Question

Supply the comparative of superiority and superlative:
1-Bob´s motocycle is .................(old)my car.
2-Mary is .............(short)girl in the family.
3-São Paulo is .............(large)city in Brazil.
4-A car is ..........(safe)a motocycle.
5-James is ...........(tall)boy of our class.
6-This exercise is ........(simple)in this book.
7-Their car is ..........(new)ours.
8-A sport car is ............(fast)a truck.
9-My unde Jack is ............(tall)my father.
10-The Nile is ..........(long)river in the world.
11-Holen was .........(clever)Judy.
12-The lion is .........(nable)of the animats.
13-I bought ..............(cheap)hat in that store.
14-Alice looks ................(young)her sister Karen.
15-Margaret was ..............(clever)of the girls.
16-Frank is ...................(old)max.
17-São Paulo is ..................(big)New York.
18-Ann is ..............(pretty)in the classroom.
19-Mary is ..................(fat)your sister.
20-John is ................(tall)in your house.

Answer 1

1. older than (comparativo de superioridade)
2. the shortest (superlativo)
3. the largest
4. safer than
5. the tallest 

Comparativo de superioridade: usamos para comparar duas pessoas/animais/coisas em geral com um outra. Em inglês, acrescentamos -er than ao adjetivo (ex. old -> older than "mais velho que", small --> smaller than "menor que").

Superlativo: usamos para comparar uma pessoa/animal/coisa em geral com todos de sua categoria (ex. old --> the oldest "o mais velho"; small --> the smallest "o menor").

6. the simplest
7. newer than