Adult - Comparison

C O M PA R AT I V E S

L O N G O R S H O R T A D J E C T I V E

L O N G A N D

S H O R T

A D J E C T I V E

• 1-syllable adjectives

• Short, thin, fat …

• 2-syllable adjectives ending in –y

• happy

Short adjectives

• all adjectives of 2 or more syllables

• Comfortable, beautiful, expensive

…

Long adjectives

C O M PA R AT I V E S

C O M PA R A T I V E A D J E C T I V E S / A D V E R B S

Short adjective / adverb

adjective/ adverb-er + than

Long adjective / adverb

More + adjective / adverb + than

one

-

syllable

two or more syllables

Short Adjective

One syllable

Two syllable ending with :

–y, –ant , -er, - et -le, -ow

• Small → smaller

• Low → lower

• Large → larger

• Nice → nicer

• Noisy → noisier

• Narrow → narrower

Long Adjective

Two or more
syllable

• more serious
• more important

Irregular Ajective

• good → better
• bad → worse
• Many / much → more
• Little → less
• Far → farther, further

It’s colder today than yesterday.

The second lecture was more
interesting than the first.

A D D I N G - E R

If adj. ends in

do this

and add

Examples

C + y

change y to i

-er

happy
happier

C + e

remove e
late
later

C + V + C

double last letter

hot

hotter

Note: adjectives ending in -l are regular, except:

cruel, crueller, cruellest

S U P E R L AT I V E

S U P E R L AT I V E S

Short adjectives/ adverbs:

the + Adj_est
adv_est

Long adjectives/ adverbs:
the + most + Adj

Most + adv

Short Adjective

One syllable

Two syllable ending with :
–y, –ant , -er, - et -le, -ow

• Small → smallest

• Low → lowest

• Large → largest

• Nice → nicest

• Noisy → noisiest

• Narrow → narrowest

Long Adjective

Two or more syllable

• The most expensive
• The most serious
• The more important

Irregular Ajective

• good → best
• bad → worst
• Many / much → most
• Little → least
• Far → farthest,

furthest

I think that’s the biggest apple I’ve
ever seen!

The most frightening film I’ve
ever seen was Alfred
Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’.

Multiple Choice

My sister thinks she is ____ than me. but I don't agree.

• intelligent

• more intelligent

• most intelligent

• the most intelligent

Multiple Choice

Avatar is probably ___ film I've seen.

• the bad

• the worst

• worse than

• badder

Multiple Choice

John is ___ (nice) person that I know.

• nicer than

• more nice than

• the most nice

• the nicest

Multiple Choice

Is Angelina Jolie ____ (old) than Sandra Bullock?

• older

• old

• oldest

• the oldest

C O M P L E T I N G C O M PA R I S O N S

• She definitely cooks better than me

• She definitely cooks better than I do

• Ed is six feet tall. Bob is taller than him.

• Ed is six feet tall. Bob is taller than he is

You can use an object pronoun to complete a comparison.

But in more formal speaking and writing, use a subject pronoun + an auxiliary verb.

C O M P L E T I N G C O M PA R I S O N S

She definitely cooks better than I cook

Ana runs faster than Pat is.

Ana runs faster than Pat runs.

→ Use an auxiliary verb after than.

Do not repeat the main verb

I do

does

A U X I L I A R Y

V E R B

To be

V ordinary

Present

Past

Am

Is

Are

Do

Does

Was

Were

Did

• She definitely cooks better than me

• She definitely cooks better than …………………

• Ed is six feet tall. Bob is taller than him.

• Ed is six feet tall. Bob is taller than ……………………

I do

he is

I R R E G U L A R

C O M PA R AT I V

E S A N D

S U P E R L AT I V E

S

Adjective Comparative

Superlative

Good

better

best

bad

worse

worst

little

less

least

much

more

most

far

further / farther furthest / farthest

Adverbs

Comparative

Superlative

Well

better

best

Badly

worse

worst

Little

less

least

Far

farther / further

farthest / furthest

Multiple Choice

My sister is taller than ___.

• I do

• I

• I am

• my

Multiple Choice

My sister is more intelligent than ___

• his

• he does

• he is

• my brother

Multiple Select

He works harder than ___

• I do

• me

• my

• I am

Multiple Choice

They performed worse on the night than ___ in practice.

• they did

• they

• they perfomed

• their

E Q U A L C O M PA R I S O N : A S … A S

A D J E C T I V E S / A D V E R B S

… AS + ADJ/ ADV + AS …

The team is still as good as it was
five years ago.

N O U N S P H R A S E S

… + as + many/much + N + as …

Ex: She had as much work as she needed
and did not want to take on any more.

There are as many students in Class 2A as
there are in 2B.

Multiple Choice

The blue car is ____ the red car. (fast)

• as fast as

• as fast

• as many fast as

• as much as fast

Multiple Choice

Grey makes ____ Mick but not as much as Neil.

• as money as

• as much money as

• as many money as

• as much as money

Multiple Choice

They try to give them ___ they can. (freedom)

• as much as freedom

• as freedom as

• as many as freedom

• as much freedom as

Multiple Choice

This copy is ___ the other one. (bad)

• as worse as

• as worst as

• as bad as

• as much bad

Multiple Choice

Go to ___ you can.

• as many places as

• many places as

• as places as

• more places

Multiple Choice

This watch looks nice but it is more expensive ___ the other.

• as

• more

• than

• most

Multiple Choice

You must be hungry. You took ___ food than me.

• as

• more

• much

• most

Multiple Choice

My telephone is not as modern ___ your one.

• as

• more

• many

• most

R E P E AT E D

C O M PA R AT I V E S

D E S C R I B E T H I N G S T H A T A R E I N C R E A S I N G O R

D E C R E A S I N G .

One-syllable

adjectives/ adverbs•ADJ/ ADV -ER + AND + ADJ/ ADV- ER

For example:

•The sky is getting darker and darker.
•He is playing soccer better and better

Two-syllable and longer adjectives/
adverbs

• MORE AND MORE + ADJ/ ADV

For example:

• Your son becomes more and more

energetic.

• This flower is getting more and more

beautiful.

Multiple Choice

it is becoming ___ to secure a good job nowadays.

• hard and harder

• hard and hard

• more and more hard

• harder and harder

Multiple Choice

He gets ___ (boring). I can't listen to him any longer.

• boring and boring

• more and more boring

• more boring and more boring

• as boring as

Multiple Choice

It is time you tided your room. It is getting ____.

• more and more messy

• messier and messier

• more messy than

• as messy as

D O U B L E C O M PA R AT I V E S :

D E S C R I B E A C A U S E - A N D - E F F E C T P R O C E S S .

D O U B L E C O M PA R AT I V E S :

THE + ADJ/ ADV-ER + S1 + V1…, THE + ADJ/ ADV -ER + S2 + V2

• The darker it gets, the colder the weather

becomes.

THE MORE + ADJ/ ADV + S1 + V1 …, THE MORE + ADJ/ ADV + S2 + V2

• The more intelligent he becomes, the lazier he is.

Multiple Choice

____ Jin eats, the fatter she is.

• The more

• The most

• More

• The more much

Multiple Choice

She doesn't like vodka, so the ___ bottle you find, the ___ it will be for you.

• small - cheaper

• smaller - cheaper

• smallest - cheapest

• more smale - more cheap

Multiple Choice

My neighbor is driving me mad! It seems that the ___ it is at night, the ___ he plays his music.

• later - more loud

• late - louder

• later - louder

• more late - more loud