5. Adjectives: Comparison

Adjectives: Comparison with As...as & than

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Comparison with : As ... as

Comparison with: as ... as

We can use as … as with an adjective to say that two things are the same, or not as … as to say that one thing is less than another. Examples: Her hair is as long as mine. It's not as sunny as yesterday.

modifing comparatives

We can also use expressions like different from, similar to, and the same as. Examples: - England is different from the United Kingdom. - His car is similar to mine. - The results from the first test are the same as the results from the second.

5 Rules of the comparison

forming cOMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

1. When the adjective is MONOSYLLABLE, and BISILLABLE we only add "er".

Example:Old Older small smaller

Comparative: - I am older than you. - My brother is smaller than me

More examples: Young - younger tall - taller

forming cOMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

2. When the adjective ends in Y, we change the y to i, we add er.

Example: Happy happier friendly friendlier

Comparative: - My dog is happier than my cat. - Jason is friendlier than my sister.

More examples: busy - busier pretty - prettier

forming cOMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

3. When the adjective ends in C V C, we double the last letter and add er.

Example:Fat fatter thin thinner

Comparative: - My cat is fatter than my dog. - Lisy is thinner than Ana.

More examples: hot - hotter big - bigger

forming cOMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

4. When the adjective has more than 2 syllables, we add "more".

Examples:Famous more famous intelligent more intelligent

Comparative: Arjona is more famous than you. Einstein is more intelligent than me.

More examples: important - more important common - more common

forming cOMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

5. There are adjectives that have no rule in their comparative form.

Examples:Good better

Comparative: The rabbits are better than birds.

More examples: bad - worse little - less

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