• comparative and superlative - Steigerung von Adjektiven
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  • 21.09.2025
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You al­re­a­dy know how to build the com­pa­ra­ti­ve and su­per­la­ti­ve of ad­jec­ti­ves. This works­heet is meant to help you re­vi­se on how to do that.

1
Match the ad­jec­ti­ve with the cor­rect com­pa­ra­ti­ve and su­per­la­ti­ve.

hot drier/driest
beau­ti­ful more beau­ti­ful/ most beau­ti­ful
dan­ge­rous big­ger/big­gest
dry hot­ter/hot­test
big more dan­ge­rous/most dan­ge­rous
2
Match the ad­jec­ti­ve to the rule for buil­ding the com­pa­ra­ti­ve and su­per­la­ti­ve.


long one-​syllable, ends with con­so­nant + Vogel + con­so­nant
—> dou­ble the con­so­nant + -er/-est
fri­end­ly one-​syllable —> add -er/-est

good ir­re­gu­lar cases

large two-​syllable, en­ding in -y —> chan­ge y to i +er/-est

ex­ci­ting ad­jec­ti­ves with 2+ sylla­bles —> use more/most

big one-​syllable, ends with -e —> add -r/-st
3
Fill in the cor­rect form of the ad­jec­ti­ve.

The Out­back is much   (hot) than the coast.

The Great Bar­ri­er Reef ist one of the   (beau­ti­ful) places in the world.

Syd­ney is   (big) than Can­ber­ra.

Some ani­mals in Aus­tra­lia are   (dan­ge­rous) than in Eu­ro­pe.

Mount Ko­sci­us­ko is the   (high) moun­tain in Aus­tra­lia.

The de­sert is   (dry) than the ra­in­fo­rest.

Uluru is one of the most famous (fa­mous) rocks on Earth.

Life in the city is often  (mo­dern) than life in the coun­try­si­de.

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