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Practice #1 Comparative Adjectives

Use the following adjectives to complete the sentences below. Use each word only once.

beautiful	big	cold	dangerous	dark
entertaining	hot	intelligent	large	light
long	old	pretty	rich	short
small	strong	tall	ugly	weak

1. An elephant is __bigger than___ a mouse.

2. Montreal is ______________ New York.

3. The Nile River is ___________ the Hudson River.

4. A Cadillac is ___________ than a Hyundai.

5. An apple tree is ________ in the spring ______ in the winter.

6. A duck is ___________ a swan.

7. Hercules was ___________ any other men.

8. American coffee is ___________ Turkish coffee.

9. Bogotá is usually ___________ London.

10. Anchorage, Alaska, is usually __________ Rome.

11. My room is _______ at night _______ during the day.

12. A lion is a _______ color ________ a monkey.

13. A giraffe is ____________ a lion.

14. The days are _________ in the winter ______ in the summer.

15. Most people think that horses are _________________ chickens.

16. Some people find comedies ___________________ dramas.

17. Bill Gates is ____________ most people.

18. I think that a summer sunset is _________________ a winter sunset.

19. SCUBA diving is ______________ playing baseball.

20. My father is ____________ my brother.

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