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Comparison (Exercises)

1. Complete these sentences with a comparative adjective. My teacher is friendl but my brother's teacher is ______. My bike is big but my sister's bike is ______. This biscuit tastes nice but those cakes taste _______. Geography is interestin but history is _______. I felt nervous but my friend felt ______. Tim is rich but John is ______. This exercise is easy but the next one ise _____. Madrid is hot but Bangkok is ______. 2. Write sentences comparing these things. Football/ exciting/ volleyball. Golf/ safe/ horse-riding. Water-skiing/ difficult/ swimming. Motorcycling/ noisy/ cycling. Rugby balls/ heavy/ tennis balls. 3. Complete the seconf sentence so that it means the same as the first. Radio 255 is my favourite radio station. I think Radio 255 is ________________ than the other radio stations. Other radio stations have fewer listeners than radio 255. Radio 255 has _________ listeners than other radio stations.  Steve Wood is funnier...

Comparatives or Superlatives (Review)

Complete the following sentences with a comparative or superlative form, adding any words that are needed. You may use some words twice. boring     warm    simple     good    wonderful    lucky    intelligent    comfortable    hot    old    far    difficult     cheap    bad    interesting This exercise is too easy - can't we try a _________ one? England's too cold in spring - let's go to Spain where it's ______ She comes top in all the exams - she must be _________ girl in the class. The temperature in July reaches forty-four degrees - it's ________ month of the year. Let's buy this video - it doesn't cost that much - it's ________ the other one. This pen's not very good - I'd like a _______ one, please. When I passed my driving test, it was the _________ day of my life. Lying down in bed is ________ sitting on a hard cha...

Operating Systems Battles (Comparative or Superlative Review)

1. Complete the text with the adjectives in brackets in comparative or superlative form. OS battles Windows, Linux and Unix are different computer operating systems (OS). You need an operating system to run any computer - both PCs at home or in the office, and the big network serves that connect other computers. Window is the (popular)_____________ system for PCs in the world. There are also versions of Windows for network servers, but in this market, Unix-based systems are (common)_____________ than Microsoft systems. A newcomer to the battle is Linux. If we compare Windows and Unix as systems for network servers, they have different strengths and weaknesses, but many experts say that Unix is a (good)________________ system. It is (small)____________ and (efficient)___________ than Windows. In addition, it is (stable)_____________, while Windows has a reputation for 'crashing'. Linux is based on Unix but it is (easy)____________ to use. The main difference betwee...

Stars and Planets (Comparative Review)

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Complete the folowing text with the correct form (A, B or C) Stars and Planets When you look into the night sky, you may not be able to tell the difference between stars and plants, but planets are (1)_________ to Earth. However, they are still very far away, and a journey to Mars would be about nine months, (2)_________ than a journey to the Moon (about three days). Even if your future space ship was (3)_________ the simple space probes we have now, it would still take you a couple of years to get to Jupiter, which is (4)________ Earth - more than 1.300 times, in fact, and it's more than 300 times (5)________ Jupiter is a giant ball of gas and the atmospheric pressure is (6)_________ it is on Earth. If you could land there, you would be (7)________ - more than twice as much. The whole planet is (8)________ Earth as well, and scientists think that the centre of the planet may be as hot as 10.000ºC. Interestingly, the day on Jupiter is (9)________, and only lasts about ten ...

The Football Game (Comparatives Part I)

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The Football Game Yesterday my brother and I went to see a football game. We watched our two favourite teams, the Eagles and the Hawks. It was the second week of the season and the day was much colder than the week before. We arrived at the stadium at 11:30 am, which is a little earlier than usual. We were excited because I love the Hawks and he loves the Eagles.   The seats were good, but I wanted something closer to the field. However, we sat and enjoyed the game. Well, we  enjoyed it until we started arguing. My brother and I both think our team is better than the other team. He always says to me that the Eagles are faster, stronger, and smarter than the Hawks. I never agree. On this day, he was wrong. The Hawks played a lot better than the Eagles. They looked stronger and tougher than the Eagles. The won by 15 points. One thing I didn’t like was that the food and drinks were much more expensive than other places, and tasted much worse. I was surprised that a hot d...