Level 2Foodgrammar

Comparatives with than — Street Food vs. Restaurant: The Numbers

Grammar: Comparatives

Free ESL grammar exercise on comparatives with than themed around street food vs. restaurant: the numbers. Printable worksheet from EnglishPlans.com.

What's on this worksheet

A Level 2 (elementary) ESL grammar exercise on food, practising comparatives. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.

From the reading

In Bangkok, a bowl of pad thai costs about 60 baht at a street stall. The same dish in a restaurant costs 220 baht — almost four times more expensive. Street food is much cheaper than restaurant food.

Grammar: Comparatives and Superlatives

Short adj. + -er +
Street food is cheaper than restaurant food. — Add -er to short adjectives.
more / less + long
Restaurants are more comfortable than street stalls. — Use more/less before long adjectives.

Sample items

  1. Istanbul street food is ______ (cheap) than café food.
  2. The flavour of fresh tacos is ______ (good) than frozen tacos.
  3. A restaurant meal is ______ (expensive) than a street meal.

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