1. COMPARATIVO degli AGGETTIVI

2. Jack  30 years old  1.85 metres tall  85 kilos  a boring man! Tim  20 years old  1.70 metres tall  55 kilos  a very interesting man! Jack isthan Tim. OLDER Tim is YOUNGER than Jack.

3. Jack isthan Tim. TALLER Tim is SHORTER than Jack. Jack  30 years old  1.85 metres tall  85 kilos  a boring man! Tim  20 years old  1.70 metres tall  55 kilos  a very interesting man!

4. Jack is than Tim. HEAVIER Tim is LIGHTER than Jack. Jack weighs MORE than Jack. Jack  30 years old  1.85 metres tall  85 kilos  a boring man! Tim  20 years old  1.70 metres tall  55 kilos  a very interesting man!

5. Jack is than Tim. BORING Tim is than Jack. MORE INTERESTING Jack  30 years old  1.85 metres tall  85 kilos  a boring man! Tim  20 years old  1.70 metres tall  55 kilos  a very interesting man!

6. COMPARATIVO DI MAGGIORANZA OLDER aggettivi brevi: - di una sillaba OLD YOUNG YOUNGER BIG* BIGGER* SAFE* SAFER* - di 2 sillabe che finiscono con -Y HEAVY*HEAVIER* FUNNY* FUNNIER* aggettivi lunghi: - di due o più sillabe BORING MORE BORING INTERESTING MORE INTERESTING

7. COMPARATIVO DI MAGGIORANZA BETTER GOOD BAD WORSE FARFURTHER FORME IRREGOLARI: Which is better: Spain or France? Which is worse: doing the dishes or the ironing? Which is further from here: Trieste or Venice? FARTHER Soprattutto nell’inglese americano Un po’ di pratica:

8. COMPARATIVO DI UGUAGLIANZA aggettivi brevi: AS TALL AS aggettivi lunghi: Mark isJohn Maths is AS INTERESTING AS Physics È usato soprattutto in frasi NEGATIVE. Paris is NOT AS EXPENSIVE AS London Your teacher is NOT AS GOOD AS mine French is NOT AS DIFFICULT AS German

9. COMPARATIVO DI MINORANZA aggettivi brevi:aggettivi lunghi: Junk food is LESS HEALTHY than organic food Mary is LESS TALKATIVE than her sister I am LESS GOOD at Maths than my classmates

10. Ma se voglio specificare che c’è una piccola differenza nel confronto: Petronas Towers, Malaysia 452 m The Zifeng Tower, China 450 m Which is higher? Petronas Towers are HIGHER than the Zifeng Tower Petronas Towers are A BIT A LITTLE SLIGHTLY HIGHER than the Zifeng Tower HIGHER than the Zifeng Tower HIGHER than the Zifeng Tower

11. Ma se voglio specificare che c’è una grande differenza nel confronto: Norway (1 coffee: 6 €) Italy (1 coffee: 1 €) Which country is more expensive? Norway is MORE EXPENSIVE than Italy Norway is MUCH A LOT FAR than Italy MORE EXPENSIVE than Italy MORE EXPENSIVE A GREAT DEAL MORE EXPENSIVE than Italy

12. The Nile 6,522 km The Amazon River 6,400 km Which river is longer? The Thames 346 km The Mississippi 5,970 km Which river is shorter?

13. China 9,699,550 square km Canada 9,976,186 square km Which country is bigger? Sloth 0.15 Kph Giant tortoise 0.17 Kph Which animal is faster?

14. Italy 301,338 square km France 674,843 square km Which country is smaller? Lisbon 6°C Berlin -9°C Which city is colder?

15. SPEAKING – PART 2 Some useful expressions: In the first picture……… WHEREAS in the second picture…… WHILE in the second picture……… On the other hand, in the second picture……....but, in the second picture…… Besides, …… On the contrary, in the second picture……