📝 Daily Practice
🎯 Lesson Goal
In this lesson, you will learn how to use comparatives with short adjectives to compare two things. You will practice making sentences that show something is bigger, smaller, faster, or better than another thing.
🧠 Grammar Focus
We use comparatives to compare two people, places, or things. With short adjectives (one or two syllables), we usually add -er at the end. Use ‘than’ after the comparative word. Examples: This box is smaller than that box. My bike is faster than your bike. The comparative form shows which thing has more or less of a quality. For some adjectives that end with ‘e,’ just add -r, like nice → nicer. For words that end with consonant + vowel + consonant, double the last letter and add -er, like big → bigger.
📖 Short Reading
Anna has two dogs. One dog is small, and the other dog is bigger. The bigger dog is faster too. Anna’s house is older than her friend’s house. But her friend’s house is cleaner. Today, Anna feels happier because the weather is nicer. Last week, the weather was colder. Now, Anna can play outside more because it is warmer.
✏️ Exercise 1 – Fill in the Blanks
1. My house is ____ than yours. (old / older / oldest)
2. This book is ____ than that one. (small / smaller / smallest)
3. She runs ____ than her brother. (fast / faster / fastest)
4. Today is ____ than yesterday. (cold / colder / coldest)
5. Her dog is ____ than my dog. (big / bigger / biggest)
6. The room is ____ than before. (clean / cleaner / cleanest)
7. I feel ____ today. (happy / happier / happiest)
8. The weather is ____ than last week. (nice / nicer / nicest)
🔗 Exercise 2 – Matching
1. big
2. small
3. fast
4. old
5. clean
6. happy
✅ Exercise 3 – Multiple Choice
1. Which sentence is correct?
2. Choose the correct comparative form: The box is ____ than the bag.
3. Which sentence uses ‘than’ correctly?
4. What is the comparative of ‘clean’?
5. Which is the correct sentence?
6. Choose the right form: She is ____ today than yesterday.
📝 Writing Practice
1. Write 2–4 sentences comparing your home to your friend’s home using short adjectives.
2. Describe which season is nicer, summer or winter, and explain why using comparatives.
3. Write about two animals and say which one is bigger, faster, or happier using the comparative form.
📚 Key Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bigger | more big |
| smaller | less big |
| faster | more fast |
| older | more old |
| cleaner | more clean |
| happier | more happy |
| colder | more cold |
| nicer | more nice |
| than | used to compare two things |
| weather | how it is outside (rain, sun, etc.) |
🔎 Answer Key
- exercise_1_fill_blanks: 1.older 2.smaller 3.faster 4.colder 5.bigger 6.cleaner 7.happier 8.nicer
- exercise_2_matching: 1.big – bigger 2.small – smaller 3.fast – faster 4.old – older 5.clean – cleaner 6.happy – happier
- exercise_3_multiple_choice: 1.This car is faster than that car. 2.heavier 3.My phone is bigger than yours. 4.cleaner 5.The day is colder than yesterday. 6.happier
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