Comparative adjectives

Comparative adjectives

Comparative adjectives

• We use comparative adjectives to talk about differences between two things or people.

• Hulk is stronger than Spiderman.

• We use than after the adjective and before the second thing or person.

• Tony Stak is richer than Peter Parker.

Short comparative adjectives

• With short adjectives we add -er

  old - older

  tall - taller

• With adjectives that end in e. we add -r.

  close + r - closer

  wide +r - wider

• With short adjectives ending in a vowel plus a consonant we double the final consonant and add -er.

  big + ger - bigger

  hot + ter - hotter

• With adjectives ending -y , we drop the y and add -ier.

  happy - happier

  heavy - heavier

  
  

Multiple Choice

Jaguars are ___________ than humans.

• fast

• faster

• fastest

Multiple Choice

Bees are ______ than birds.

• small

• smaller

• smallest

Multiple Choice

My boat is small. That boat is _________________!

• bigger

• biger

• big

Multiple Choice

My bag is __________________ than his!

• light

• lighter

• lightiest

Multiple Choice

Today is ________ than yesterday. I'm sweating like crazy now.

• hot
• hotter
• hottest

Multiple Choice

My friends are ____________ than me.

• happier

• happiest

• happy

Long comparative adjectives

Long comparative adjectives

• With long adjectives we put more + adjective + than

  Math is more difficult than geography.

  Action movies are more exciting than love stories.

• Some adjectives of two syllables follow the same rule as short adjectives.

  quiet - quieter

• With some two syllable adjectives, the short adjective pattern and the long adjective patterns are both correct.

  common - commoner   more common than

Multiple Choice

Love stories are ________________ (romantic) than comedies.

• more romantic

• more romanticer

• romanticer

• romancer

Multiple Choice

Pizza is ___________________ (delicious) than vegetables.

• deliciouses

• deliciouser

• much delicious

• more delicious

Multiple Choice

Birds are___________ than rats.

• more beautiful

• most beautiful

• beautifuler

Multiple Choice

Nike trainers are _______ expensive than Adidas.

• more

• most

• expensiver

Irregular comparative adjectives

Some adjectives are irregular, you need to learn them.

• good - better than 

  Bad Bunny is better at singa than Maluma.

• bad - worse than

  My grades are worse than yours.

• far - further than

  South Korea is further than Canada.

Multiple Choice

Australia is __________ than Ireland.

• far

• further

Multiple Choice

Your answer is ___________ than mine.

• bad

• badder

• worse

• worst

Multiple Choice

This is a _____________ song than the last one.

• good

• better

• gooder

• best

Other ways of comparing

As...as

• We put as before and after the adjective.

  This giraffe is as tall as you.

• We use as...as to say that two people or things are the same.

  You are as tall as this giraffe.

  
  

Not as... as

• We use not as...as to say that two people or things are not the same.

  English isn't as difficult as Japanese.

  My hair isn't as long as yours.

  Walking isn't as quick as taking the bus. 

Less...than

• We can use less before the adjective.

  Books are less interesting than movies.

• Less...than ,means the same as not as ... as.

  A bus is less expensive than a taxi.

  A bus isn't as expensive as a taxi

• We use not as ... as more often than we use less... than.

Multiple Choice

In the winter, Mexico City is _______________Reykjavik.

• colder than

• as cold as

• more cold in

• less cold than

Multiple Choice

Reykjavik is not ________________ Mexico City.

• big than

• as big as

• smaller

• less small than

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence.

• The black phone is as big as the white phone

• The black phone is not as big as the white phone.

Multiple Choice

The blue car ___________ the red car.

• is as fast as

• are as fast as

• is as fast

• are as fast

Multiple Choice

Sarah is my new neighbor. She is as …………………..as me.

• older

• old

• the oldest