Using comparative adjectives

Comparative Adjective Exercises and WorksheetsComparative adjectives conversation

19th December 2023

1 “as…as” and “not as”

Below are some exercises for practicing “as…as” and “not as” for making comparisons.

Exercises focusing on the grammar usage of “as..as” and “not as” (PDF)

Critical thinking exercises for practicing “as..as” and “not as” (PDF)

Conversational questions for practicing “as..as” and “not as” (PDF)

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2 Comparative adjectives discussion

This is an exercise to help students use comparative adjectives.

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(see the video on YouTube)

3 Comparative adjectives conversation

In this exercise, students are required to complete a conversation using given phrases and their own ideas.

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(see the YouTube video: visual cues)

(see the YouTube video: gap fill)

4 Comparative adjectives intro (using + er, y= ier, more..than)

This worksheet offers an introduction to basic comparative adjectives with: + er, y= ier, and more..than.

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5 Comparative adjective chart exercise (with answers)

This is an  elementary exercise  to help students understand and remember the different forms of comparative adjectives. Students write in the appropriate adjectives to complete the chart. 

Comparative adjective chart exercise (PDF)

 

5 Comparative adjective sorting exercise (with answers)

This is another  elementary exercise  challenging students’ understand ing of  the different forms of comparative adjectives. Students fill in each column with the appropriate comparative adjective form.  

Comparative adjective sorting exercise (PDF)

 

7 Writing sentences with comparative adjectives (with answers)

In this exercise, picture cues are used to suggest comparisons. Students use the adjectives at the side of the page or their own ideas to write sentences. Multiple adjectives might apply to each set of pictures and it would be possible to ask the students to write as many sentences as possible to describe the pictures.

Writing comparative adjective sentences (PDF)

Gerunds and infinitives

Reported speech and indirect requests

10  Adjectives Exercises Including Adjectives for People and Things 

3 Parts of Speech Exercises

6 Picture-Based Present Continuous Worksheets (PDF)

8 Preposition Exercises for Location, Time and Movement (PDF)

5  Useful Passive Tense Practice worksheets

6  Present Perfect Language and Speaking Worksheets

7 Incredibly Useful Past Tense Simple Teaching Activities (PDF)

Great Exercises for the Conditionals (PDF)

Literary terms (adjectives)

Adjective Exercises and Worksheets

Literary terms: cynical, sarcastic, pessimistic,
optimistic, ironic and satirical.
This is an English language  exercise to help familiarize students with basic literary terms: cynical, sarcastic, pessimistic, optimistic, ironic and satirical. Students match the adjectives to the pictures. Click on the image below or the link to download the printable PDF file.

Getting-things-done-causative-verbs-worksheet

Causative Verbs Exercises and Worksheets

Causative verbs are used to express the meaning that something is being done by someone for you. It is similar to the passive tense except that forms of the  verbs “to have” and “to get” replace forms of the verb “to be”.

1 Causative sentences listening/speaking activity

Causative sentences are used for a small list of activities that are usually done for us by someone else and sometimes things we have to do for ourselves.

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(video mp4)

Causative sentences listening/speaking

2 Causative sentences

This is an activity for practicing causative sentences.

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10  Adjectives Exercises Including Adjectives for People and Things 

3 Parts of Speech Exercises

6 Picture-Based Present Continuous Worksheets (PDF)

8 Preposition Exercises for Location, Time and Movement (PDF)

5  Useful Passive Tense Practice worksheets

6  Present Perfect Language and Speaking Worksheets

7 Incredibly Useful Past Tense Simple Teaching Activities (PDF)

8 Preposition Exercises for Location, Time and Movement (PDF)

3 Great Exercises for the Conditionals (PDF)

Passive-voice-worksheets

7 Listening/Speaking and Vocabulary Passive Voice Exercises

The passive voice is useful in academic writing  because it allows the writer or speaker to emphasize  a subject  by rearranging a sentence. In business the passive voice is often used to describe processes .  Exercises using pictures encourage students to use critical thinking skills and help illustrate the passive voice in a memorable way.

1 Passive voice listening/speaking exercise (with audio and answers)

Passive voice listening/speaking exercisee

This is a passive voice listening/speaking exercise for English language learners. First, students listen to the audio and match the items to the pictures. Then, they listen again complete the sentences.  

Passive voice listening/speaking exercise (PDF)

(Passive voice conversations Youtube video)

Passive voice listening

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2 Writing (and listening) to passive voice sentences (with  answers)

This is a  passive voice listening and sentence writing exercise. Listen and match a passive sentence to the correct picture.

Passive tense sentence writing worksheet .

Writing passive voice sentences (PDF)

Writing passive

3 Passive voice icebreaker/brainstorming

Passive voice icebreaker and brainstorming activity for teachers.

Sometimes really simple icebreakers work best. If you are teaching the passive voice, the exercise below should work nicely. Students have to complete the sentences ..ie. “Apples are grown in New Zealand.” And they can suggest sentences to fill in the chart. It’s a great way to assess students’ knowledge of the passive voice at the beginning of a class. It’s also a great way to begin a discussion about passive voice.

Passive voice icebreaker (PDF)

4 Passive voice worksheet (with answers)

This is a passive voice sentence writing exercise for English language learners. Students complete the sentences using their own ideas generated by the pictures. The verbs below the pictures and the “Useful vocabulary” at the bottom of the page may assist them. Click on the image below or the link  to download the PDF file.

Passive tense worksheet with answers.

Passive voice worksheet (PDF)

Comparative adjective exercises

Teaching Gerunds and Infinitives

Indirect and Reported Speech

Passive voice home

8 comparison/contrast templates and exercises

10 cause/effect writing activities

11 essential basic exercises for paragraph/essay writing 

3 kinds of exercises for teaching transitions

5 Passive voice sentences for  environmental issues (with answers)

The exercise below is for exploring the language of environmental issues in the classroom by writing passive voice sentences. It is a good way to gauge the level of knowledge about environmental issues. While students work independently the teacher can walk around and choose some of the best sentences and write them on the the on the board.

Passive voice sentences for describe environmental issues.

Writing passive voice sentences for the environment (PDF)

6 Processing cotton writing exercise

This exercise helps students understand how to write sentences in the active or passive voice when describing a process.

A passive voice exercise and worksheet for language learners using the processing of cotton as the topic.

Processing cotton (PDF)

7 Passive toast classroom activity

This is a classroom miming activity for the passive voice. Below are the instructions.

1.Mime 

Warm the class to this activity by miming and eliciting from them the instructions for making toast.

2. Group Work/writing

Next, give out the handout and tell the students to rewrite the instructions in the passive tense.

3. Speaking

Finally, with the students in groups of three, one looks at the instructions and mimes while the other two reproduce the instructions as they are acted out.

Passive toast handout (PDF)

10  Adjectives Exercises Including Adjectives for People and Things 

3 Parts of Speech Exercises

6 Picture-Based Present Continuous Worksheets (PDF)

8 Preposition Exercises for Location, Time and Movement (PDF)

6  Present Perfect Language and Speaking Worksheets

7 Incredibly Useful Past Tense Simple Teaching Activities (PDF)

8 Preposition Exercises for Location, Time and Movement (PDF)

Great Exercises for the Conditionals (PDF)