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Comparative adjectives
1 Look at the way we compare things:
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long adjectives (two syllables or more):
adjective
famous
difficult
careful
expensive
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adjectives ending with -y:
happy
hungry
The Plaza Hotel is cheaper than the Excelsior.
The Excelsior Hotel is bigger than the Plaza.
The Excelsior is more expensive than the
Plaza.
The Plaza Hotel is smaller than the Excelsior.
2 Cheaper and more expensive are comparative
adjectives. We form them like this:
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short adjectives (one syllable):
adjective
old
long
nice
new
slow
fat
hot
big
comparative
older
longer
nicer
newer
slower
fatter
hotter
bigger
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comparative
more famous
more difficult
more careful
more expensive
happier
hungrier
irregular adjectives:
good
bad
better
worse
(For more information, see Appendix 4,
page 245)
3 To compare things, we use a comparative
adjective + than:
Tom is richer than Paul.
Paris is more beautiful than London.
My new car is better than my old one.
Practice
A Write the comparative form of these adjectives.
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cold
big
careful
expensive
good
fat
famous
new
modern
young
cheap
delicious
rich
colder
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18
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20
21
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23
24
25
long
hungry
nice
happy
difficult
old
beautiful
friendly
hot
wonderful
bad
small
sad
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B Write comparative sentences about the pictures using than and the words
in brackets ( ). Use the Present Simple.
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2
3
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2
3
4
5
6
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Tom is taller than Sam.
(be/tall)
(be/cold)
(be/hungry)
(be/small)
(be/happy)
(be/young)
(be/rich)
(be/friendly)
C Look at the information about two boats, the Queen Anne and the King John.
BOATS
LENGTH
AREA
TOP SPEED
YEAR MADE
PRICE
Queen Anne
King John
14 metres
9 metres
40 metres2
23 metres2
35 knots
30 knots
2005
1997
£9,000
£3,500
Now put words from the box in the sentences.
King John (x2)
Queen Anne (x2)
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2
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The
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
bigger
longer
slower
expensive
is
more
than
Queen Anne is bigger
than the King John.
King John is smaller
the Queen Anne.
Queen Anne is
modern than the King John.
King John
older than the Queen Anne.
.
is faster than the
Queen Anne is more
than the King John.
King John is
than the Queen Anne.
.
is cheaper than the
Queen Anne is
than the King John.
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