Practice #1 Comparative Adjectives
Use the following adjectives to complete the sentences below. Use each word only once.
| beautiful | big | cold | dangerous | dark |
| entertaining | hot | intelligent | large | light |
| long | old | pretty | rich | short |
| small | strong | tall | ugly | weak |
1. An elephant is __bigger than___ a mouse.
2. Montreal is _smaller than_ New York.
3. The Nile River is _longer than_ the Hudson River.
4. A Cadillac is _larger than_ than a Hyundai.
5. An apple tree is _prettier_ in the spring _than_ in the winter.
6. A duck is _uglier than_ a swan.
7. Hercules was _stronger than_ any other men.
8. American coffee is _weaker than_ Turkish coffee.
9. Bogotá is usually _hotter than_ London.
10. Anchorage, Alaska, is usually _colder than_ Rome.
11. My room is _darker_ at night _than_ during the day.
12. A lion is a _lighter_ color _than_ a monkey.
13. A giraffe is _taller than_ a lion.
14. The days are _shorter_ in the winter _than_ in the summer.
15. Most people think that horses are _more intelligent than__ chickens.
16. Some people find comedies _more entertaining than_ dramas.
17. Bill Gates is _richer than_ most people.
18. I think that a summer sunset is _more beautiful than_ a winter sunset.
19. SCUBA diving is _more dangerous than_ playing baseball.
20. My father is _older than_ my brother.
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(c) David Tillyer 1998