O Adjectivo - Comparativo e Superlativo - Exercicios

O Adjectivo - Comparativo e Superlativo
Escrito por Joo Carreiro Quinta, 08 Janeiro 2009 22:52 - Actualizado em Sbado, 31 Janeiro 2009 11:36
O Adjectivo - Comparativo e Superlativo - Os adjectivos de uma s slaba formam o comparativo de superioridade acrescentando er + than e o superlativo acrecentando -est.
Exemplo: He is taller than his brother, but he is not the tallest in his class. - Os adjectivos com 3 ou mais slabas formam o comparativo de superioridade com: more + ajectivo+ than, e o superlativo com : the most + adjectivo.
Exemplo: Shes more intelligent than her brother, but shes not the most intelligent person in her family. - A maioria dos adjectivos com duas slabas formam o comparativo de superioridade com: more + adjectivo+than e o sperlativo com the most+adjectivo - Os adjectivos de duas slabas que terminam em y (pretty, happy, ...), -le (noble, gentle, ...), w (yellow, narrow, ... ) e er (clever, tender, ...) formam o comparative -er + adjectivo+ than e o superlativo -o
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com est.
Exemplo: Shes prettier than me, but her sister is the prettiest and the cleverest girl I know. - Com alguns adjectivos de duas slabas (quiet; clever; narrow; simple; common, ...) pode-se usar as duas formas.
Exemplo: It's noisy here. Can we go somewhere quieter /more quiet?
Comparativos irregulares
Normal
Comparativo
Superlativo
good
little
much/many
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bad
far
late
old
better
less
more
worse
farther (
referente a
distncia
later
older/ elder
referente a membros de
the best
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the least
the most
the worst
the farthest
the last
(o
the oldest
Crescimento gradual - Comparativo + and + comparative (cada vez mais) - the + comparative ... the + comparative (quanto mais tanto mais)
Exemplo: . Life is getting more and more difficult (a vida est cada vez mais difcil)
The more you study, the more you learn (quanto mais estudas, mais aprendes) - Comparativo de igualdade: as + adjective+ as
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Exemplo: He is as intelligent as his sister - Comparativo de inferioridade: less+ adjective+ than, or not so + adjective+ as
Exemplo: He is less hard-working than his sister, or He is not so hardworking as his sister
EXERCISES ( Clickhere to see the correction)
A. Write sentences using the comparative of the adjective in brackets.
London/Lisbon (big)
London is Bigger than Lisbon
2. The Pyramids/ The Eiffel Tower (old)
3. Chinese/English (difficult)
4. Leonard DiCaprio/Sean Connery (young)
5. Reading books/playing games (interesting)
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6. A months holiday/ A weeks holiday (good)
7. Finland/Portugal (cold)
B. Use the comparative or the superlative of the adjectives in brackets.
1. Serra da Estrela is the_________________ (high) mountain in Portugal.
2.The Tagus river is ____________________ (long) ________ the Douro river.
3. In your opinion who is the ______________ (good) footballer in the world.
4. Listening to good music is much ______________ (relaxing) way to pass the time than watching TV.
C. Use the correct form of the adjectives in brackets.
1. A gold ring is __________________ (expensive) than a silver one. Diamond rings are ______________________ (expensive) of all.
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2. Oporto is ______________ (far)from Lisbon than Coimbra, but Bragana is still ____________ (far). Bragana is the _______________ (far) from Lisbon.
3. Have you any ______________ (far) questions on this subject?
4. The Tempest isShakespeares______________ (late) play.
5. The Valley of the Horses is Jean Auels ________________ (late) novel. But she is already writing another one.
6. Londonis ______________ (big)Lisbon. London is one of the __________ (big) cities in the world.
7. I dont likemy new History teacher. My former teachers classes were much _________ (interesting).
8. Winter days are ____________ (short) and ___________ (cold) than spring days.
9. Arent the Chinese ______________ (hard-working) than the Japanese?
D. Complete, using the correct form of the adjective in brackets
1. Watching TVis not _____________ (interesting) as going to the cinema.
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2. This bag isas _________________ (heavy) the other one.
3. This park is not _______________ (big) as others Ive been to.
4. Playing football is __________ (exciting) sport I know.
5. My new flat is much ______________ (large) than my old one.
6. Lucy is _________________ (lazy) student of her class.
7. My car is _______________ (old) as yours.
8. This village is ____________________ (beautiful) and ____________ (quite) Ive ever been to.
9. This book is _______________ (expensive) I thought.
10. Mr Brown must lose weight. He is _____________ (heavy) man I know.
11. Shes been on a diet. Shes really much ___________ (thin) now.
12. This hill is not _____________ (high) as the one we've just passed.
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E. Use the correct form of the adjectives in brackets
1. Peter is doing ____________ (little) work than before and getting _________ (bad) marks.
2. There is________________ (many) fish in the sea than you can tell.
3. Tom was the ______________ (good) student and so he received ____________ (many) prizes.
4. He lives at the _______________ (far) end of the street.
5. Myhouse is much ___________ (far) away from the town centre than yours.
6. The _____________ (late) time I saw him he was growing a beard.
7. Have you gotany ___________________ (far) questions on the matter?
8. Mrs Wests __________ (old) boy isin the Navy.
F. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the adjective in brackets
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1. I speak _____________ (good) English than my sister.
2. August used to be the __________ (hot) month of the year.
3.There is nothingas ___________ (exciting) travelling.
4. Is Mount Fuji ____________ (high) mountain in Japan?
5. J.K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, is one of the __________ (rich) women in Britain.
6. I don'tfindHistory____________ (interesting) as Geography.
7. Nothing is _____________ (important) than health.
8.I feel _________ (bad) today than yesterday.
9.Your essay is not good. I think you can do _________ (good)
10. Are you on a diet? You look much ____________ (thin)
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G. Complete with the correct form of the adjective in brackets, so as to express gradual increase.
The first one is already done for you.
1. The world's problems are gettingmore and more difficult (difficult) to solve.
2. Experts are getting ____________________________ (concerned) about the future of our planet.
3. As I was feeling ___________________________ (bad) I decided to go to the doctorandsee what was wrong with me.
4. Nowadays finding a permanent job is becoming __________________ (difficult)
5. As the interview went on he became ____________________ (convinced) that he would get the job.
6. Ever since you decided to do a lot of practice, you grammar has been getting _________________________ (good)
7. Sunday family dinners at my parents are getting ________________ (frequent)
H. Complete expressing gradual increase.
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E.g. The more we recycle, the cleaner our world will be.
1. The _____________ (active) we become in environment defence, the more __________ (aware) of the environmental issues the world will become.
2. The ____________ (great) the danger, the __________ (careful) we should be when transporting chemical waste.
3. The __________ (toxic) a product is the ___________ (cautious) its transportation should be.
4. The ____________ (soon) we all start recycling in our houses, the ____________ (good) the environment will become.
I. Complete this text aboutIrish music choosingthe correct form of the adjectives in brackets.
Irelands __________________ 1. (more important/most important) musical export may be the rock band U2, but when people talk about Irish music they are usually referring to a much _________ (older/oldest), and __________ 2. (most traditional/more traditional) style of popular music.
The ______________ 3. (most big/ biggest) names of popular music may play in the same places as the rock stars, but almost every Irish town and village has a pub where you can show up and find a session of traditional Irish music. You can even join if youfeel like it.
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Perhaps _____________ 4. (the better/ the best) known of the Irish groups is The Chieftains. The Cranberries were one ofthe__________________5. (more famous/ most famous) groups in the 90s.
Traditional music has its__________ 6. (stronger/ strongest) followers in Eire.
CORRECTION
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