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comparisons

Comparatives
The Comparative is the form of an
adjective or adverb used to compare
two things.

Athens

Rome

Rome is old but Athens is older

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The blue car is expensive but the red car is

more expensive.

short adjective + er
more + long adjective

Use than after comparatives

Athens is older than Rome

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The red car is more expensive than the

blue car.

Mariahs hair is fairer than Janets

hair.

as + adjective + as

We use as + adjective + as to compare

things, people, places or events when there
is no difference.

Andrea is as beautiful as Beyonce

Louis Pasteur is as famous as Albert

Einstein

not as adjective as

We can show the difference with negative

way by using not so/as ...as

Tennis is not as popular as football

England is not as cold as Russia.

COMPARISONS OF QUANTITY

He earns as much money as his brother.

I have as little money as my brother.
They have as few bottles as we

I have more books than she.

February has fewer days than March.
Their job allows them less freedom than ours does.

This watch costs twice as much as the other one.

Fred ate three times as many oysters as Bob.

Double comparative
The + comparative + S + V + the + comparative + S + V

The hotter it is, the more miserable I feel.

The happier you are, the longer you could live
The more + S + V + the + comparative + S + V
The more you study, the smarter you will become.
The more I understand him, the more I love him.

The less + adj + clause . the less + adj + clause

The less difficult the lesson are, the less diligent the
student are
The less + adj + clause .the less + clause
- The less diligent the worker is, the less he gets money.

S + V + by far/much + adjective + er + than + noun/pronoun

A waterlemon is much sweeter than a a lemon.

His car is by far better than yours.
S + V + by far/much + more + adjective/ adverb + than +
noun/pronoun
Henrys watch is by far more expensive than mine.
He speaks English much more rapidly than he does Spanish.

Superlatives

Definition and usage : A superlative adjective

expresses the highest degree of a quality. We
use a superlative adjective to describe the
highest quality of one thing in a group of
things.

superlatives

.
Of the three shirts, this one is the prettiest.
That shop is the most expensive of all .
These shoes are the least expensive of all

giraffe is the tallest of all

the animals.

Jackie Kennedy is the most

elegant of all the ladies.

Marilyn Monroe is the most

attractive woman in the world.

Bill Gate is one of the richest

men in the world.

winter is the coldest season of

the year.

Forming Comparative and

Superlative Adjectives
one-syllable
adjective

comparative
form

superlative form

tall
short
old

taller
shorter
older

the tallest
the shortest
the oldest

One-Syllable
Adjective with Final

Comparative
Form

Superlative Form

larger
wiser
nicer

the largest
the wisest
the nicest

-e

large
wise
nice

one-syllable adjective comparative

ending with a single
form
consonant with a short
Vowel before it

superlative
form

big
fat
hot

the biggest
the fattest
the hottest

bigger
fatter
hotter

two-syllable
adjective
ending with -y

comparative
form

superlative
form

happy
angry
busy

happier
angrier
busier

the happiest
the angriest
the busiest

two-Syllable
adjective

comparative form superlative form

peaceful
pleasant
careful
thoughtful

more peaceful
more pleasant
more careful
more thoughtful

the most peaceful

the most pleasant
the most careful
the most thoughtful

an adjective
comparative
with three or
form
more syllables
generous
important
intelligent

superlative form

more generous the most generous

more important the most important
more
the most intelligent
intelligent

irregular
adjective

good
bad
far
little
many
much

comparative
form

superlative form

better
worse
farther/further
less

the best
the worst
the farthest/the furthest
the least
the most

more

Two-syllable adjectives that

follow two rules. These
adjectives can be used with -er
and -est and with more and
most.

two-syllable
adjective

comparative
form

superlative
form

clever
clever
gentle
gentle
friendly
friendly
quiet
quiet
Simple
Simple
narrow
narrow

cleverer
more clever
gentler
more gentle
friendlier
more friendly
quieter
more quiet
Simpler
more simple
narrower
more narrow

the
the
the
the
the
the
the
the
the
the
the
the

cleverest
most clever
gentlest
most gentle
friendliest
most friendly
quietest
most quiet
simplest
most simple
narrowest
most narrow

The same
S + V + the same + (noun) + as + {noun/ pronoun}

Ex : My house is the same height as his.

He speaks the same language as she.
We are in the same class.

alike,, similar, like, different.

Ex: I and my sister are alike.
I am similar to my sister.
My car is like yours.
My car is different from yours.

Nile river

Amazon river

Country
Number of universities
India
8,4072.
United States
5,7583.
Argentina
1,7054.
Spain
1,4155.
Mexico
1,3416.
Bangladesh
1,2687.
Indonesia
1,2368.
Japan
1,2239.
France
1,06210.
China
1,054

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