List of Adjectives in the Different Degrees of Comparison

Name: ______________________

IMPORTANT!

LIST OF ADJECTIVES IN THE DIFFERENT DEGREES OF COMPARISON

POSITIVE active bad beautiful big black bright clean clever confused cruel dark difficult dirty fascinating famous far fast fat fierce generous Good graceful great handsome hardworking happy heavy important kind late light little long old poor

COMPARATIVE more active worse more beautiful bigger blacker brighter Cleaner Cleverer more confused crueler Darker more difficult dirtier more fascinating more famous farther / further faster fatter fiercer more generous Better more graceful greater more handsome more hardworking happier heavier more important kinder later lighter less longer older poorer

SUPERLATIVE the most active worst most beautiful the biggest the blackest the brightest the cleanest the cleverest the most confused the cruelest the darkest the most difficult the dirtiest the most fascinating the most famous the farthest/ furthest the fastest the fattest the fiercest the most generous The best the most graceful the greatest the most handsome the most hardworking the happiest the heaviest the most important the kindest the latest the lightest the least the longest the oldest the poorest

proud quiet responsible rich sad sharp short slow small strange strong tall thin ugly weak wise young

prouder quieter more responsible richer sadder sharper shorter slower smaller stranger stronger taller thinner uglier weaker wiser younger

the proudest the quietest the most responsible the richest the saddest the sharpest the shortest the slowest the smallest the strangest the strongest the tallest thinnest the ugliest the weakest the wisest the youngest

Exercise 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Mr Peters is a (kind, kinder, kindest) man. Many (rich, richer, the richest) people live in this town. Which is (short, shorter, the shortest) of the three routes? Hassan is as (thin, thinner, the thinnest) as his brother. Farouk’s writing is (neat, neater, the neatest) than mine. (Strong, Stronger, The strongest) man will carry the heaviest box. Many people helped Sasha because she was (poor, poorer, poorest). The people were happy when their (cruel, crueler, the cruelest) ruler died. 9. Mr Liew is (important, more important, the most important) person in this office. 10. Sumathi is (hardworking, more hardworking, the most hardworking) pupil in this class. 11. Fook Lai’s results were (good, better, the best) in the school. 12. Melina used to be (popular, more popular, the most popular) than Rani.

IMPORTANT! Name: ______________________ LIST OF ADVERBS ACCORDING TO THE DEGREES OF COMPARISON

POSITIVE angrily badly beautifully bravely carefully carelessly clearly closely differently early easily far fast gently gracefully greedily happily hard late lazily long loudly much neatly quickly roughly soon slowly sweetly well

COMPARATIVE more angrily worse more beautifully more bravely more carefully more carelessly more clearly more closely more differently earlier more easily farther faster more gently more gracefully more greedily more happily harder later more lazily longer more loudly more more neatly more quickly more roughly sooner more slowly more sweetly better

SUPERLATIVE the most angrily the worst the most beautifully the most bravely the most carefully the most carelessly the most clearly the most closely the most differently the earliest the most easily the farthest the fastest the most gently the most gracefully the most greedily the most happily the hardest the latest the most lazily the longest the most loudly the most the most neatly the most quickly the most roughly the soonest the most slowly the most sweetly the best

Fill in the blanks with the adverbs from the box. slowly late carelessly

bravely roughly quickly

loudly quietly sweetly

fast kindly early

gently carefully gracefully

1. The soldiers fought ____________________ and won the battle. 2. Ben arrived _______________ for his class because he missed the bus. 3. She sang as ____________________ as a bird. 4. The dancers moved _______________________ on the stage. 5. We did not hear any noise because the worked _________________. 6. He answered ______________________ and made many mistakes. 7. Many pupils cried because they were treated __________________. 8. Jack wanted to go hone early so he did his work ________________. 9. He answered __________________________ and made no mistakes. 10. Rohan ran ______________________ and won the race. 11. Jenny walked _______________________ because she was tired. 12. Everyone spoke ______________________ to the new pupil. 13. The noise made the pupils talk ________________ in class. 14. We arrived ______________________ because there was not much traffic. 15. They touched the baby ____________________ and she smiled at them.