Comparatives and superlatives

Comparing adjectives

When you compare two people or things you add -ER to the adjective if it is ONE SYLLABLE. e.g. tall - taller than

When the adjectives have TWO or MORE SYLLABLES you must use more to compare. e.g. de/li/ci/ous - more delicious

Some adjectives have a consonant and one vowel. We double the last letter before adding -ER to compare. e.g. flat - flatter

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This shops opening hours are

(long) than that shop's.

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Fred's cat is

(cute) than mine.

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The flowers at the florist are ______ (cheap) ____ the ones at the supermarket.

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James is ______ (slim) ____ the other boys.

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Roy is the ​

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boy in 2A English class.

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tallest

taller

talest

taller than

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The food at the restaurant was ______ (disgusting) ____ the food at the other restaurants.

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The exam was ​ ​

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that I have ever done.

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the simplest

simpler than

simple

simplest

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The football game was​ ​

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that we have ever watched.​

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the most exciting

exciting than

more exciting

excitinger

very exciting

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Snails are

(slow) animals in the world.

Comparing adjectives

Special adjectives change completely when comparing:

good better than the best

bad worse than the worst


many/ much more than the most

far further than the furthest

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This computer is

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than the one we have at home.

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His fever is getting

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. He should go home.

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Central is ___ (far) __ Tsuen Wan.

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This shop has 50% discount, it is

(good).

Comparing quantities

We can add more information to parts of the sentence to make our ideas clear.


We can talk about the quantity( how many/ how much) by adding words next to our nouns.


We can add quantifiers to countable and uncountable nouns.

Open Ended

Write down 5 countable nouns and 5 uncountable nouns on a paper.

Take a photo and show your work

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Add the correct word to use when comparing countable quantities

Many ​

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few ​

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more than

the most

fewer than

the fewest

fewer

much

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Add the correct word to use when comparing uncountable nouns

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little ​

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more than

the most

less than

the least

leass

many

You are writing an email to your friend about two convenience stores next to your home.

They are Quick Stop, Speedy Snack and 24/7.

Write down the answers to the questions about the three shops.

​24/7

Speedy Snack

Quick Stop

Multiple Choice

Quick Stop has __ (much) ice cream flavours than Speedy snack. Quick stop has 12 flavours but Speedy snack only has 6.

• less
• more
• a lot

• fewer

Multiple Choice

Quick Stop has __ (many) options for drinks.

• the less

• the more

• a lot

• the most

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Quick stop has really small cups so you get

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soda ​

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you do at Speedy Snack.

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Speedy snack only has fish balls! It has

(few) types of food among the three stores.

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However I spend

(less) time at checkout at Speedy Snack because they have self checkout.

We use the same to talk about one thing that is exactly like another.

When two things are not the same we use different from.

We also use alike and like to say when two things look the same.

We can use like with the verb be and look, smell, feel and taste

We use alike after the verb be, seem and look e.g. the sisters look alike, the cakes are alike

Multiple Choice

Supermarket A is big but the Supermarket B is small. Supermarket A is ___ supermarket B.

• different from

• same as

• the same as

• alike

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The soda costs 10$ at the convenience store but it is 5$ at the supermarket. The prices are

Multiple Choice

The two brothers look __

• same

• alike

• like

• the same as

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Mary likes Chinese and Jane likes English. Mary is

Jane.