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Exercícios:

1) Escreva a forma comparativa destes adjetivos:

Hot _____hotter _____

1 Short ________________2 Difficult ________________3 Beautiful ________________4 Noisy ________________5 Thin ________________6 Close ________________7 Easy ________________8 Rich ________________

2. Escreva frases comparativas:

The Nile / the AmazonThe Nile is longer than the Amazon

1 Canada / Brazil (big)______________________________

2 Tessa / Deborah (pretty)______________________________

3 Driving / flying (dangerous)______________________________

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Curso: Agro; GE; ADS; GTI Disciplina: Inglês II Professor(a): Helio Conteúdo Programático: Comparative Adjetives Data: 11/2015

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4 My English (bad)______________________________

5 This chair / that chair (comfortable)

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6 He /his wife (Young) ______________________________

7 Buses /trains (cheap)______________________________

8 your car / mine (good )

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3. Escreva frases comparativas, Tóquio, Roma e Nova York, usando as informações do quadro.

LondonFounded 43 AD by the RomansPopulation 6,754,000Area 1,580 sq kmTemperatures 4°C – 18°CRainfall 610 mm40 miles/64 km from the sea

TokyoFounded 1456 AD as EdoPopulation 11,807,000Area 1,250 sq kmTemperatures 3°C – 26°CRainfall 1,563 mmOn the Pacific coast

RomeFounded 753 BC by Romulus Population 2,831,000Area 1,508 sq kmTemperatures 8°C – 25°CRainfall 744 mm16 miles/24 km from the sea

New YorkFounded 1609 AD as NewPopulation 7,071,639Area 956 sq km Temperatures 1°C – 23°CRainfall 1,123 mmOn the Atlantic coast

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4. Escreva os adjetivos opostos

1old older 6 good _______________________

2 strong __________________ 7 large _____________________

3 happy _____________________8 serious _____________________

4 modern _____________________ 9 pretty _____________________

5 important _____________________ 10 crowded _____________________

5. Complete as frases. Use um adjetivo comparativo.

1 Helen’s car isn’t very big. She wants a bigger one.

2 My job isn’t very interesting. I want to do somethingmore interesting.

3 You’re not very tall. Your brother is ____________________________________.

4 David doesn’t work very hard. I work ___________________________________.

5 My chair isn’t very comfortable. Yours is ________________________________.

6 Your idea isn’t very good. My idea is ___________________________________.

7 These flowers aren’t very nice. The blue ones are ________________________.

8 My bag isn’t very heavy. Your bag is ___________________________________.

9 I’m not very interested in art. I’m _______________________________ in history.

10 It isn’t very warm today. It was ________________________________ yesterday.

11 These tomatoes don’t taste very good. The other ones tasted _______________.

12 Britain isn’t very big. France is _______________________________________.

13 London isn’t very beautiful. Paris is ___________________________________.

14 This knife isn’t very sharp. Have you got a __________________________ one?

15 People today aren’t very polite. In the past, they were _____________________.

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16 The weather isn’t too bad today. Often it is much _________________________.

6. Complete as frases. Use “than”.

1 He isn’t very tall. You’re taller than him (OR taller than he is).

2 She isn’t very old. You’re ____________________________________________.

3 I don’t work very hard. You work ______________________________________.

4 He doesn’t watch TV very much. You __________________________________.

5 I’m not a very good cook. You ________________________________________.

6 We don’t know many people. You _____________________________________.

7 They haven’t got much money. You ____________________________________.

8 I can’t run very fast. You can _________________________________________.

9 She hasn’t been here very long. You ___________________________________.

10 They didn’t get up very early. You _____________________________________.

11 He wasn’t very surprised. You ________________________________________.

7. Complete as frases com a bit or much + comparative (older/better etc).

1 Emma is 25. Gary is 24½.

Emma is a bit older than Gary.

2 Jack’s mother is 52. His father is 69.

Jack’s mother _____________________________________________________.

3 My camera cost £100. Yours cost £96.

My camera _______________________________________________________.

4 Yesterday I felt terrible. Today I feel OK.

I fell _____________________________________________________________.

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5 Today the temperature is 12 degrees. Yesterday it was 10 degrees.

It’s ______________________________________________________________.

6 Sarah is an excellent tennis player. I’m not very good.

Sarah ____________________________________________________________.

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1. 1. Hotter; 2. More difficult; 3. More beautiful; 4. Noisier; 5. Thinner;6. Closer; 7. Easier; 8. Richer.

2. 1. Canada is bigger than Brazil; 2. Tessa is prettier than Deborah; 3. Driving is more dangerous than flying; 4. My English is worse; 5. This chair is more comfortable than that chair; 6. He is younger than his wife; 7. Buses are cheaper than trains; 8. Your car is better than mine.

3. Some examples are: London is older than New York; New York’s population is bigger than Rome’s; Tokyo is wetter than London; Rome is closer/nearer to the sea than Tokyo.

4. Older X newer; stronger X weaker; happier X sadder; better X worse; larger X smaller; more serious X less serious; more modern X less modern; more important X less important; prettier X uglier; more crowded X less crowded.

5. 3. Your brother is taller/ 4. I work harder. / 5. Yours is more comfortable. / 6. My idea is better. / 7. The blue one are nicer. / 8. Your bag is heavier. 9. I’m more interested in history. / 10. It was warmer yesterday. / 11. The other ones tasted better. / 12. France is bigger. / 13. Paris is more beautiful. / 14. Have you got a sharper one? / 15. They were more polite. / 16. Often it is much worse.

6. 2. You’re older than I am. / 3. You work harder than me. / 4. You watch much more TV than I do./ 5. You are a better cook than me./ 6. You know much more people than I do./ 7. You have much more money than me. / 8. You can run faster than I do. / 9. You have been here longer than her. / 10. You got up earlier than them. / 11. You were more surprised than him.

7. 2. Jack’s mother is a little bit younger than his father. / 3. My camera is a little bit more expensive than yours. / 4. I feel much better today than I felt yesterday./ 5. It is a little bit hotter today than it was yesterday./ 6. Sarah is a much better player than me.

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