Comparison

COMPARISON

IDENTIFYING SHORT AND LONG ADJECTIVES
SHORT ADJECTIVES
a.Monosyllable adjectives
Long, short, tall, small, cold

b. Two-syllable adjectives ending in –Y, -ER, -ET, -LE, -OW
PrettY, clevER, quiET, gentLE, narrOW

c. Two-syllable adjectives stressed on the second syllable
poLITE, seVERE, proFOUND

d. Some particular adjectives
Common, handsome, pleasant


LONG ADJECTIVES
a. Adjectives with two or more syllables
Selfish, difficult, beautiful, wonderful…

b. Adjectives in participle form
Boring, bored, excited, exciting….


NOTES: with some two-syllable adjectives we can use either “ER” or “MORE”: common, cruel (độc ác), gentle (hiền lành), narrow (hẹp), pleasant (dễ chịu), polite, remote (xa xôi), simple, stupid, subtle (khôn khéo, tinh tế), etc.
DEGREES OF COMPARISON
EQUAL DEGREE
AS + ADJ/ ADV + AS
He is as tall as a giraffe.
Tom runs as quickly as a cheetah.

NOT+ AS/ SO+ ADJ/ ADV+ AS
This room is not as/ so big as that one.


SUPERIOR DEGREE
short ADJ/ ADV- ER+ than
He is taller than his brother.
The rabit can run faster than the turtle.

more+ long ADJ/ ADV + than
She is more beautiful than her sister.
Tom drives more carefully than his wife.


INTERFERIOR DEGREE
less + ADJ/ ADV + than
This car is less expensive than that one.
Joe drives less carefully than Tom.


SUPERLATIVE DEGREE
the+ short ADJ-EST + in (place).../ of...
He is the tallest man in the class.

The most + long ADJ/ ADV + in/ of
He is the most intelligent of the students.
She smiles the most gracefully of all the girls.


IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES/ ADVERBS
ADJS/ ADVS
SUPERIOR
SUPERLATIVE

Good (adj)
Well (adj/ adv)
better
the best

Bad
worse
the worst

Old
older
elder
oldest (older in general)
eldest (for members of the same family)

little+ Uncountable N
few + Plural N, Countable N
less
the least

much+ Uncountable N
many+Plural N, Countable N
more
the most

far (Adj, Adv)
farther
further
farthest (more distant)
furthest (more, more distant)


Write the Comparative forms of the adjectives:
tall taller
1. fast ____________
2. heavy ____________
3. dangerous ____________
4. small ____________
5. large ____________
6. light ____________
7. rare ____________
8. common ____________
9. bad ____________
10. good ____________
Correct the sentences
1. Cats are popularer than snakes as pets. X
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2. Pigs are more intelligent as other animals. X
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3. Turtles are slow than crocodiles. X
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4. Elephants are heavyer than pigs. X
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5. Bears are more rare than snakes. X
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Comparative adjectives
1. I am ___________ (tall) my sister.
2. My mum thinks that cats are ___________ (good) pets than dogs.
3. Cycling is one of ___________ (dangerous) sports.
4. I want to have ___________ (big) car.
5. A blue whale is ___________ (heavy) twenty-five elephants.
6. You look ___________ (thin) last month. Have you lost weight?
7. Bicycles are ___________ (slow) cars.
8. She is ___________ (nice) person I know.
9. What is ___________ (good) film you´ve seen?
10. Computers are ___________ (cheap) mobile phones.
11. Is your brother ___________ (tall) you?
12. I think Spanish is ___________ (easy) Japanese.
13. Our dog is ___________ (nice) your dog.
14. Glass bottles are ___________ (good) plastic bottles.
15. I think Rafael Nadal is ___________(good) tennis player in Spain.
16. Sharks are ___________ (dangerous) other fish.
17. This situation is ___________ (serious) the last one.
18. He is ___________ (smart) his brother.
19. My brother wanted ___________ (expensive) trainers in the shop.
20. Today is ___________ (good) day of the year.
21. Daniela is ___________ (funny) me.
22. My house is ___________ (larger).
23. Mount Everest is ___________ (high) mountain in the world.
24. The sea is ___________ (large) a lake.
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