Comparative and superlative adjectives exercises with answers

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Exercise 4

Complete the following sentences with the appropriate form of superlative or comparative: 

1 – English is ____ than Japanese.
the easiest
easier
easy

2 – _____ mountain in the world is Mt. Everest.
higher
high
the highest

3 – Cats are _____ than horses.
the smallest
smaller
small

4 – I am ____ child in our family.
the youngest
young
youner

5 – All the boys are bad, but kevin is the ______.
 bad
 worse
 worst

6 – There are many exciting cities, but Tokyo is the ______ city in the world.
 exciting
 more exciting
 most exciting

7 – He is _____ boy in our class.
tall
the tallest
taller

8 – My bag is very _____.
heavier
the heaviest
heavy

9 – England is ____ than Italy.
wet
wetter
the wettest

10 – What is the _____ month of the year in Japan?.
wet
wetter
the wettest

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ANSWERS

1. easier
2. the highest
3. smaller
4. the youngest
5. the worst
6. the most exciting
7. the tallest
8. heavy
9. wetter
10. wettest

Comparative and superlative adjectives exercises with answers

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Exercise 2

Complete the following sentences with the appropriate form of superlative or comparative: 

1 – A shark is ______ than a dolphin.
 dangerous
 more dangerous
 most dangerous

2 – Tina is ______ than her sister.
 young
 younger
 youngest

3 – The koala is the ______ animal in the zoo.
 small
 smaller
 smallest

4 – Tom is as ______ as Paul.
 intelligent
 more intelligent
 most intelligent

5 – The rabbit is ______ than the hamster.
 large
 larger
 largest

6 – Everyone in our family sings beautifully, but my sister is the ______ singer.
 good
 better
 best

7 – His cousin is as ______ as my father.
 old
 older
 oldest

8 – The taxi is ______ than the bus.
 bad
 worse
 worst

9 – There are many cheap things in that shop, but pasta are the ______ thing.
 cheap
 cheaper
 cheapest

10 – Tina is ______ than Sarah.
 careful
 more careful
 most careful

 

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ANSWERS

1. more dangerous
2. younger
3. the smallest
4. as intelligent
5. larger
6. the best
7. as old as
8. worse
9. the cheapest
10. more careful

Comparative and superlative adjectives exercises with answers

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Exercise 3

Choose the right answer from the following suggestions:

1 – I am ____ than my brother.
old
the oldest
older

2 – My car is very ____.
the fastest
faster
fast

3 – He is ____ in our class.
young
younger
the youngest

4 – My garden is ____ than his garden.
big
bigger
the biggest

5 – Peter is ____ student in our class.
intelligent
more intelligent
the most intelligent

6 – This exercise is very ____.
easier
easy
the easiest

7 – My grandfather is very _____.
old
the oldest
older

8 – Planes are ____ than bikes.
faster
the fastest
fast

9 – My sister is very _____.
the youngest
young
younger

10 – We have ____ school in our town.
big
bigger
the biggest

 

 

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ANSWERS

1. older
2. fast
3. the youngest
4. bigger
5. the most intelligent
6. easy
7. old
8. faster
9. young
10. the biggest

Possessive adjectives exercises for beginners

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Exercise 2

Find the right possessive adjective:

• Ex: Where are (you)  friends now? → Where are your friends now?

1. Here is a postcard from (I)  friend Dees.
2. The clothes belong to Peter. It’s (he)  clothes.
3. She lives in England now with (she)  family.
4. Susan and Peter have invited me to (they)  party.
5. Are (you)  friends coming tonight?f(she
6. A wolf was here. These are (it)  footprints.
7. She goes to school with (she)  brother.
8. I give (I)  sandwich to John.
9. There’s a snake in (we)  garden.
10. (They)  grandmother is very kind

 

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ANSWERS

1. my
2. his
3. her
4. their
5. your
6. its
7. her
8. my
9. our
10. their

Possessive adjectives exercises for beginners

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Exercise 1

Replace the subject pronoun with a possessive adjective:

1. I have a car. —myyourhisheritsouryourtheir car is red.
2. I bought this camera for you. It’s —myyourhisheritsouryourtheir camera now.
3. Tina has a house. —myyourhisheritsouryourtheir house is very old.
4. We own this book. This is —myyourhisheritsouryourtheir book.
5. Where do you keep —myyourhisheritsouryourtheir money, in the bank?
6. The company provides health care for all of —myyourhisheritsouryourtheir employees.
7. Claire sees —myyourhisheritsouryourtheir mother every day.
8. I like music too. —myyourhisheritsouryourtheir favourite band is Goldplay.
9. I’ve also got two brothers. —myyourhisheritsouryourtheir names are Billy and Tom.
10. Miguel is Spanish. —myyourhisheritsouryourtheir family is from Madrid.
11. I’m reading a book by Victor Hugo. —myyourhisheritsouryourtheir title is ‘Les Misérables’.
12. Sam is not at school. —myyourhisheritsouryourtheir father took him to the doctor.
13. Kevin and Paul are waiters. —myyourhisheritsouryourtheir older brother is a famous chef.
14. Tommy and I have an English class together. —myyourhisheritsouryourtheir teacher is Ms. Jackson.
15. When I was in England I stayed at —myyourhisheritsouryourtheir father’s house.

 

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ANSWERS

1. my
2. their
3. her
4. our
5. your
6. its
7. her
8. My
9. Their
10. His
11. Its
12. His
13. Their
14. Our
15. my

Order of Adjectives | Grammar Exercise

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Exercise 2

Put the adjectives back in the right order:

Ex: I bought a pair of green nice new rain boots → I bought a pair of nice new green rain boots.

1. We visited an old gorgeous village.

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2. Why don’t you wear your silk red tie?

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3. They live in a new nice house.

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4. It’s an American popular movie.

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5. Have you met that new girl cute next door?

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6. This is a family old business.

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7. He was wearing a cashmere old dirty shirt.

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8. Put the food in the plastic big blue container.

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9. I’ve just bought a leather expensive jacket.

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10. He just married a beautiful Portuguese young woman.

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ANSWERS

1. We visited a gorgeous old village.
2. Why don’t you wear your red silk tie?
3. They live in a nice new house.
4. It’s a popular American movie.
5. Have you met that cute new girl next door?
6. This is an old family business.
7. He was wearing a dirty old cashmere shirt.
8. Put the food in the big blue plastic container.
9. I’ve just bought an expensive leather jacket.
10. He just married a beautiful young Portuguese woman.

Order of Adjectives | Grammar Exercise

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Exercise 1

Put the adjectives back in the right order:

Ex: I bought a pair of green nice new rain boots → I bought a pair of nice new green rain boots.

1. She’s got green big eyes.

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2. Our two last visitors were from Spain.

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3. It was a story very interesting.

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4. I used to drive a black old Japanese car.

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5. She’s got blond beautiful hair.

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6. The two last days have been very exhausting.

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7. I bought a pair of leather brown shoes.

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8. He lives in a rectangular tall building.

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9. I bought an army Swiss knife small.

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10. She has a mobile expensive phone.

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ANSWERS

1. She’s got big green eyes.
2. Our last two visitors were from Spain.
3. It was a very interesting story.
4. I used to drive an old black Japanese car.
5. She’s got beautiful blond hair.
6. The last two days have been very exhausting.
7. I bought a pair of brown leather shoes.
8. He lives in a tall rectangular building.
9. I bought a small Swiss army knife.
10. She has an expensive mobile phone.

Adjectives -ed and -ing | Exercises with answers

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Exercise 3

Choose the right adjective:

1. I worked hard all day. Now I feel ?tiredtiring.
2. His explanation is so ?confusedconfusing… I don’t understand anything!
3. I’m feeling extremely ?frustratedfrustrating when I don’t have enough money.
4. You look ?worriedworrying. What’s happened?
5. South Africa is the most ?fascinatedfascinating place I have ever been to.
6. Did you hear that singer? He was ?amazingamazed!
7. I’m not completely ?satisfiedsatisfying with this new TV.
8. The speech was two hours long. It was really ?boredboring.
9. He’ll be ?shockedshocking if you say that.
10. The atmosphere is a little ?depresseddepressing in this city.

 

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ANSWERS

1. tired
2. confusing
3. frustrated
4. worried
5. fascinating
6. amazing
7. satisfied
8. boring
9. shocked
10. depressing

Adjectives -ed and -ing | Exercises with answers

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Exercise 1

Choose the right adjective:

1. She seems ?excitingexcited about her trip to India.
2. You must have found my attitude ?annoyedannoying.
3. I saw Tom with another woman. He seemed really ?embarrassingembarrassed.
4. I hate this restaurant, their food is ?disgusteddisgusting.
5. His car was in a ?shockingshocked state.
6. Paul is ?interestedinteresting in music.
7. I spilled my beer on the floor. It was really ?embarrassingembarrassed.
8. There’s been some very ?surprisedsurprising news.
9. This area of Italy has a ?pleasedpleasing climate in June.
10. I was absolutely ?disgusteddisgusting by what I found under his bed.

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ANSWERS

1. excited
2. annoying
3. embarrassed
4. disgusting
5. shocking
6. interested
7. embarrassing
8. surprising
9. pleasing
10. disgusted

-ed -ing adjectives | Exercises with answers

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Exercise 2

Choose the right adjective:

1. I was deeply ?saddenedsaddening by this tragic event.
2. I went to the swimming pool this morning. I’m ?exhaustingexhausted now.
3. The article was ?insultinginsulted to the French president.
4. He was ?frightenedfrightening when he saw the dog.
5. I would be ?intriguedintriguing to hear more.
6. That’s a very ?interestinginterested movie.
7. The situation is becoming very ?worriedworrying.
8. I was ?terrifiedterrifying when I heard the story.
9. This meal was a little ?disappointeddisappointing.
10. She looked ?surprisingsurprised when I told her I was 18.

 

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ANSWERS

1. saddened
2. exhausted
3. insulting
4. frightened
5. intrigued
6. interesting
7. worrying
8. terrified
9. disappointing
10. surprised