Comparatives of Adjectives by Alejandro Lara

Interactive Grammar

Comparison in english

by Alejandro Lara

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Songs

Exercises

Uses

Acknowledgements

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INTRODUCTION

Comparison is used to compare two people, things, or states, when you want to say that one thing has a larger or smaller amount of a quality than another.

Or when you are considering whether two people or things are equal.

Or when one thing has qualities that exceed all the others

We use comparative adjectives to show change or make comparisons. They are used to compare differences between the two objects they modify (larger, smaller, faster, higher). They are used in sentences where two nouns are compared, in this pattern:

N (subject) + V + comparative adj + than + N (object).

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COMPARATIVE Uses 1

• My dream car is certainly better, but it's much more expensive.

We use comparative adjectives to show change or make comparisons.

• I'm feeling happier now.

• I need a bigger music studio.

COMPARATIVE Uses 2

• The motivation got bigger and bigger.
• Everything is getting more and more creative.
• People are looking older and older.

When we want to describe how something or someone changes we can use two comparatives with "and".

COMPARATIVE USES 3

We often use the with comparative adjectives to show that one thing depends on another.

• The faster you drive, the more dangerous it is.
• The higher I climbed, the happier I got.

COMPARATIVE USES 4

• My brother is two years younger than me.
• Dos Hermanas is much bigger than Los Palacios.
• Messi is a better player than Ronaldo.
• France is a bigger country than Britain.

We use than when we want to compare one thing with another

We also use comparative in which you are considering whether two people or things are equal. It is shown by using as…as in the affirmative and not as…as or not so…as in the negative.

(+) N (subject) + V + as + adj + as + N (object).(-) N (subject) + V + not as + adj + as + N (object). (-) N (subject) + V + not so + adj + as + N (object).

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COMPARATIVE USES 4

When considering if two people or things are equal is shown by using "as…as" in the affirmative and "not as…as" or "not so…as" in the negative.

• I'm as creative as Laurent Garnier, but not as rich and popular.

Superlative adjectives are used to describe an object which is at the upper or lower limit of a quality (the tallest, the smallest, the fastest, the highest). They are used in sentences where a subject is compared to a group of objects.

N (subject) + V + the + superlative adj + N (object).

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How to form comparatives and superlatives.

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Comparative and superlative forms

We usually add –er and –est to one-syllable words

If an adjective ends in a vowel and a consonant, we double the consonant

We use more and most for most two syllable adjectives and for all adjectives with three or more syllables.

If an adjective ends in –e, we add –r or –st

If an adjective ends in a consonant and –y, we change –y to –i and add –er or –est

Irregular adjectives

• The adjectives good, bad and far have irregular comparatives and superlatives.

• good better best
• bad worse worst
• far farther/further farthest/furthest

Video TUTORIAL

Watch the video to get a better understanding of the concept using visual content.

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EXERCISES

Mixed

Mixed 2

Comparatives

Comparatives 2

Superlatives

Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

LYRICS

Comparatives Superlatives in songs.

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