Transcription of COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES - MEC
1 COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES Complete the sentences with the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. My sister is _____ my brother. (intelligent) The blue whale is _____ animal. (big) Iceland is _____ Spain (cold) This is _____ book I ve ever read. (good) My neighbour is _____ person I know (lucky) Friday is the _____ day of the week. (busy) These trainers are much _____ those. (cheap) Frank works _____ most people. (hard) I m _____ at English than you. (good) Today has been _____ day of the year. (hot) This is _____ CD I ve ever listened. (bad) English is _____ Japanese. (easy) Which mountain is _____ in the world. (high) John is _____ his brother.
2 (clever) English is _____ Latin. (useful) What is _____ word in English? (common) The Nile is _____ river in the world. (long) This is my _____ brother. Mary is their _____ daughter (old, old) That skyscraper is one of _____ buildings in the city. (tall) The first exercise was easy but this one is _____. (difficult) Our journey took _____ we expected. (long) Charles is _____ student in the school. (noisy) Madrid s population is _____ Santander s (large) Nothing makes me _____ waiting on the phone. (angry) Five years ago I was _____ I am now, and I had _____ hair. (fat, log) This car uses _____ petrol. It s _____ economical.
3 (much, little) Spanish is _____ difficult to learn than Chinese. (little) It s _____ hotel in Santander (expensive) How much _____ are we going? (far) I haven t got many CDs. You ve got _____ I have. (many) Everyone has heard of Real Madrid. They are probably _____ team in the world. (famous) The cheetah is _____ animal in the world. (fast) Barcelona s stadium is new. It s _____ stadium in Europe. (modern) KEY MORE INTELLIGENT THAN THE BIGGEST COLDER THAN THE BEST THE LUCKIEST THE BUSIEST CHEAPER THAN HARDER THAN BETTER THE HOTTEST THE WORST EASIER THAN THE HIGHEST CLEVERER THAN MORE USEFUL THE MOST COMMON / THE COMMONEST THE LONGEST ELDER / THE ELDEST THE TALLEST MORE DIFFICULT LONGER THE NOISIEST LARGER THAN ANGRIER THAN FATTER THAN / LONGER THE MOST / THE LEAST LESS THE MOST EXPENSIVE FURTHER MORE THAN THE MOST FAMOUS THE FASTEST THE MOST MODERN
