Comparing Places- Comparative Adjectives Practice

Comparing places comparatives practice

with countries and nationalities vocabulary

Choose one of the places below but don’t say its name. Give hints by comparing it to other places until your partner guesses which place you are speaking about. They can only guess once per hint. When they have guessed correctly, they will say if they think all your comparisons are true or not. Then take turns doing the same.

Useful phrases for comparing places
It is	a little/ slightly quite a lot/ considerably/ substantially far/ much	more beautiful – uglier bigger/ larger – smaller cheaper – more expensive cleaner – dirtier closer to/ nearer… - further from… cloudier colder – hotter more corrupt more cosmopolitan more dangerous/ riskier – safer more democratic – more repressive more developed – more old-fashioned/ more primitive drier – more humid/ wetter drier – rainier/ wetter further east/ more easterly – further west/ more westerly flatter – more mountainous better for… - worse for… more historic more important longer more modern – more traditional further north/ more northerly – further south/ more southerly poorer – richer/ wealthier more popular more powerful – weaker snowier more stable – more unstable more touristic more tropical wider windier	than

 

Useful phrases for giving feedback

Actually, I don’t think that… is more…/ …er than…

I’m not sure if… is (really) more…/ …er than…

Actually, I think… is more…/ …er than…

 

Countries

• Argentina
• Belgium
• Brazil
• (Mainland) China
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• (The) Czech Republic
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Georgia
• Germany
• Greece
• Italy
• (The Republic of) Ireland
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Malta
• Mongolia
• Russia
• Saudi Arabia
• South Korea
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Thailand
• The Maldives
• The Netherlands
• The Philippines
• The Seychelles
• The United Kingdom
• The United States
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• Vietnam
• Zimbabwe

Other places (cities, regions, seas, etc)

• Athens
• Beijing
• Brussels
• Central America
• Central Asia
• Central Europe
• Chiba prefecture
• Cologne
• East Asia
• Eastern Europe
• Florence
• Frankfurt
• Geneva
• Guangzhou (= Canton)
• Kiev
• LA
• Latin America
• London
• MENA
• Milan
• Moscow
• Munich
• Naples
• North Africa
• North America
• North Korea
• Northern Europe
• Paris
• Perth
• Prague
• Rome
• Scandinavia
• Shenzhen
• Shinagawa ward
• South America
• South Asia/ The Indian Subcontinent
• Southeast Asia
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• The (North/ South) Atlantic
• The (South) Pacific
• The Antarctic
• The Arctic
• The British Isles
• The Caribbean
• The Equator
• The Gulf of Mexico
• The Hague
• The Mediterranean
• The Middle East
• The Red Sea
• The Sea of Japan
• The Straits of Malacca
• Turin
• Vancouver
• Venice
• Vienna
• Warsaw

 

Comparative adjectives presentation

Without looking above, write the correct comparative form of each word below.

It is

beautiful                        –              ugly big         large             –               small cheap                      –              expensive clean                         –               dirty close to    near…           –               far from… cloudy cold                             –               hot corrupt cosmopolitan dangerous                     –               safe democratic                –                repressive developed            –                  old-fashioned dry       –            humid     wet       rainy flat                  –                mountainous good for…                 –                bad for… historic important long modern                  –                 traditional poor      –                rich             wealthy popular powerful                    –                 weak stable                   –                  unstable snowy touristic tropical wide windy

than

Check your answers above. Other answers may be possible.

What are the rules for making comparative adjectives?

Write suitable expressions in the empty column above (second from the left) to show how different things are. Then use the mixed answers under the fold to help.

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Mixed answers

a little                                              considerably                                 far

much                                              quite a lot                                       slightly                substantially

 

Play the same comparing and guessing game with other topics, for example:

kinds of transport                          famous buildings                          animals              plants

 

Country and nationality words presentation

Without looking above, write the country word for each nationality word below.

Argentinian Belgian Brazilian (Mainland) Chinese Croatian Cypriot Czech Egyptian                                                                    Ethiopian                                                     Georgian German                                                        Greek                                             Italian Irish Jordanian                                                    Kazakh Maltese                                                        Mongolian                                                   Russian Saudi Arabian South Korean Swedish Swiss Thai Dutch Philippine/ Filipino British American Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese                                                 Zimbabwean

Check your answers above

Test each other on the country and nationality words:

• Read out a country word and nationality word (in either order) and get your partner to repeat them back with the country word first
• Say a nationality word and see if your partner can say the country
• Say a country word and see if your partner can say the nationality
• Read out a country word or a nationality word (not worth) and get your partner to identify what it is and say the other version