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Comparative forms
C ompar a tiv e f orms
POSITIVE COMPARATIVE Complete the sentences with the correct
form of the adjectives in brackets.
quiet quieter
close closer 1. I think popcorn is (tasty)
hot hotter than crisps.
busy busier 2. My new neighbourhood isn’t as
comfortable more comfortable (peaceful) as my old neighbourhood.
good better 3. The Paci ic Ocean is (big)
bad worse than the Atlantic Ocean.
far farther / further
much / many more 4. Our garden is as (beautiful)
as our neighbour’s garden.
Our new sofa is more comfortable
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than our old sofa. 5. John is (good) at science
than Jasper.

NOTE (not) as + adjective + as 6. My house is (far) from
Our old sofa isn’t as school than Kelly’s house.
comfortable as our new sofa.
7. Life in the city isn’t as
less + adjective + than (di icult) as life on a farm.

Small towns are less crowded
than big cities. 8. The Science Museum is
(little) interesting than the planetarium.
Listen

Listen to Laura talking to her cousin about her
new house and write T for True or F for False.
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1 1. Laura’s old house had a balcony. .
.
s old house had a balc
Laur
on
a
y
bedr
oom is smaller
s
2.
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Charlie
2. Charlie’s bedroom is smaller Speak
than Laura’s. .
than Laur a ’ s Talk in small groups. Look at the two pictures
Her ne
neighbourhood isn

3.
’t as
w
3. Her new neighbourhood isn’t as below. Talk about life in the city and in the
nois
noisy as her old neighbourhood. y as her old neighbourhood. country and compare the two places. Use the
4. Her ne w house is ne xt t o a park . adjectives in the box.
4. Her new house is next to a park.
5. She has to take the bus to get to
5. S he has t o tak e the bus t o get t o
school now.
school no w .
B Read again and answer the questions.
1. Where did Brenda travel to?
2. How tall is the Ei fel Tower in Texas?
3. How tall is the Ei fel Tower in France?
4. What is the same size as a building with boring interesting busy crowded
eighty-one loors? ugly beautiful exciting clean
5. Why does Brenda ind the Ei fel Tower in dirty modern noisy peaceful quiet
Texas funnier? expensive cheap safe dangerous
6. Which city has better museums?
7. How long was Brenda in the Louvre?
8. Which city is more peaceful? Life in the country is more
peaceful than life in the city.
Over to you... Yes, but life in the city is
more exciting.
Discuss.
Do you know of any other places
in the world with the same name?
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