THE COMPARISON OF equality, superiority & the superlative Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjective (comparative of equality, superiority or superlative) Sue is …………………… ………… John (lazy) He is ……………………… ………………………… Sue (hard-working), but Sue is …………………… (funny) David is …………………… …………………… driver at the driving school (bad) Nobody is as ……………… and ………………………… him (clumsy/ careless) Tony is ……………… ……………………… … boy I’ve ever known (intelligent) He gets ……………………… …… marks in the class, too (good) Today is even ……………………… ……… yesterday (hot) In fact, I think it is ……… ………………… day I can remember this summer (hot) Alice and Paul are ………………………… … students in my class (popular) and their parties are ……………… ……………… any other parties, too (noisy) Andy is …………………… runner in my team (fast) Nobody can run ………… …………… as him (fast) I’m afraid, I’m …………… …………… one (slow) Skiing is …………… ……………………… …… skating (difficult), but it isn’t as ………… …………………… car racing (dangerous) Everybody thinks Tim is …………………… Sherlock Holmes (curious) He always finds out ………………… …………………… things you can imagine (incredible) Ann is ………………… her brother (tall), so Jim is ……………………… Ann (short) and he is ………………………… …… her, too (young) 10 The elephant is ………………… animal (heavy); the lion is ……………………… …… (fierce) and the giraffe has got ……… ………………… neck (long) KEY LAZIER THAN; MORE HARD-WORKING THAN; FUNNIER THE MOST INTELLIGENT; THE BEST THE WORST; AS CLUMSY … CARELESS AS HOTTER THAN; THE HOTTEST THE MOST POPUAR; NOISIER THAN MORE DIFFICULT; AS DANGEROUS AS THE FASTEST; AS FAST AS; THE SLOWEST MORE CURIOUS THAN; THE MOST INCREDIBLE TALLER THAN; SHORTER THAN; YOUNGER THAN 10 THE HEAVIEST; THE FIERCEST; THE LONGEST 11 COLDER TAN; THE COLDEST; MORE EXCITING 12 THE MOST PATIENT; MORE PATIENT THAN