1) Put the adjectives in brackets into the correct form.
Come and visit one of 1) the most interesting ... (interesting) countries in the world - Israel,
where the peopleare 2) … (hospitable) than anywhere else. You will see some of 3) ... (old)
biblical sites in the world, as well as 4) … (modern) cities with 5) ... (good) restaurants in the
Middle East. To make travel arrangements 6) …(easy), our tour includes guided visits to some
of 7) … (holy) and 8) … (important) sites for a number of different religions. You will also get
the opportunity to float in the Dead Sea - 9) .. (low) point 6n earth. The climate is 10) … (pleasant)
than anything you will have experienced before. Even in 11) … (hot) of summers you will find
places to cool off. Our company offers tailor-made tours for 12) … (small) groups than is usual
on a package holiday. We provide accommodation in intimate hotels which offer 13) … (friendly)
service than the larger, 14) … (impersonal) ones. Even 15) … (frequent) traveller will experience
something new in this unique country. Book today!
2) Read and translate the following colourful and unusual comparisons. Make up sentences with them.
1. as different as chalk and cheese
2. as scarce as hen's teeth
3. as dark as inside of a wolf
4. as happy as a pumpkin in a sunny patch
5. as ugly as home-made soap
6. as black as two o'clock in the morning
7. as happy as a dog with two tails
8. as nervous as a brick wall
9. as brave as the first man who ate an oyster
10. as cold as an ex-wife's heart
11. as big as the little end of nothing
12. as noisy as two skeletons dancing on a tin roof
3) Complete the sentences using the comparative or the superlative form of the adjectives given in brackets.
1. - Boris is certainly (clever) than his brother. - Yes, and he is (attractive) than his brother Peter. In fact, he is (smart) boy I've ever taught.
2. Nothing could be (extravagant) than buying such an expensive car. You will have to be (careful) with your money in future.
3. Life is getting (hard) and (complicated) with every passing day.
4. It is (effective) method of all, but it is naturally costly.
5. Stephen is (intelligent) than any other boy in his group.
6. It has been (cold) day in Moscow for thirty years.
7. It's (little) I can do for you, I'm afraid.
8. That was (bad) than he had expected.
9. That was indeed (bad) experience in his career.
10. They naively think that things can only get (good).
11. This is (unbelievable) news I have ever heard.
12. He ate (few) French fries than you did at the picnic.
13. Angela is (little) organized than Mike.
14. If you ask me, Moscow is (beautiful) than any other city in the world.
15. They had (little) and (little) to talk about.
16. It is axiomatic that (great) the student's individual effort, (much) thorough will be his learning.
17. The (much) original a discovery, the (much) obvious it seems afterwards.