Making comparison

Degrees of comparison of adjectives and adverbs Using as…as, not so… as, than…. Using like /alike Using similar (to) Using different (from) Using one of superlative +plural noun

Chinese is a difficult language to study. Russian is easier to study Chinese is a difficult language to study. Russian is easier to study. The English language is the easiest one to study .

Positive Comparative Superlative Односложные прилагательные и наречия (некоторые двусложные) old big hard older bigger harder (the) oldest (the) biggest (the) hardest Двусложные прилагательные, оканчивающиеся на: - Y -ER -OW -LE busy clever narrow simple busier narrower simpler the busiest the cleverest the narrowest the simplest

Pupils say, that reading is difficult, writing is more difficult, but speaking English is the most difficult of all the activities.

Positive Comparative Superlative Многосложные прилагательные и наречия, оканчивающиеся на -ly difficult beautifully more (less) difficult more (less) beautifully the most (least) difficult the most (least) beautifully

Their English is good./They can speak English well. His speaking English is better./He can speak better, than they can. She is the best at speaking English. .

Positive Comparative Superlative Прилагательные и наречия, образующие степени сравнения от разных основ good well bad badly much, many little far better worse more less further (farther) the best the worst the most the least the furthest (farthest)

Answer the questions: Is it necessary to study a foreign language? What are the most important activities in language studying? What activities are the easiest for you? What activities are the most difficult? What is more interesting, to listen to the song in English or to read an article? Answer the questions:

English is as important now as the French language was at the beginning of the XIX century. Studying Spanish is not so popular in Russia nowadays as studying English. Watching TV is more popular activity than listening to the radio.

not so..as/not as…as – не так …как Adj.( comparative) than…- .. чем Rovenskikh S.V.

What are the popular ways of learning the English words What are the popular ways of learning the English words? Is watching foreign films as useful as listening to the English songs? Is having a T-shirt with some English words funnier than having one with Russian words on it? Is reading English newspapers not so interesting as watching English TV News?

They are alike. Ben is like Bill.

Bill and Ben are similar. Bill is similar to Ben. Rovenskikh S.V.

The cows are different. Lu is different from Sue.

The tiger is one of the most dangerous animals on the planet. The rose is one of the most beautiful flowers.

Do you have similar or different English signs on your clothes/bags/copy-books? Are your text-books alike? Who is one of the tallest pupils in your form? Is Maths one of the most difficult subjects? Is the Russian alphabet different from the English alphabet? What letters of the Russian and the English alphabets are similar in writing? Answer the question: