Comparative and superlative

Before doing the exercises, remember:

• Comparatives and superlatives

Comparatives	Superlatives
Comparatives are used to compare two things or two people: Alan is taller than John. Download here a photocopiable material about this.	Superlatives are used to compare more than two things or two people. Superlative sentences usually use 'the': Alan is the most intelligent. Download here a photocopiable material about this.

• Irregular comparatives and superlatives:

Adjectives	Comparatives	Superlatives
bad	worse	the worst
far(distance)	farther	the farthest
far(extent)	further	the furthest
good	better	the best

• To express similarities use the following structure: 

As…as

... as + adjective + as ... Mike is as intelligent as Nancy. Download here a photocopiable material about this.

EXERCISES ABOUT COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES:

• Fill in the correct form.
• Write the right form (comparative and superlative mixed).
• Put the adjectives in the correcto form (comparatives, superlatives and "as...as".

EXERCISES ONLY ABOUT SUPERLATIVES:

• Use the superlative form
• Complete the sentences
• Download a photocopy with a list of adjectives to transform in superlatives

If you prefer writing, you can print the next pdf documents:

• Fill in the gaps 1
• Fill in the gaps 2