📝 Daily Practice
🎯 Lesson Goal
In this lesson, you will learn how to compare places using comparatives. You will practice reading, vocabulary, and exercises with comparative sentences about travel destinations.
🧠 Grammar Focus
We use comparatives to talk about differences between two things. We add ‘-er’ to short adjectives, for example, ‘bigger.’ For longer adjectives, we use ‘more,’ like ‘more exciting.’ We use comparatives to show which thing has a higher or lower degree of a quality. The structure is: subject + verb + adjective + ‘than’ + object. For example, ‘Tokyo is bigger than Rome.’ We use comparatives in everyday talk to compare cities, weather, prices, and more.
📖 Short Reading
Anna visited Paris and Rome last summer. She thinks Paris is more beautiful than Rome. The weather in Rome was hotter than in Paris. Anna liked the food in Rome because it was more delicious. However, Paris was cheaper for hotels than Rome. She also found Paris safer than Rome at night. When she traveled back home, Anna decided that Paris is a better destination for her next trip.
✏️ Exercise 1 – Fill in the Blanks
1. Rome is ____ (more hot / hotter / hot) than Paris in summer.
2. Paris is ____ (more beautiful / beautifuler / beautifuller) than Rome.
3. Hotels in Paris are ____ (cheaper / cheapest / more cheap) than in Rome.
4. The food in Rome is ____ (more delicious / deliciouser / delicious) than in Paris.
5. Paris is ____ (better / gooder / more good) than Rome for safety.
6. Anna thinks traveling is ____ (more fun / funner / fun) than studying at home.
7. Tokyo is ____ (bigger / more big / more bigger) than many cities.
8. This hotel is ____ (more expensive / expensiver / expensive) than the last one.
🔗 Exercise 2 – Matching
1. bigger
2. safer
3. more beautiful
4. cheaper
5. delicious
6. better
✅ Exercise 3 – Multiple Choice
1. Which city is ____ than the other? (Paris / more safe / safest)
2. The weather in Rome is ____ than in Paris. (hotter / heatier / more hot)
3. Anna thinks Paris is ____ than Rome. (more beautiful / beautifuller / more beautifull)
4. Hotels in Paris are ____ than Rome. (cheaper / most cheap / cheapier)
5. The food in Rome is ____ than in Paris. (more delicious / less delicious / as delicious)
6. Which word is the correct comparative? (better / gooder / more good)
📝 Writing Practice
1. Compare two cities you know. Write 2-4 sentences using comparatives.
2. Write about which season is better for travel and why using comparatives.
3. Describe two types of food and say which one you like more using comparatives.
📚 Key Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bigger | more large |
| more beautiful | having more beauty |
| hotter | having more heat |
| cheaper | costs less money |
| safer | having less danger |
| delicious | tastes very good |
| better | more good |
| destination | place you travel to |
| weather | the condition of the air outside |
🔎 Answer Key
- exercise_1_fill_blanks: 1.hotter 2.more beautiful 3.cheaper 4.more delicious 5.better 6.more fun 7.bigger 8.more expensive
- exercise_2_matching: 1.bigger – more large 2.safer – less dangerous 3.more beautiful – having more beauty 4.cheaper – costs less money 5.delicious – tastes very good 6.better – more good
- exercise_3_multiple_choice: 1.more safe 2.hotter 3.more beautiful 4.cheaper 5.more delicious 6.better
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