These comparative-superlative exercises help you make comparisons. You can check your answers after you have finished each activity. A PDF worksheet is also available to download for free.
Exercise 1
Write the comparative and superlative forms of each adjective.
| Adjective | Comparative | Superlative |
|---|---|---|
| clever |
cleverer |
cleverest |
| kind |
kinder |
kindest |
| bright |
brighter |
brightest |
| lazy |
lazier |
laziest |
| expensive |
more/less expensive |
most/least expensive |
| important |
more/less important |
most/least important |
| fast |
faster |
fastest |
| scary |
scarier |
scariest |
| deep |
deeper |
deepest |
| beautiful |
more/less beautiful |
most/least beautiful |
2. Exercise 2
Fill in the blanks with the comparative or superlative forms of the words in parentheses. The plus sign indicates a higher degree. The minus sign indicates a lower degree.
1. This phone is (good) than that one.
This phone is better than that one.
2. His result is (bad) than yours.
His result is worse than yours.
3. He is (tall) person in the world.
He is the tallest person in the world.
4. What is (high) mountain in the world?
What is the highest mountain in the world?
5. She is (kind) person I have ever met.
She is the kindest person I have ever met.
6. It was (bad) day of my life.
It was the worst day of my life.
7. My wife is (old) than me.
My wife is older than me.
8. August is our (busy) month of the year.
August is our busiest month of the year.
9. This quiz is (+/difficult) than I thought.
This quiz is more difficult than I thought.
10. Your car is (-/expensive) than mine.
Your car is less expensive than mine.
5. Comparative - superlative worksheet
This worksheet has 18 sentences to fill in using the comparative or superlative forms of the words in brackets. Click the toggle arrow below to check your answers.
- 1. I am smarter than Brad.
- 2. This is the best painting I have ever seen.
- 3. My worst enemy is myself.
- 4. Who is the richest person in the world?
- 5. Madagascar is poorer than Germany.
- 6. Germany is safer than South Africa.
- 7. July is the warmest month of the year in Granada.
- 8. In 2023, John Ossoff was the youngest member of the United States Senate.
- 9. In 2024, John Tinniswood died as the world’s oldest man.
- 10. My biggest mistake was not following my father’s advice.
- 11. Elephants are bigger than mice.
- 12. Vegetables are healthier than meat.
- 13. This is the most delicious cake I have ever tasted.
- 14. Love is the sweetest word that humans have ever invented.
- 15. Hell is the scariest place mentioned in the Bible.
- 16. The death penalty is the harshest form of punishment.
- 17. Rabbits run faster than tortoises.
- 18. It was the tastiest cake my mother ever made.
