comparison of adjectives
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Comparison of Adjectives. Comparison. Which do you think is bigger : a lion or a tiger?. I don’t think a tiger is quite as big as a lion!. Compare. Mark is 6 years old. Heidi is 4 years old. Rick is 10 months old. Mark is young. Rick is the youngest. Heidi is younger than Mark. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Comparison
Which do you think is bigger : a lion or a
tiger?
I don’t think a tiger is quite as big as a
lion!
Compare
Mark is 6 years old
Mark is young.young.
Heidi is 4 years old
Rick is 10 months old
Heidi is youngeryounger
than Mark.than Mark.
Rick is the
youngestyoungest..
Compare
This sack of potatoes
weighs 6 kg.
The suitcase is heavy.heavy.
This suitcase weighs 4 kg.
These two bags
weigh 8 kg. The sack
is heavierheavier than the than the suitcase.suitcase.
These two bags are the heaviest heaviest
of all.
There are There are threethree degrees of degrees of adjectives:adjectives: PositivePositive
ComparativeComparative SuperlativeSuperlative
The positive degree is used for
one one person or thing.
Paul is shortshort.Ann is thinthin.
The comparative degree is used
when comparing twotwo persons or
things
Paul is shorter shorter than Rickthan Rick.
Rebecca is thinner thinner than Annthan Ann.
The superlative degree is used
when we compare more thanmore than threethree
persons or things.
Mary is the shortest shortest girl in girl in classclass.
Rebecca is the thinnest thinnest
woman in woman in Malta.Malta.
You add ‘-er’‘-er’ for the comparative and ‘-est’ ‘-est’ for the for the
superlative of superlative of some adjectives. some adjectives.
cheap - cheaper -cheapesthard - harder -hardestweak - weaker -weakestold - older - oldest
If they end in ‘-e’‘-e’, you add ‘-r’‘-r’ and ‘-st’‘-st’
safe - safer - safestnice - nicer - nicestclose - closer - closest
Some doubledouble the
last letter.
big - bigger - biggestfat - fatter - fattestsad - sadder - saddest
Some change ‘y’‘y’
to ‘i’‘i’
heavy - heavier - heaviestfunny - funnier - funniestbusy - busier- busiest
To compare adjectives with
two or more two or more syllablessyllables use
MORE in the
Comparative
MOST in the
SuperlativeLESS in the
Comparative
LEAST in the
Superlative
EXAMPLES
beautiful - moremore beautiful - mostmost beautifulcareful - more careful - most carefulintelligent - more intelligent - most intelligentgenerous - more generous - most generous
dirty - lessless dirty -leastleast dirty dirty
The following
are irregular
good - better- bestmany - more - mostbad - worse - worstill - worse - worst
big
biggestbigger
Tokyo is ______________ than New York.biggerbigger
old
oldestolder
My sister is ______________ than me.oldeolderr
good
bestbetter
Louise is the __________ singer in Malta.
besbestt
friendly
friendliestfriendlier
Ruth is the ________ ________ girl in class.
friendliefriendliestst
pure
purestpurer
Only the ________ ________ ingredients are used in our cakes.
purespurestt
expensivest
most expensive
Joan chose the _____________ _____________ dress in the shop.
most most expensiveexpensive
more expensive
coarser
most coarse
The monk’s habit was made of the ________ ________
material I have ever seen.coarsescoarsestt
coarsest
You certainly look much ________ ________ than you did
yesterday.happiehappierrhappy
He is the ________ ________ person I know.
fattesfattestt
fat
Jane chose the ________ ________ slice of cake on the dish.
thinnethinnestst
thin
Andrea has Andrea has eveneven _______ _______..lesles
sslittle
Mark has little common sense.
Today he is Today he is eveneven ______ ______..worswors
eeill
Yesterday Andrew was ill.