Comparatives

We use adjectives to compare places, people, animals and things

Strong Stronger than the strongest

TOM MAX DAD

•Max is stronger than Tom.•Dad is the strongest.

Sad sadder than the saddest

Maria Gina John

• Gina is sadder than Maria.• John is the saddest.

Funny funnier than the funniest

Sam George Jimmy

•George is funnier than Sam.•Jimmy is the funniest.

Beautiful more beautiful than the most beautiful

• The second house is more beautiful than the first house.•The third house is the most beautiful house.

Other adjectives: expensive, careful, boring, dangerous, difficult etc

Make up sentences

• my house, His house, smaller, than, is.

• is, his garden, bigger, Ann’s garden, than.

• flowers, the, Her, beautiful, most, are.

His house is smaller than my house.

Ann’s garden is bigger than his garden.

Her flowers are the most beautiful.

Make up sentences

• the, sea, is, The, ocean, larger, than.

• best, pupil, the, is, He.

• the, February, shortest, is, month.

The ocean is larger than the sea.

He is the best pupil.

February is the shortest month.

What do you think? Answer the questions.

Who is smaller?

Jerry is smaller than Tom.

What do you think? Answer the questions.

Who is taller?

Tom is taller than Jerry.

What do you think? Answer the questions.

Who is bigger?

Shrek is bigger than Donkey.

What do you think? Answer the questions.

Who is more beautiful?

Dragon is more beautiful than

Donkey.

What do you think? Answer the questions.

Who is hungrier?

Donkey is hungrier than Shrek.

What do you think? Answer the questions.

Who is stronger?

Shrek is stronger than Donkey and Cat.

What do you think? Answer the questions.

Which car brand is more expensive?

Audi is more expensive than Ford Focus.

big the biggestslower the slowest

interesting more interesting

hotterthe least

badbetter the best

attentivethe dirtiest

nice

biggerslow

the most interesting

hot the hottestlittle less

worse the worstgood

more attentivethe most attentive

dirty dirtierthe nicest nicer