1. Complete the sentences with a double comparative.
1 The weather is getting colder and colder. (cold)
2 This area is becoming …………………………………… (popular)
3 Jimmy is getting …………………………………… (tall)
4 Petrol was getting …………………………………… (expensive)
5 Maria is becoming …………………………………… (confident)
6 The film just got …………………………………… (silly)
Answer
2 more and more popular 3 taller and taller
4 more and more expensive 5 more and more confident
6 sillier and sillier
2. Put the words in the correct order.
1 I thought / longer / The journey was / than
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2 more spacious / The flat was / than / appeared / it
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3 in Greece / hotter / it was / The weather here is / than
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4 much more / it used to be / The house is / dilapidated / than
…………………………………………….
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5 than / My grandad is / when he was a young man / shorter now
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6 as popular as / it was / five years ago / This area isn’t
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Answer
1 The journey was longer than I thought.
2 The flat was more spacious than it appeared.
3 The weather here is hotter than it was in Greece.
4 The house is much more dilapidated than it used to be.
5 My grandad is shorter now than he was as a young man.
6 This area isn’t as popular as it was five years ago.
3. Complete the sentence halves with the comparative form of the adjectives and adverbs in brackets. Then match 1-5 with a-e.
1 The ………………………………… (long) I work,
2 The ………………………………… (spacious) the house,
3 The ………………………………… (fast) you drive,
4 The ………………………………… (carefully) you check your work,
5 The ………………………………… (long) you keep him waiting,
a the ………………………………… (expensive) it will be.
b the ………………………………… (impatient) he’ll become.
c the ………………………………… (few) mistakes you make.
d the ………………………………… (likely) you are to have an accident.
e the ………………………………… (tired) I feel.
Answer
1 longer; e more tired 2 more spacious; a more expensive
3 faster; d more likely 4 more carefully; c fewer
5 longer; b more impatient
4. Write superlative sentences with the present perfect.
1 this / good / book / I / ever / read
This is the best book I’ve ever read.
2 this / remote / region of the UK / I / ever / visit
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3 those / expensive / jeans / I / ever / buy
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4 that / charming / cottage / I / ever / stay in
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5 this / lively / area of town / I / ever / live in
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6 that / pretty / flower bed / I / ever / see
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Answer
2 This is the remotest region of the UK I’ve ever visited.
3 Those are the most expensive jeans I’ve ever bought.
4 That is the most charming cottage I’ve ever stayed in.
5 This is the liveliest area of town I’ve ever lived in.
6 That is the prettiest flowerbed I’ve ever seen.
5. Complete the sentences with less, the least, fewer, or the fewest.
1 The kitchen is ………………………… spacious room in the house.
2 My flat is ………………………… conveniently located than yours.
3 This house has got ………………………… rooms of the three we’ve looked at.
4 Which costs …………………………, the semi-detached house or the terraced house?
5 This is ………………………… popular area of the city.
6 Which room has got ………………………… furniture, the dining room, living room, or kitchen?
7 There are ………………………… flowers in the flower bed this year than last.
8 Wales is ………………………… remote than the north of Scotland.
Answer
1 the least 2 less 3 the fewest 4 less 5 the least
6 the least 7 fewer 8 less
6. Complete the sentences with the comparative and superlative form of the adverbs in brackets.
1 Dan drives ………………………… than Ed, but Sam drives ………………………… of all. (slow)
2 Amy works ………………………… than Kate, but Frances works ………………………… (hard)
3 Adam speaks French ………………………… than Jason, but Chris speaks ………………………… (fluently)
4 Jed walks ………………………… than Fred, but Tom walks ………………………… (fast)
5 Ed writes ………………………… than Fran, but Susan writes ………………………… (good)
Answer
1 slower, the slowest 2 harder, the hardest
3 more fluently, the most fluently 4 faster, the fastest
5 better, the best
7. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets. It may be necessary to add an extra word to the sentence.
1 The ………………………… the house, the more expensive it is to heat. (large)
2 That’s the ………………………… balcony I’ve ever seen. (tiny)
3 Houseboats are ………………………… today than they used to be. (common)
4 We’ll have to look ………………………… if we want to find a house we can afford. (hard)
5 Our new flat has ………………………… rooms than our old one, so now I have to share a room with my sister. (few)
6 Your garden is ………………………… than ours because you haven’t got as many flowers. (colourful)
7 They’re worried that their cellar might flood as it’s raining ………………………… now. (heavy)
8 This is the ………………………… room in the house because we haven’t furnished it yet. (comfortable)
9 The grass on their lawn is growing ………………………… and …………………………, but nobody seems interested in cutting it. (high)
Answer
1 larger 2 tiniest 3 more common 4 harder
5 fewer 6 less colourful 7 more heavily
8 least comfortable 9 higher, higher
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