Comparisons

comparative superlative
good
important
long
bad
careful
thin
wonderful
pretty
pretty
pretty

1. This is (clean) ______________________ room I have ever seen.

2. Our class was (fast) _____________________ the other class.

3. I am usually (good) ___________________ my brother in Math.

4. Which is (good) ______________________ car in the world?

5. My dog is (happy) _______________________ of all the dogs in the neighborhood.

6. This was (delicious) ______________________ cake that I have ever eaten.

7. My friend did (bad) ______________________ me on the last English test.

8. Last year Shavuot vacation was (short) __________________ the vacation this year.

9. The movie we saw last night was really bad. In fact, it was (bad) _________________

movie I have ever seen.

10. She thinks that she is (beautiful) _____________________ girl in the class.
Name: ______________

Comparatives & Superlatives Quiz

11th Grade – Summit School, Nahariya

Adjective Comparative Superlative

Ex. big bigger than  the biggest

A

Ex. busy  busier than the busiest

B

Ex. exciting  more exciting than the most exciting

C

1. pretty  

2. tall  

3.   the most interesting

4. good  

5.  happier than 

6.   the saddest

7. unusual  

8. amazing  

9.  redder than 

10.   the greenest

11. sleepy  

12. wonderful  

13.   the most terrible

14.   the largest

15.  hotter than 

Click on the answer you think is correct

1. Argentina is (bigger/more big/biggest) than England.
2. Tomas is (attractiver/more attractive/most attractive) than his brother.
3. Villages are (quiter/more quiet/quietest) than cities.
4. David is the (boring/more boring/most boring) person I've ever met.
5. Katrina's (the better/good/the best) teacher our class has ever had.
6. Hong Kong is one of the (most interesting/interesting/interest) cities I've
visited.
7. He was the (dangerous/more dangerous/most dangerous) man in the
country

8. He had (more important/importanter/most important) things to do.

9. Mary is ) happiest/happier/more happy) than she has ever been

10. This book (more interesting/interesting/most interesting) than the other
book.

Translate the words to Hebrew

1. Argue- ______________
2. Worried- ______________
3. Terrible- _____________
4. detective- _________
5. will- __________
6. fortune- ____________
7. gardener- ___________
8. believe- _________
9. robber- ____________
10. murder- __________
True/False

______________ Fast food is easy to make .1

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December: A Month of Multicultural Holiday

Celebrations
Do your students celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Three Kings Day?
Maybe they celebrate St. Lucia Day or Ramadan. Chances are your class includes
students who observe more than one of those events. December offers great
opportunities for teaching about our multicultural world.

• Saint Nicholas Day (Christian) -- December 6

• Eid'ul-Adha (Muslim) -- December 8
• Las Posadas (Mexican) -- December 16
• St. Lucia Day (Swedish) -- December 13
• Hanukkah (Jewish) -- Begins at sundown on
December 21 (ends December 29)
• Christmas Day(Christian) -- December 25
• Boxing Day (Australian, Canadian, English,
Irish) -- December 26
• Kwanzaa (African American) -- December 26 to
January 1
• Omisoka (Japanese) -- December 31

_____1. The menorah, a candleholder with

places for nine candles, is a
traditional symbol of Kwanzaa.
_____2. People have celebrated Christmas on
December 25 since the year A.D.
354. Before that time, it was usually celebrated
on January 6.
_____3. The word posadas is the Spanish word for
inn.
_____4. Mistletoe and holly are Christmas symbols
that originated in Italy.
_____5. The dates for Kwanzaa change from year to
year. They are always between the end of
November and the end of December.
_____6. Pastorales, or shepherd plays, are often
associated with the celebration of Las Posadas.
_____7. Hanukkah begins on the 25th day of the
Hebrew month of Kislev.
_____ 8. Hanukkah commemorates the victory of
the Macabees over the Syrians some 2,300 years
ago.
_____9. Las Posadas starts on December 16.
_____10. Blue, red, and green are the traditional
colors of Kwanzaa.