Ahmadiayh Elementary School

Comparison of Adjectives

Name: ______Date: ______

A. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the adjective in brackets (Regular, Comparative or Superlative). (18 points)

1. / My mother is ______(young) my father.
2. / Salim is ______(fast) runner at our school.
3. / Adi and Doron are twins, but Adi is ______(big) Doron.
4. / Tel- Aviv is a ______city. It's even ______Holon, where I live. I think it's ______city in Israel. (noisy)
5. / Aviv believes basketball is an ______activity for all young people. He thinks it's ______any other sport. (enjoyable)
6. / Galit is ______(talented) girl I know. She can do everything.
7. / Gary is ______(good) boy in the school.
8. / You shouldn't drive ______(fast) as you do in town.
9. / Cathy is ______(interesting) person I've ever met.
10. / The book I have just read was ______(bad) than the one I read two weeks ago.
11. / Mark is ______(selfish) as his sister.
12. / Swimming in the pool is not ______(difficult) as swimming in the sea.
13. / Today is ______(hot) than yesterday.
14. / It was the ______(complicated) problem on the test.
15. / It was ______(horrifying) film I've ever seen.

B. Circle the correct answer. (9 points)

Last week we (went, go, was) to a wonderful rock concert at the Yarkon Park. It was the (more, much, most) enjoyable evening I have ever spent. Everyone behaved well and there was (any, some, no) trouble at all.
There (is, was, were) so many people in the park that I could not see my friends. We (are, were, was) lucky that we (sold, buy, bought) our tickets two days before the concert. Many people (came, comes, come) to the park just before the concert, but they had to (live, left, leave) because there were no seats. All the (seats, sits, sat) were taken. The concert ended at 11:30 and we had to run home.

C: Complete the dialogues below with adjectives ending with ed or ing.

Dialogue 1

Sue: Hi Jane. Have you had an ______(interest) day?
Jane: I've had a very ______(excite) day. It's my birthday today.
Sue: I'm a little ______(confuse). I thought your birthday was next month.
Jane: No, that's my brother's birthday.
Sue: Oh! Now I'm ______(embarrass). I didn't get you a present.
Jane: That's ______(disappoint). But it's ok.
Sue: Now I'm ______(depress), too. Hey, I have a ______(fascinate) idea. Why don't we go shopping and get you a present right now? That way we can get you something really ______(interest).
Jane: Oh! Thanks Sue. You are really a kind friend.

Dialogue 2

Bill: Hi, Mark. You look ______(tire).
Mark: I am. I'm totally ______(exhaust).
Bill: Why? What have you been doing?
Mark: I've been getting my house ready for the painters to come tomorrow. Now they ring me to tell me, yet again, that they can't come till next week. I'm getting very ______(annoy) with them.
Bill: That's ______(disappoint). I'm sure you are ______(disappoint). I'll bet that you'll be ______(please) when it's finished.
Mark: Yes, I'm starting to get very ______(bore) with all the delays. It's ______(disturb).
Bill: You must be so ______(frustrate). When do you think they will finish painting your house?
Mark: They say it will take about two weeks.
Bill: Don't be too ______(depress). Just think of how ______(relieve) you'll be when it's finished.
Mark: That's the ______(fright) thing. I'm starting to believe that it will never be finished.
Bill: What a ______(shock) thought. Don't worry. One day you'll wake up with the ______(relax) thought that it's finished and you don't have to worry about it anymore.
Mark: I hope you're right.