English Grammar Exercises for A2 – Comparatives and superlatives

1. Complete the chart with the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives.

Comparative

Superlative

Short adjectives

short

1) _____

2) _____

hot

3) _____

4) _____

big

5) _____

6) _____

nice

7) _____

8) _____

scary

9) _____

10) _____

funny

11) _____

12) _____

Long adjectives

comfortable

13) _____

14) _____

beautiful

15) _____

16) _____

Irregular adjectives

bad

17) _____

18) _____

good

19) _____

20) _____

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Comparative

Superlative

Short adjectives

short

1) shorter

2) the shortest

hot

3) hotter

4) the hottest

big

5) bigger

6) the biggest

nice

7) nicer

8) the nicest

scary

9) scarier

10) the scariest

funny

11) funnier

12) the funniest

Long adjectives

comfortable

13) more comfortable

14) the most comfortable

beautiful

15) more beautiful

16) the most beautiful

Irregular adjectives

bad

17) worse

18) the worst

good

19) better

20) the best

2. Write true sentences. Use the comparative form of the adjective in brackets.

1) Spain / Scotland (wet)

     Scotland is wetter than Spain.

2) Spain / Britain (sunny)

  ________.

3) silver / gold (expensive)

  ________.

4) Pacific Ocean / Atlantic Ocean (wide)

  ________.

5) India / Russia (cold)

     ________.

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2) Spain is sunnier than Britain.

3) Gold is more expensive than silver.

4) The Pacific Ocean is wider than the Atlantic Ocean.

5) Russia is colder than India.

3. Write questions. Use the comparative form of the adjectives. Then answer them using your own ideas.

1) healthy / bread / cake ?

      Which is healthier, bread or cake?

      In opinion, bread is healthier.

2) friendly / cats / dogs?

  ________.

  ________.

3) dangerous / motorbikes / cars?

  ________.

  ________.

4) exciting / ice hockey / football?

     ________.

     ________.

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2) Which are friendlier, cats or dogs?

3) Which are more dangerous, motorbikes or cars?

4) Which is more exciting, ice hockey or football?

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4. Write sentences comparing three things. Use the comparative and superlative forms of the adjective in brackets.

1) Mount Everest: 8,848 m / K2: 8,611 m / Kangchenjunga: 8,586 m. (high)

     K2 is higher than Kangchenjunga, but Everest is the highest.

2) The Nile: 6,650 km / The Amazon: 6,400 km / The Yangtze: 6,300 km (long)

  ________.

3) Greenland: 2,175,600 sq km / New Guinea: 792,500 sq km / Borneo: 725,500 sq km (large)

  ________.

4) Diamonds: £££ / Emeralds: ££ / Rubies: £ (expensive)

  ________.

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2) The Amazon is longer than the Yangtze, but the Nile is the longest.

3) New Guinea is larger than Borneo, but Greenland is the largest.

4) Emeralds are more expensive than rubies, but diamonds are the most expensive.

5. Complete the text. Use the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.

Robert Pattinson was born in London in 1986. He is one of 1) _____ (young), 2) _____ (good-looking) actors in Hollywood. For Pattinson, the rise to fame has been 3) _____ (quick) and 4) _____ (easy) than for most actors. His 5) _____ (big) role so far is Edward Cullen in The Twilight Saga trilogy, three of 6) _____ (successful) films of recent years. Before that he had a 7) _____ (small) role in the Harry Potter series.

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1) the youngest   2) most good-looking   3) quicker   4) easier

5) biggest   6) the most successful   7) smaller

Challenge!

Write sentences comparing the things and places below. Use each place and each adjective once.

the Amazon      Antarctica   Europe

France      Germany      gold      London

Mount Everest      Snowdon

the Nile      Rome      silver

big      cold

heavy      high

hot      long


1) Germany is bigger than France.

2) _____

3) _____

4) _____

5) _____

6) _____

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Order not important

2) Mount Everest is higher than Snowdon.

3) The Nile is longer than the Amazon.

4) Antarctica is colder than Europe/ Europe is hotter than Antarctica.

5) Gold is heavier than silver.

6) Rome is hotter than London/ London is colder than Rome.

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