Comparatives — advanced — Not All Schools Are Created Equal
Grammar: Comparatives — advanced structures including double comparatives, comparative inversion, and he
Free ESL grammar exercise on comparatives — advanced themed around not all schools are created equal. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 5 (advanced) ESL grammar exercise on education, practising comparatives — advanced structures including double comparatives, comparative inversion, and he. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
South Korea's model is, arguably, the more intense of the two. Critics argue that this system produces high achievers who are nonetheless less creative and far more exhausted than their peers in less pressured systems.
Grammar: Comparatives and Superlatives
- Double comparative
- Expresses proportional cause and effect. The higher the score, the greater the opportunity. Both clauses need the + comparative adjective.
- Hedged comparative
- Soften a strong comparison with arguably, somewhat, slightly, considerably. Korea is, arguably, the more intense of the two systems.
Sample items
- South Korea's schools are arguably ______ intensive of all the systems mentioned in the article.
- ______ pressure a student faces,... important their support network becomes.
- Finnish students are considerably ______ than their South Korean peers when it comes to standardised testing.
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