COMPARISON

Grammar

COMPARISON

Comparatives and superlatives

Comparatives

Two syllables ending in -y

To compare people and things with each other.

FORM: +ier than...- happy / happier than - early /earlier than - crazy/ crazier than -lucky / luckirer than

Three or more syllables

One syllable

FORM: more ... than...- expensive / more expensive than - dangerous/ more dangerous than -difficult /more difficult than

FORM: +er than...- big / bigger than - small /smaller than - dark / darker than -clear / clearer than

USE OF MODIFIERS

To make the difference between the things being compared stronger.To make the difference between the thing being compared smaller. To say there is no difference between the things being compared.

Tom's a lot ____ hard-working than I thought he was.

more

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isn't

Jaime _____ as strong as he looks.

as - bit - isn't - less - more - much

Penny's hair is as blonde ___ mine.

Unfortunately, I'm far less talented than my older brother.

as

Amir's a ___more independent now.

Oleg is ___ more clever than the rest of us.

bit

much

Two or more syllables

SUPERLATIVES

- the most interesting- the most frustating - the most complex

Expresses the extreme quality of one thing in a group of things.

One syllable

Two syllables ending with "y"

-weak / the weakest- strong / the strongest -hot / the hottest

- heavy / the heaviest- busy / the busiest - funny / the funniest

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