ______________
3. David is taller than Paulo. ______________
4. Paulo is shorter than David. ______________
5. Carl is faster than David. ______________
6. Carl is taller than David. ______________
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3. F. Correct the sentences.
1. Anna is strong than Karen. ___Anna is stronger than Karen. _________________
2. Karen is older of Anna.
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3. Paulo is taller Anna. _________________________________________________
4. Anna and Paulo are both taller.
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5. Who is shorter, Paulo and David?________________________________________________
6. Who is tall, Carl or David? _________________________________________________
G. Fill in the gaps with the correct word.
1. tall / taller
Johnson is tall. He’s taller than O’Neil.
2. fast / faster
Mario is _______________ than Mike. Jim is _______________, too.
3. than / who
_______________ is taller? Maria is taller _______________ her brother.
4. short / shorter
Are you _______________ than me? We’re both _______________.
5. is / me
My sister _______________ younger than my brother. My brother is younger than
_______________.
H. Look at the picture and answer the questions.
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4. 1. Who is taller than Mathew?
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2. Who is shorter than Mathew?
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3. Who is younger than Jan?
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4. Who is stronger than Mike?
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5. Who is older than Jan?
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I. Look at the picture in exercise H. unscramble the questions and answers.
1. Mathew is stronger or who Mike? ________________________________________________
2. Mike Mathew than stronger is. ___________________________________________________
3. or Jan shorter Mathew is who? __________________________________________________
4. shorter is Mathew Jan than. _____________________________________________________
J. Look at the picture. Complete the sentences.
1. (tall) Tina’s horse is taller than Joe’s horse.
2. (heavy) Joe’s horse is __________ __________ Tina’s horse.
3. (slow) Joe’s horse is __________ __________ Tina’s horse.
4. (young) Tina’s horse is __________ __________ Joe’s horse.
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5. 5. (old) Joe’s horse is __________ __________ Tina’s horse.
6. (fast) Tina’s horse is __________ __________ Joe’s horse.
K. Look at the chart and answer the questions.
Mike Not thin Tall Slow Not strong Big
Tom Thin Not tall Fast Not strong Not big
Alex Not thin Not tall Fast Strong Not big
1. Who is thinner, Mike or Tom? 4. Who is stronger, Alex or Tom?
Tom is thinner than Mike.______ _______________________________
2. Who is taller, Mike or Alex? 5. Who is bigger, Tom or Mike?
_______________________________ _______________________________
3. Who is faster, Tom or Mike? 6. Who is bigger, Alex or Mike?
_______________________________ _______________________________
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