Comparatives

-er or more?

100

thin

thinner

200

exciting

more exciting

300

friendly

friendlier

400

clever

more clever

500

good - bad

better - worse

Finish it

100

Mathematics is ___________ (difficult) _________ English.

Mathematics is more difficult than English.

200

She was _____________ (fast) __________ you.

She was faster than you.

300

Her writing skills are _____________ (good) ___________ his.

Her writing skills are better than his.

400

I think the new house is ______   ____ the flat. (big)

I think the new house is bigger than the flat. 

500

There are _____________ people in the office today _______ yesterday. (many)

There are more people in the office today than yesterday.

True or False?

100

A gigabyte is ___ (large) than a megabyte.

True: A megabyte is 1,024 kilobytes and a gigabyte is 1,024 megabytes.

200

Spain is ____ (small) than France

True: Spain is 505.000 square kilometres and France is 547.000.

300

Alaska is ___ (cold) than Greenland.

False: The minimum temperature in Alaska is -62 degrees Celsius, but in Greenland it can be -66 Celsius.

400

The Great wall of China is ___ (new) than the pyramids in Egypt.

True: The pyramids are about 4,500 years old, but the Great Wall of China was only finished 600 years ago.

500

China is ___ (big) than Canada.

False: Canada is 10,000,000 km² and China is about 9,600,000 km²