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Exercise VII
Write down the correct form of the word in brackets (adjective or
adverb).
• Tom is slow (slow) . He works .
• Sue is a carefull (careful) girl. She climbed up the ladder .
• The dog is angry (angry) . It barks .
• He acted excelleny (excellent) . He's an actor.
• They learn English easily (easy) . They think English is an language.
• Max is a good (good) singer. He sings .
• It’s awful (awful) cold today. The cold wind is .
• Dogs rely on their noses as they can smell extreme (extreme / good) . If
that is true, why does dog food smell so terrible (terrible) ?
• The little boy looked sad (sad) . I went over to comfort him and he looked
at me .
• I tasted the soup carefully (careful) but it tasted wonderful(wonderful) .
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Exercise VIII
“The three little pigs” – Part 1
Fill in the correct form of the adjective or adverb.
Once upon a time there were three little pigs who wanted to see the world.
When the they left home, their mum gave them some advice:
• Whatever you do, do it the best (good) you can.
• So the three pigs wandered through the world and were the most
happiest (happy) pigs you've ever seen.
• They were playing fun (funny) games all summer long, but then came
autumn and each pig wanted to build a house.
• The first pig was not only the smallest (small) but also
the laziest (lazy) of the pigs.
• He quickly (quick) built a house out of straw.
• The second pig made his house out of wood which was a bit difficult
(difficult) than building a straw house.
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• The third pig followed his mum's advice and built a strong
house out of bricks, which was the most difficult
(difficult) house to build.
• The pig worked very hard (hard) , but finally got his house
ready before winter.
• During the cold winter months, the three little pigs
lived extremely good (extreme) (good) in their houses.
• They regulary (regular) visited one another and had the
wonderful (wonderful) time of their lives.
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• Exercise IX
• “The three little pigs” – Part 2
• Fill in the correct form of the adjective or adverb.
• One night, however, a wolf came to the place where the three
little pigs lived. It was the most horrible (horrible) wolf in the
whole wide world.
• Being terribly (terrible) hungry, he went straight to the straw
house.
• "Let me in, little pig," the wolf shouted out angrily (angry) , "or I'll
huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down!"
• The pig didn't let him in, but as the house was made out of
straw, the wolf blew it down easily (easy) .
• The little pig ran to his brother's house as fast (fast) as he
could. But the wolf followed him to the wooden house.
• "Open up, little pigs," he shouted even angrily (angry) .
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• Then he huffed and puffed and it didn't take him much longer (long) to blow
the house down.
• The two pigs nervously (nervous) ran to their brother who lived in the brick
house.
• The wolf followed them grimmly (grim) .
• "Open the door," he shouted furiously (furious) .
• As the pigs didn't open, the wolf huffed and puffed heavily (heavy) . But the
stone house didn't fall down.
• From all the huffing and puffing the wolf became even more hungry
(hungry) .
• With his last power he (slow) slowly climbed up the house to get in through
the chimney.
• The pigs saw this and hasty (hasty) lit a fire.
• When the wolf climbed down the chimney, he fell into the fire which was
awful (awful) hot.
• He burnt his bum worse (bad) and ran away.
• From that day on, the pigs had no more trouble with the wolf and they lived
happily (happy) ever after.
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Choose the correct form (adjective or adverb).
• Niagara Falls form a natural (natural/naturally) border
between the United States and Canada.
• Tourists visit this place frequently (frequent/frequently).
• The Falls are very noisy (noisy/noisily).
• So you must speak loudly (loud/loudly) or nobody can
understand you.
• Many years ago, the Iroquois tribe lived here peacefully
(peaceful/peacefully)
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Exercise XI
Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (comparative
or superlative).
• My house is ___bigger______ (big) than yours.
• This flower is more beautiful (beautiful) than that one.
• This is the most interesting (interesting) book I have ever read.
• Non-smokers usually live longer (long) than smokers.
• Which is the most dangerous (dangerous) animal in the world?
• A holiday by the sea is better (good) than a holiday in the
mountains.
• It is strange but often a coke more
expensive___ (expensive) than a beer.
• Who is the richest (rich) woman on earth?
• The weather this summer is even worse (bad) than last
summer.
• He was the ____most clever_____ (clever) thief of all.
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Exercise X
XIII

Fill in the correct adverb form (comparative or superlative) of the adjectives in

brackets.

1. I speak English__more fluently_________

(fluent) now than last year.
2. She greeted me most politely (polite) of all.
3. She smiled_more happily___(happy) than before.
4. This girl dances most gracefully____
(graceful) of all.
5. Could you write_more clearly___ (clear) ?
6. Planes can fly___higher___ (high) than birds.
7. He had an accident last year. Now, he drives more carefully
_______ (careful) than before.
8. Jim can run faster (fast) than John.
9. Our team played____worst (bad) of all.
10. He worked(hard) harder than ever before.
11.