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    Comparatives
    Comparison of a quality between two people
    or things

    Andy
    Kate

    Andy is tall. He is taller than Kate.


    Kate is short. She is shorter than Andy.
    Comparatives: Short adjectives

    Short adjectives Spelling rules Examples

    Usually + er slow  slower


    fast  faster
    tall  taller

    Ending in -e + r large  larger


    nice  nicer
    Ending in a consonant –y  -i hungry  hungrier
    + y happy  happier
    + er funny  funnier

    Ending in a vowel double the big  bigger


    consonant + er fat  fatter
    + a consonant fit  fitter
    Practice

    e.g. noisy  noisier

    1 hot  hotter
    2 fit  fitter
    3 long  longer
    4 strong  stronger
    5 pretty  prettier
    6 wise  wiser
    7 heavy  heavier
    8 large  larger
    Comparatives
    Comparatives are used in sentences with than.

    Polly taller May.

    Henry heavier Sam.


    is than
    Jenny fitter Helen.

    An apple smaller a melon.

    verb comparative (adjective + er) than


    Practice (1)

    camel
    large  small

    bee

    The camel is larger than the bee.


    The bee is smaller than the camel.
    Practice (2)

    ruler

    long  short

    pin

    The ruler is longer than the pin.


    The pin is shorter than the ruler.
    Practice (3)

    Tina

    fat  thin

    Bob

    Tina is fatter than Bob.


    Bob is thinner than Tina.
    Comparatives: Long adjectives
    Use the word more to make the
    comparative form.
    Long adjectives Examples
    Most two-syllable
    adjectives which do not Mary is more polite than
    end in -y Cindy.
    Tom is more helpful than
    Peter.
    All adjectives of three
    syllables or more Candy is more hard-working
    than Maggie.
    Joe is more good-looking
    than Tom.
    Warm Up Exercise :
    e.g. helpful  more helpful
    busy  busier

    1 polite  more polite


    2 careful  more careful
    3 naughty  naughtier
    4 beautiful  more beautiful
    5 dangerous  more dangerous
    6 interesting  more interesting
    Comparatives
    Some adjectives have special forms.

    Adjective Comparative
    good better

    bad worse

    Cherry
    Pauline is a good student.
    Cherry is a better student than her.
    Practice (1)

    e.g. big  bigger


    fat  fatter

    1 hot  hotter
    2 long  longer
    3 nice  nicer
    4 heavy 
    heavier
    5 strong 
    stronger
    6 hungry 
    hungrier
    Practice (2)

    7 bad  worse

    8 good  better

    9 enjoyable  more enjoyable

    10 exciting  more
    exciting
    11 noisy 
    noisier

    12 beautiful 
    more
    beautiful
    Things around us…
    Mount Fuji,
    Golden Gate Bridge,
    Japan
    USA

    I visited some interesting places.

    The Golden Gate Bridge was more interesting


    than Mount Fuji.
    rose lily

    I saw some beautiful flowers.

    The lily was more beautiful than the rose.


    table tennis match tennis match

    Amy watched some exciting matches.


    The tennis match was more exciting than the
    table tennis match.
    the Temple the Forbidden City

    of Heaven
    Miss Lam visited some interesting places in Beijing.
    The Forbidden City was more interesting than the
    Temple of Heaven.
    playing badminton swimming

    I did some interesting activities.


    Swimming was more interesting than playing badminton.
    Sample of postcard writing :
    Kenny wrote a postcard by using ‘comparatives’
    & ‘superlatives’.
    Dear grandma and grandpa,
    We are having a wonderful holiday in
    France.
    We are staying on the smallest island, Mr and Mrs Han
    but it has the highest hill and the
    largest castle. Flat 4, 12/F,
    Yesterday we went to a big castle. We
    saw two Italian gardens there. They
    Clear water
    were the most beautiful gardens in that Building,
    region. We enjoy travelling by bicycle. It
    is more interesting than taking a coach.
    Clear Water Road,
    Sai Kung, N.T.
    Wish you were here!
    Hong Kong
    Love from,
    Kenny

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