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COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
Przymiotniki
jednosylabowe i
dwusylabowe
zakończone na -y
Przymiotniki
dwusylabowe nie
zakończone na –y i
dłuższe
Przymiotniki
stopniowane
nieregularnie
ADJECTIVE
(przymiotnik)
small
big
dirty
COMPARATIVE
(stopień wyższy)
smaller
bigger
dirtier
SUPERLATIVE
(stopień najwyższy)
the smallest
the biggest
the dirtiest
modern
important
more/less modern
more/less important
more-bardziej
less-mniej
better
worse
the most/the least modern
the most/the least important
the most-najbardziej
the least-najmniej
the best
the worst
old
farther
further
older
elder
the farthest (znaczenie dosłowne)
the furthest (znaczenie przenośne)
the oldest
the eldest (starszeństwo w
rodzinie)
late
later
good
bad
ill
far
the latest (najnowszy)
EXERCISES
1. Choose the right word.
(Wybierz właściwe słowo.)
Helen has got two children – Terry and Mary. Terry is 14 and Mary is 9. Terry is the
oldest/older than Mary. They have got a cousin whose name is Penny. She is 20 and she has
got a younger/the youngest sister – Jenny. Jenny is much prettier/prettiest than Mary because
Mary has got smaller/smallest eyes and the bigger/biggest nose in the whole family. Penny
studies medicine in Oxford. She likes her studies and she thinks that they are the most
interesting/more interesting in the world. Her favorite TV series is “Bones”. She thinks that
“Bones” is much best/better than "House M.D." because she doesn't like the humor in
"House M.D.". For her they are the worst/worse jokes on TV.
2. Make comparatives and superlatives of the adjectives.
(Utwórz stopień wyższy i najwyższy podanych przymiotników.)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
small …………… ……………
bad …………… ……………
interesting …………… ……………
hungry
…............ ……………
modern …………… ……………
tall …………… ……………
thirsty …………… ……………
Autor: Agnieszka Szefer
Konsultant: Wojciech Lisowski
8. scary …………… ……………
9. old …………… ……………
10. pretty …………… ……………
11. clever …………… ……………
12. fast …………… ……………
3. Finish the second sentence with the correct form of one of the adjectives from
the box. Make the second sentence have a similar meaning.
(Dokończ drugie zdanie odpowiednią formą przymiotnika z tabelki tak, aby miało
ono podobne znaczenie jak pierwsze.)
Example: I’m 14 and my sister is 8. I’m …………. than my sister.
hardworking
modern
big nice expensive small
tactful
polluted
(old)
good
beautiful
1. My parents’ house has three rooms while mine seven. My house is ………………
2. Sally paid £30 for the night in a guest house but Betty had to pay £45. Betty’s guest
house is much ……………
3. I have never seen such a beautiful bird. It’s ……………….. I have ever seen.
4. Tony always has his homework while his brother Ben sometimes forgets it. Ben is
……………….
5. Sue always knows what to say. Tom is often rude. She is much ……………….
6. I have never met such a nice lady. I have never met a ………………. in my life.
7. Mark is the only student in his class who never makes mistakes in orthography. Mark
is .……………… student in his class.
8. Paris is a dirty city. Tunis is said to be the dirtiest in the world. Tunis is much ………
9. My house is big with a lot of kitchen equipment and a large TV set while my sister’s
house is small and very old and my parents' house is even older than hers. My house
is .……………….
10. The size of my shoes is 40 but my friend Tom always buys size 44. My feet are
.………………
Autor: Agnieszka Szefer
Konsultant: Wojciech Lisowski