1 Read and complete the Grammar Quest.

2 Read and circle the correct word.

1 I’m more kind / kinder than you. 4 I’m more funny/ funnier than him.

2 He’s uglier / more ugly than you. 5 He’s more poor / poorer than her.

3 She’s more attractive / attractiver than me. 6 She’s more serious / seriouser than you.

3 Write the words in order.

1 serious / me / is / My / than / teacher / more

Myteacherismoreseriousthanme.

2 is / friend / me / funnier / than / My

.

3 are / My / me / mum and dad / than / richer

.

4 is / me / attractive / sister / than / My / more

.

5 brother / than / My / me / shyer / is

.

6 more / my / confident / than / I’m / friend

.

To be + comparative adjectives

1 I ’m (rich) richer 4 You (funny) 7 They (serious)

than you. than Alice. than you.

2 He (shy) 5 She (nasty) 8 I (confident)

than John. than him. than her.

3 She (poor) 6 I (ugly) 9 He (attractive)

than him. than you. than Tom.

Grammar Quest

1 Read and complete the sentences using comparative adjectives.

The presenters of Quest TV are all confident, attractive, kind and

funny, but they are not all the same. Kiera is (confident)

1 moreconfdentthan Sophie, but Sophie is (funny)

2 Kiera. Jack is (funny)

3 than Dan and Dan is (serious)

4 Kiera. Sophie is kind, but Kiera

is (kind) 5 than Sophie. They are

usually all confident, but Jack and Kiera are (confident)

6 than Sophie and Dan!

2 Look and complete the sentences.

1 Peter isricherthan Sally. 5 Zog .

2 Sally Peter. 6 Zina .

3 David . 7 Colin .

4 Lucy . 8 Helen .

Peter and Sally david and Lucy Zog and Zina Colin and Helen

Kiera Jack

Dan Sophie

Presentation

Vicky is shorter than Dan. Dan is taller than Vicky.

Vicky’s hair is longer than Dan’s hair. Dan is older than Vicky.

The hippo is bigger and fatter than the lizard.

Remember! big V bigger fat V fatter

Vicky Dan

Practice

1 Look and circle.

1 The cow is fatter / thinner than the horse.

2 The frog is smaller / bigger than the tortoise.

3 The chicken is faster / slower than the cow.

4 The horse is taller / shorter than the tortoise.

5 The tortoise has got longer / shorter legs than the horse.

2 Look and write. Remember to add -er.

1 _______________________________________________________________________. (boy / old)

2 _______________________________________________________________________. (tree / small)

3 _______________________________________________________________________. (dog / fast)

4 _______________________________________________________________________. (bike / clean)

5 _______________________________________________________________________. (boy / hot)

6 _______________________________________________________________________. (dog / big)

A B

The boy in Picture B is older than the boy in Picture A

cowhorse

chicken

frogtortoise

Remember! good V better

bad V worse

far V further

The leopard is fast. The cheetah is faster than the leopard.

The hippo is heavy. The elephant is heavier than the hippo.

The killer whale is big. The blue whale is bigger than the killer whale.

The tarantula is poisonous. The dart frog is more poisonous than the tarantula.

The grasshopper is a good jumper. The flea is a better jumper than the grasshopper.

The cat is a bad swimmer. The chimpanzee is a worse swimmer than the cat.

The eagle can fly far. The swallow can fly further than the eagle.

Comparative adjectives and irregular forms

Presentation

Practice

1 Write the comparative adjective. Then look, read and write true or false.

1 (hot) The temperature is _______________________ in picture B. _________

2 (bad) The weather is _______________________ in picture A. _________

3 (dangerous) The crocodile is _______________________ in picture B. _________

4 (long) The giraffe has a _______________________ neck in picture B. _________

5 (good) The snake is a _______________________ climber in picture B. _________

6 (big) The elephant is _______________________ in picture A. _________

7 (heavy) The lion is _______________________ in picture B. _________

hotter true

2 Look and write sentences to compare the dolphin and the starfish.

1 __________________________________________________________

2 __________________________________________________________

3 __________________________________________________________

4 __________________________________________________________

5 __________________________________________________________

The dolphin is better at jumping than the starfish.

dolphin starfish

1 good at jumping 3

2 slow 3

3 friendly 3

4 quiet 3

5 strong 3

A B