COMPARISON

COMPARISON

Grammar

Comparatives and superlatives

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

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

To compare people and things with each other.

Comparatives

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

One syllable

Three or more syllables

Two syllables ending in -y

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.

USE OF MODIFIERS

much

as

isn't

more

bit

complete the sentences with the words bellow:

Amir's a ___more independent now.

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

Jaime _____ as strong as he looks.

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

Oleg is ___ more clever than the rest of us.

Penny's hair is as blonde ___ mine.

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

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

Two or more syllables

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

Two syllables ending with "y"

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

One syllable

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

SUPERLATIVES

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