comparative adjective (2).pptx

2. COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
•Use the comparative form of adjectives with than to
compare two things or people.
Examples:
1. Carla is faster than Veronica.
2. Delia is noisier than Armando.
3. Alberto is more hardworking than Robert.
4. Ricardo is better than Jorge at soccer.
Adjective Comparative form
1. One syllable Add -er
2. Two syllable, ends with -y Change y to i and add -er
3. Two syllables or more Use more + adjective
4. Irregular (good , bad) better than , worse than

3. Examples:
5. The beach is nicer than the park.
6. The summer is hotter than the winter.
Adjective Comparative form
5. Adjectives that end in -e Only -r is added to end of the
adjective
6. Adjective that end with a
consonant, vowel, consonant .
The last consonant is doubled

4. • Use to say there is no
difference between two people or things.
Examples:
Joe is as intelligent as Marco.
( They have the same intelligence.)
Mellisa is as polite as Laura.
( They have the same manners.)
as + adjective + as

5. • Use to say there is
a difference between two people or things.
Examples:
Carlos is not as messy as Peter.
(Peter is messier)
Lucy is not as cooperative as her sister.
(Her sister is more cooperative.)
not as + adjective + as

6. Carmen is neater than Luisa. = Luisa isn’t as neat as Carmen.
Angie is more emotional than Jorge = Jorge isn’t as emotional as Angie.
Richard and Fredy are both talkative. = Richard is as talkative as Fredy.
COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES EQUATIVES
and

7. ADJECTIVE Comparative ADJECTIVE Comparative ADJECTIVE Comparative
happy cheap honest
difficult strong busy
clean interesting young
early hot near
beautiful warm funny
soft expensive easy
intelligent fresh bad
dirty kind late
good boring dangerous
careful cold weak
Exercises

8. 1. Apples are __healthier_______________ than chips. (healthy)
2. Elephants are ____bigger_____________ (big) than bears.
3. Gold is _______more expensive__________ than silver. (expensive)
4. Bikes are _______slower__________ than cars. (slow)
5. I am __________better_______ at English than my brother .(good)
6. My friend is _______taller__________ than me. (tall)
7. Sandy is __________thinner_______ than Tamara. (thin)
8. My father is ____stronger_____________ than Tom's father. (strong)
9. "Harry Potter "books are ___more interesting______________ than
"The Book of the Jungle". (interesting)
10. The tiger is ____heavier_____________ than a fox .(heavy)

9. 11. The weather is _________________ than yesterday . (hot)
12. The girls are _________________ than the boys. (happy)
13. Berta is _________________ than Debby.(beautiful)
14.French is _________________ than English. (difficult)
15. Tina is 5 years old. Sandra is 10 years old.
Sandra is _________________ than Tina.(old)
16. Russia is _________________ than France. (large)
17. I am _________________ at maths than my best friend (bad)
18. Love is _________________ than money.(important)
19. His car is _________________ than mine. (cheap)
20. The first movie is _________________ than the second.I don't recommend
it. (boring)

10. Exercises
1) She’s much __________ _______ her husband. (young)
2) It’s a __________ day _____ yesterday. (warm)
3) The vegetables in the shop are __________ _____ the one ones in the
supermarket. (fresh)
4) The train is __________ _____ the bus (expensive)
5) The new TV programme is __________ _____ the old one. (funny)
6) Mrs. Jones is a __________ teacher ____ Mr. Andrews. (good)
7) My office is __________ _____ Helen’s. (near)
8) The traffic is _______________ it was last year. (noisy)
9) You have a __________ life _____ I have. (busy)
10) Drivers in this country are _______________________ _____ drivers in my
country. (dangerous)
11) The exam today was _______________ _____ last year’s exam. (difficult)
12) She’s __________ _____ her sister. (smart)
13) Micheal is __________ _____ than Mathew. (rich)
14) The students ask _______________ questions _____ they did before. (intelligent)
15) Her second book is _______________ _____ her first one. (interesting)