This document contains a picture and sentences to complete using comparative and superlative forms of adjectives such as tall, short, young, and heavy. The sentences compare the heights, ages, and weights of several people: Margaret, Jonathan, Dave, and Jennifer. The completed sentences are meant to identify which person is the tallest, youngest, shortest, heaviest, oldest, and lightest based on the comparisons made.

1. 1. Look at the picture and complete the sentences using the comparative or the superlative form of
one of these adjectives:
LIGHT TALL HEAVY SHORT OLD YOUNG
1. Margaret is (heavy) ____________________ than Jonathan
2. Dave is the (old) ____________________ but he is (light) ____________________ than
Jennifer
3. Margaret is (young) ____________________ and (light) ____________________than Jennifer
4. Dave is (tall) ____________________ than Margaret but he’s (short) ____________________
than Jennifer
5. Jennifer is (heavy) ____________________ and (tall) ____________________
6. Dave is (old) ____________________ than Jonathan and (heavy) ____________________ than
Margaret
7. Margaret is the (short) ____________________
8. Margaret is (young) ____________________ and (light) ____________________than Dave
9. Jonathan is (short) ____________________ and (light) ____________________ than Dave
10. Jonathan is (young) ____________________
11. Dave is (old) ____________________ than Margaret but Margaret is (light)
____________________ than him
12. Jonathan is (tall) ____________________ than Margaret but (short) ____________________
than Dave and Jennifer
13.Jonathan is (light) ____________________ than Dave but he’s (heavy) ____________________
than Margaret, though Jennifer is (tall) ____________________
2. Now complete:
• _________________________________ is the tallest
• _________________________________ is the youngest
• _________________________________ is the shortest
• _________________________________ is the heaviest
• _________________________________ is the oldest
• _________________________________ is the lightest
Name:............................................................................................. Date:
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