Grammar: Comparatives and Superlatives Worksheet (A2)
A printable A2 grammar worksheet on comparatives and superlatives: building the forms, using than and the, the irregular ones, and the mistakes that survive longest. Five tasks, a full answer key and teacher's notes.
About this worksheet
Comparing is one of the first genuinely useful things a learner can do with English: cheaper, faster, the best one in the shop. The forms are simple; the errors are predictable, and this sheet targets them.
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Grammar: Comparatives and Superlatives · Level A2 · About 40 minutes
Name: ______________________________ Date: ______________
How the two forms are built
Short adjectives (one syllable) add -er and -est: cheap - cheaper - the cheapest. If the word ends in one vowel and one consonant, double the consonant: big - bigger - the biggest. If it ends in -y, change it to i: easy - easier - the easiest. Two-syllable words ending in -y follow this too: happy - happier - the happiest.
Long adjectives (two syllables or more) use more and the most: expensive - more expensive - the most expensive. Never both at once: more cheaper is wrong.
Four common words are irregular: good - better - the best, bad - worse - the worst, far - further - the furthest, little - less - the least.
The two small words that carry the meaning. Use than after a comparative - This bag is cheaper than that one - and the before a superlative - It is the cheapest in the shop. For things that are equal, use as ... as: My bag is as heavy as yours.
Task 1. Build the forms
Write the comparative and the superlative of each adjective.
Example: cheap → cheaper · the cheapest
- hot → ____________ · ____________
- heavy → ____________ · ____________
- careful → ____________ · ____________
- good → ____________ · ____________
- far → ____________ · ____________
- interesting → ____________ · ____________
Task 2. Comparative or superlative?
Put the adjective in brackets into the right form. Add than or the where you need them.
Example: A bicycle is cheaper than a motorbike. (cheap)
- My brother is ________ me, but my sister is ________ in the family. (tall / tall)
- This is ________ book I have ever read. (interesting)
- The bus is ________ the train, but it takes longer. (cheap)
- Yesterday was ________ day of the year. (hot)
- Her handwriting is ________ mine. (bad)
- Which is ________ way to the station, the road or the path? (short)
Task 3. Say it another way
Rewrite each sentence using the word in brackets, so it means the same.
Example: My bag is heavier than yours. (lighter) → Your bag is lighter than mine.
- The red shirt is cheaper than the blue one. (expensive) → ____________________
- No mountain in the country is higher than this one. (highest) → ____________________
- My father is 45. My mother is 45. (as ... as) → ____________________
- The film was not as good as the book. (better) → ____________________
Task 4. Find and correct the mistake
Each sentence has one mistake. Cross it out and write the correct form.
Example: This is ~~the most cheapest~~ the cheapest one in the shop.
- My new phone is more better than the old one. ____________
- She is the most tall girl in the class. ____________
- This exercise is more easy than the last one. ____________
- Colombo is bigger that Kandy. ____________
- He is the worse driver I know. ____________
- My house is as big than yours. ____________
Task 5. Your turn
Write six sentences comparing things you know: two places, two kinds of food, two ways of travelling, two subjects at school. Use three comparatives and three superlatives, and underline them.
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For the teacher: answer key
| Task | Answers |
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| Task 1 | 1 hotter / the hottest. 2 heavier / the heaviest. 3 more careful / the most careful. 4 better / the best. 5 further (or farther) / the furthest. 6 more interesting / the most interesting. |
| Task 2 | 1 taller than ... the tallest 2 the most interesting 3 cheaper than 4 the hottest 5 worse than 6 the shortest |
| Task 3 | Suggested answers. 1 The blue shirt is more expensive than the red one. 2 This is the highest mountain in the country. 3 My father is as old as my mother. 4 The book was better than the film. |
| Task 4 | 1 better than (not more better) 2 the tallest 3 easier 4 bigger than 5 the worst 6 as big as |
| Task 5 | Answers will vary. Check for than after every comparative, the before every superlative, and no more beside an -er form. |
Teacher's notes
- Timing: Tasks 1 to 4 take about 30 minutes; Task 5 about 10, or set it as homework.
- Count the syllables out loud. Learners who clap the syllables choose between -er and more correctly far more often than learners given the rule in writing. Two syllables is the hard case: careful takes more, but happy takes -er.
- The double mistake is the one to name: more better, more easier, the most cheapest. One form or the other, never both. Write two on the board wrong and let the class repair them.
- Than and that sound almost the same in fast speech, which is why bigger that Kandy appears in writing. Drill the sentence aloud, then write it.
- Do Task 3 in pairs. Saying the same idea from the other side - heavier to lighter - is what shows whether learners have the meaning or only the ending.
- Extension: learners write three true and three false comparisons about the class or the town, swap, and correct their partner's false ones with a full sentence.
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Written by RCF English to the RCF English international standard: levelled by the CEFR, original throughout, and suitable for classrooms in any country. Last reviewed 22 September 2026.