1. Avancemos 3 – Lección Preliminar
Unequal Comparisons
Avancemos 3 – Lección Preliminar

2. What are comparisons?
Comparisons are made when one object/one group is compared to another object/group and a difference is apparent.
Comparisons are between 2 things, groups, ideas, or concepts.

3. Comparison formula Comparisons that are regular have the same pattern:
más/menos + adjective + que
más = more
Menos = less
que = than [notice… no accent!]

4. Comparison The boy is taller than the girl.
This is a comparison of two people.
It will use the formula más + adjective + que
Taller is not a word in Spanish– for comparative words that end in –er in English are made by saying more and then the adjective in Spanish.
Taller = more tall = más alto

5. Comparison The boy is taller than the girl Más + adjective+ que
El chico es más alto que la chica.
Make sure the adjective agrees in number and gender with the subject.

6. Comparisons The cats are smaller than the dogs.
Más + adjective + que
Los gatos son más pequeños que los perros.
Make sure the adjective agrees in number and gender.

7. Comparison The boy is taller than the girl Más + adjective+ que
El chico es más alto que la chica.
Make sure the adjective agrees in number and gender with the subject.
There is a second way of saying this: use menos
El chico es menos bajo que la chica.

8. Comparisons The cats are smaller than the dogs.
Más + adjective + que
Los gatos son más pequeños que los perros.
Make sure the adjective agrees in number and gender.
There is a second way of saying this: use menos
Los gatos son menos grandes que los perros.

9. Comparisons - irregulars
There are 4 irregulars:
Viejo old
Joven young
Mal bad
Bueno good
These are the adjectives that you will see in the sentence.

10. Comparisons - irregular
Viejo old
Mayor = older
The clock is older than the table.
El reloj es mayor que la mesa.
NOTICE: This sentence does not use más or menos.
With irregulars, you do not need to say more or less because it is already in the word = older.

11. Comparisons - irregular
joven young
menor = younger
The student is younger than the teacher.
El estudiante es menor que el profesor.
NOTICE: This sentence does not use más or menos.
With irregulars, you do not need to say more or less because it is already in the word = younger.

12. Comparisons - irregular
mal bad
peor = worse
The rain is worse than the snow.
La lluvia es peor que la nieva.
NOTICE: This sentence does not use más or menos.
With irregulars, you do not need to say more or less because it is already in the word = worse.

13. Comparisons - irregular
bueno good
mejor = better
The pen writes better than the pencil.
El bolígrafo escribe mejor que el lápiz.
NOTICE: This sentence does not use más or menos.
With irregulars, you do not need to say more or less because it is already in the word = better.