Comparatives & Superlatives — The World's Most Competitive Races
Grammar: Comparatives and superlatives
Free ESL grammar exercise on comparatives & superlatives themed around the world's most competitive races. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 4 (upper intermediate) ESL grammar exercise on sport, practising comparatives and superlatives. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
Modern marathon runners are significantly lighter and leaner than their counterparts from the 1980s. Their shoes are more aerodynamic than anything available twenty years ago. Training methods are more data-driven, more personalised, and more efficient than ever before.
Grammar: Comparatives and Superlatives
- Comparative: short adj
- Add -er than to short adjectives. Kiptum is faster than any previous runner. Double consonant if needed: big → bigger.
- Comparative: long adj
- Use more … than with adjectives of 2+ syllables. Swimming is more demanding than most people think.
Sample items
- Kiptum's time was ______ (fast) any runner had ever achieved.
- The 2023 championships produced ______ (remarkable) results in recent memory.
- Carbon-fibre shoes are ______ (light) leather shoes from forty years ago.
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