COMPARATIVES
COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
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One-syllable adjectives and two-syllable
adjectives ending in –y add –er
•small
•smaller
•nice
•nicer
•big
•bigger
•warm
•warmer
•hot
•hotter
•pretty
•prettier
•dirty
•dirtier
COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
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We use more with two-syllable adjectives
and longer ones
interesting
more interesting
expensive
more expensive
dangerous
more dangerous
common
more common
comfortable
more comfortable
boring
more boring
COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
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Some adjectives have irregular forms:
•good
•better
•bad
•worse
•far
•farther/further
COMPARATIVE PATTERNS
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We use as…as to say that two things are equal or
unequal.
Our house is as big as yours.
It isn’t as cold as yesterday.
We often use a phrase with than after the comparison.
Fruit is healthier than cakes.
After than we use an object pronoun or a personal
pronoun with a verb.
She is younger than me / than I am
He speaks English better than me / than I do.
COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
Now let’s practise!
Use the adjectives given to compare the
pictures.
Practice 1
FRUIT
healthy
expensive
sweet
tasty
expensive
CHOCOLATE
Practice 2
ENGLISH
FRENCH
difficult
easy
useful
beautiful
Practice 3
SPAIN
cold
hot
big
populated
popular with tourists
CANADA
Practice 4
COOKING
CLEANING
boring
useful
time-consuming
creative
good
Practice 5
A BIKE
AN SUV
slow
cheap
eco-friendly
polluting
comfortable
Practice 6
FOOTBALL
popular
dangerous
expensive
amusing
SNOWBOARDING
Practice 7
TOKYO
cosmopolitan
crowded
polluted
cheap
noisy
GIJON