Comparatives and superlatives

A. Complete using the comparative form of the words in brackets.
1 Wait! Your bicycle is faster (fast) than mine!
2 Phew! It’s much hotter (hot) than it was yesterday, isn’t it?
3 I think you look prettier (pretty) when you wear your hair up.
4 The price of batteries has gone up. They’re a lot more expensive (expensive) than last time.
5 Angus hasn’t been practising the piano and he’s got a lot worse (bad).
6 His new film is much more entertaining (entertaining) than his last one. I loved that one!
7 Tell us another joke — but a shorter (short) one this time! That one took forever!
8 I didn’t win the lottery. Maybe I’ll be luckier (lucky) next time.
9 The Russian athlete threw the discus farther (far) than all the others and won gold.
10 I think these biscuits are even nicer (nice) than the last ones you made!

B. The words in bold in each sentence are wrong. Write the correct word.
1 We lost the match because we played badly than the other team did. — worse
2 It rains a lot in England, so the countryside is a lot green than in Greece. — greener
3 You gave Sarah a really small piece of cake and you’ve given me even little! — less
4 I must have lost weight. These jeans seem large than they were before. — larger
5 I got to the party early than everyone else, so I had to wait. — earlier
6 I hear her new CD is good than her last one. What do you think? — better
7 Our cat seems to be getting fat every day maybe she should go on a diet! — fatter
8 I’m disappointed. I think you could have done a lot well on this test. — better

C. Rewrite the sentences using the correct comparative form of the words in the box
bad, beautiful, confident, fat, happy, near (to), short, young
Alex is much shorter than Joshua.
1. Amy is a lot less confident than Theresa.
2. My house is nearer to the school than yours.
3. Andy is happier than Jude about the decision.
4. Simon is fatter than Bill.
5. Sarah-Jane is younger than Terry.
6. Patricia’s sister is worse than her on the clarinet.
7. The houses in my grandparents’ village are more beautiful than the houses here.