Exercícios sobre Comparative
(UNIOESTE) Assinale a alternativa que expressa uma comparação de igualdade.
a) We are the world's leading producer.
b) You used to wait years to have a telephone installed.
c) These resources are no longer exploited at the cost of the environment.
d) Brazilians are as technology-hungry as anywhere in the world.
e) We are the world's largest producer of sugar.
Letra D) Brazilians are as technology-hungry as anywhere in the world.
Justificativa: A estrutura do grau de igualdade é a seguinte: "as + adjetivo + as".
(FATEC) Das frases reproduzidas a seguir, aquela que traz exemplos de graus de comparação está na alternativa:
a) “Neither, in fact, are the programmers themselves, who have grown up writing softwares to run on a single engine – serially, that is, not in parallel”.
b) "For 50 years we've done things one way, and now we're changing to a different model".
c) "Within a decade we will likely see chips with 100 cores, maybe even more, Rattner says".
d) "Moore's Law has held true, making computers cheaper and faster and more powerful".
e) "Writing programs for them is incredibly difficult and time consuming".
Letra D) "Moore's Law has held true, making computers cheaper and faster and more powerful".
Justificativa: A alternativa “d” traz os adjetivos no grau comparativo de superioridade. Em inglês, para expressar superioridade, devemos dividir os adjetivos em dois grupos: adjetivos compostos por uma sílaba ou duas sílabas terminados em -y e os adjetivos de duas ou mais sílabas. No primeiro grupo, acrescentamos -er; no segundo grupo, acrescentamos “more” antes do adjetivo.
Write the comparative and superlative forms of the words below. Follow the example:
Example:
Short – shorter – shortest
a) early _______________________ __________________________
b) big _________________________ __________________________
c) wise ________________________ __________________________
d) angry _______________________ __________________________
e) heavy _______________________ __________________________
a) earlier – earliest
b) bigger – biggest
c) wiser – wisest
d) angrier – angriest
e) heavier – heaviest
Choose the best alternative for each sentence:
a) They play tennis well but she can play .
1 – better
2 – worst
3 – good
b) Delbra is the person I know.
1 – worse
2 – worst
3 – bad
c) I live far, but my parents live .
1 – far
2 – farthest
1 – farther
d) Nick is the shy person know.
1 – less
2 – least
3 – little
a) –1
b – 2
c – 3
d – 2
Justificativa: Nessa questão, as respostas baseiam-se no significado. Por isso, é importante saber o significado de cada palavra, pois assim é possível identificar o termo que completará as sentenças corretamente.
