This PPP introduces basic comparative structures and provides opportunities for speaking practice.

1. CRICOS 00111D
TOID 3069
Comparisons
GE2A week 3 Day 3 AM

2. Comparative adjectives
Sometimes we want to compare two things. We
usually use comparative adjectives.
Captain America is stronger than Spiderman.
Lola is a faster swimmer than Taka.

3. Sentences using comparative adjectives
Look at the sentence patterns.
Captain America is stronger than Spiderman.
Lola is a faster swimmer than Taka.
subject verb Adjective
+er=
noun
+ + + than +
subject verb article Adjective
+er=
noun than noun

4. big
An elephant is bigger than a lion.
An elephant is a bigger animal than a lion.

5. small cows
pigs
Pigs are smaller than cows.
Pigs are a smaller animals than a pigs.

6. fast
a cheetah a turtle
slow

7. tall
a penguin
an emu
short

8. Comparative adjectives ending in Y
If an adjective ends with –y, drop the –y and
add –ier.
pretty prettier
Lisa is prettier than Miku.
heavy heavier
Elephants are heavier than hippos.

9. heavy
a penguin an emu
An emu is (much)
heavier than a penguin.

10. pretty
a butterfly a spider
A butterfly is (much) prettier
than a spider.

11. spicy
Korean food Japanese food
Korean food is spicier than a
Japanese food.
.

12. Comparative adjectives
We use more…than for adjectives with two or
more syllables.
This game is more interesting than the last
one.
Gold is more expensive than silver.

13. Comparative adjectives
We can also use less …than
I think this game is less interesting than that
one.
Silver is less expensive than gold.

14. delicious
sushi pizza
Pizza is more delicious
than sushi.

15. What do you think?
sushi pizza

16. interesting
English maths
What do you think?

17. Comparative adjectives
There are three irregular adjectives
good  better
bad  worse
far  further
My teacher is better than your teacher.

18. good
hot chocolate coffee
Hot chocolate is better
than coffee.

19. good
grapes apples
What do you think?

20. bad
potato chips a mouseburger
A mouse burger is worse than
potato chips.

21. far
Australia is further from Russia
than Japan (is).

22. Comparative adjectives
We use (just) as …as when the things we
compare are the same.
Harry is (just) as kind as Jack.
Harry is (just) as good a player as Jack.

23. tall
Jia Lee
Jia is as tall as Lee.

24. cute
Ki Jun
Ki is as cute as Jun.

25. scary
Lu Pam

26. Comparative adjectives
We use not as…as when we compare things
negatively.
Cathy is not as good as Mary.
English is not as interesting as Japanese.

27. small
Oscar Nina
Nina isn’t as small as Oscar.

28. healthy
burger salad
A burger isn't as healthy as salad.