• Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST 16 • comparison Name ● The basics Write the comparatives and superlatives ▲ angry bad clever fat good happy hard angrier angriest hot important polite rude sad slim stupid ● Using comparatives and superlatives Correct (✓) or not (✗)? Your handwriting is the worse than mine Barbara’s worst quality is her impatience Maths was my strongest subject at school George is the more experienced of my four colleagues The hotel only has two rooms left; would you like to have the bigger one? ● as … as; comparatives ▲ I am A clever as Circle the correct option(s) (More than one may be possible.) both my sisters B as clever as She’s not A as hard-working as Simon drives A same car C cleverer than a lot of the other people in her class B so hard-working as as his brother B a same car Joanna deinitely works as hard A as me B as I C the same car I couldn’t understand him because he was speaking A faster and faster B more and more quickly A Better I get at chess, the more I enjoy playing it B A better The more A she has friends Guy’s A far I think that I know A any C so hard-working so , the happier she is B friends she has C as I C more quickly and more quickly C The better C has she friends better at maths than me B much C more about computers than you B a bit C very a little ● Superlatives Put in in, of, the or – (= nothing) highest mountain the world Mount Everest is Tony is tallest my three brothers This is biggest city my country This tea tastes best when you drink it without milk Breakfast is most important meal the day I feel happiest when I’m with my friends I got lots of great presents, but that coat you bought me was best present all ➔ Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST 16 • comparison © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE ● like and as; so and such Put in like, as, such, such a or so 10 11 12 you know, tomorrow’s meeting is very important She is clever woman that everybody listens to her Carol really looks her mother when she smiles I worked a waiter in a café when I was a student I didn’t realise that you were good at tennis He cooks well that everybody wants to eat at his house I’ll meet you for lunch at o’clock usual Why can’t you work hard your sister? Don’t use your pen a spoon to stir your cofee! Don’t be baby! The dog won’t hurt you You’re so lucky to have good teachers in your school your father, I think that what you did was completely wrong We both agree about this ● Comparatives All the sentences contain mistakes: correct them Rewrite the corrected sentences below ▲ The more I talk to my new boss, more I like her The more I talk to my new boss, the more I like her The more I read this book, the least I understand The faster you drive, the more it is dangerous I want a smaller mobile phone – the smaller one the better one He’s very taller than me, but he’s not a lot stronger The traic is moving more slowly than even usual ● Mixed structures ▲ ▲ 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Correct the mistakes or write ‘Correct’ She plays tennis more well than the rest of us better She is the best player of us all Correct I’m the eldest person in my class Who’s taller: you or your brother? Nothing is easier as learning to ride a bicycle Can’t you run a bit more faster? Please can you talk quietlier – I’ve got a headache I live further away from my parents than my brothers and sisters She speaks the clearest of all the children Their house is the bigger in the street Taking the bus isn’t any faster than walking The baby’s getting more and more tireder The more money he earns, the more things he wants You’re very far bigger than Peter She is one of the more famous ilm stars in the world He’s even more stupid than he looks This is the biggest house of the street Soup tastes nicest when you use fresh vegetables to make it Like you see, I have changed my glasses to contact lenses As your friend, I really want to help you It is a such big problem that I need to talk to my boss You have a so nice house! / 65 Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST 16 • comparison © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE