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Year 5 English — Comparing with adjectives

Form the comparative and the superlative of an adjective, and use each one where it belongs.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Which sentence is correct?

    • a) He is tallest than his brother.
    • b) He is taller than his brother.
    • c) He is more tall than his brother.
    • d) He is more taller than his brother.

  2. 2.Which word compares two things using "good"?

    • a) gooder
    • b) better
    • c) best
    • d) more good

  3. 3.Sort each form: is it comparing two, or picking one out of them all?

    Groups: Comparing two · Out of them all

    • smallest
    • most careful
    • more careful
    • worse
    • smaller
    • worst

  4. 4.Compare three or more with the adjective "happy": She is the ____ child in the whole class.

  5. 5.This road is ____ than the old one.

    • a) wide
    • b) widest
    • c) most wide
    • d) wider

  6. 6.Sort each adjective by how it makes its comparative.

    Groups: Adds -er · Puts "more" in front

    • small
    • quick
    • interesting
    • tall
    • expensive
    • beautiful

  7. 7.Two words, please. Compare with the adjective "careful": This driver is ____ than that one.

  8. 8.Match each adjective to its superlative.

    • good
    • bad
    • large
    • happy
    • thin
    • famous
    • largest
    • thinnest
    • best
    • happiest
    • worst
    • most famous

Answer key — Year 5 English — Comparing with adjectives

  1. 1. b) He is taller than his brother.
  2. 2. b) better
  3. 3. smaller → Comparing two; smallest → Out of them all; more careful → Comparing two; most careful → Out of them all; worse → Comparing two; worst → Out of them all
  4. 4. happiest
  5. 5. d) wider
  6. 6. tall → Adds -er; beautiful → Puts "more" in front; quick → Adds -er; expensive → Puts "more" in front; small → Adds -er; interesting → Puts "more" in front
  7. 7. more careful
  8. 8. good → best; bad → worst; large → largest; happy → happiest; thin → thinnest; famous → most famous