Comparision Language Focus

Contents How many types of Comparison are there? 1 Forming regular Comparatives and Superlatives 2 Exceptions 3 Exercise Index AS... AS...

How many types of Comparison are there? There are 3 types of Comparison: Equal form Comparative Superlative Usage: - Equal form is used to compare two things to point out whether they have the same quality of some feature. - Comparative is used to compare two things ‎ to point out the differences between them. - Superlative is used to compare more than two things ‎.

How many types of Comparison are there? Click on the sentences which are of equal form CAN YOU RECOGNIZE? -Who sings most beautifully in your class? -My brother is studying harder than ever for his coming test. -She’s not the most intelligent person in her family. -Mary is as tall as Jane. -Is Tokyo bigger or smaller than Ho Chi Minh city? -They run as fast as pigs.

How many types of Comparison are there? Click on the sentences which use comparatives CAN YOU RECOGNIZE? -Who sings most beautifully in your class? -My brother is studying harder than ever for his coming test. -She’s not the most intelligent person in her family. -Mary is as tall as Jane. -Is Tokyo bigger or smaller than Ho Chi Minh city? -They run as fast as pigs.

How many types of Comparison are there? Click on the sentences which use superlatives CAN YOU RECOGNIZE? -Who sings most beautifully in your class? -My brother is studying harder than ever for his coming test. -She’s not the most intelligent person in her family. -Mary is as tall as Jane. -Is Tokyo bigger or smaller than Ho Chi Minh city? -They run as fast as pigs.

... AS... AS... … as/so + adj/adv + as + … Notice: - He is as tall as me  correct - He is as tall as I am  correct - He is as tall as I  incorrect - They drive as carefully as us  correct - They drive as carefully as we do  correct - They drive as carefully as we  incorrect

... AS... AS... … number of times + as + adj/adv + as + … Notice: - We CAN’T use “SO” instead of “AS” in this case Examples: Mary’s books are twice as many as mine. My sister can run five times as fast as a turtle.

Forming regular Comparatives and Superlatives 1 Only one syllable ‎. Ex: light, near, small, short, etc 2 Only one syllable, ending ‎ in E Ex: cute, fine, wide, etc. 3 Two syllables, ending in Y. ‎ Ex: happy, silly, lonely, etc. How would you form comparatives and superlatives from these kinds of adjectives and adverbs? 4 Two syllables or more, not ‎ ending in Y. Ex: modern, interesting, ‎ be autiful ‎

COMPARATIVESUPERLATIVE Only one syllable, ending ‎in E Ex: wide, fine, cute Add -R: wider, finer, cuter Add -ST: widest, finest, cutest Only one syllable, with one ‎vowel and one consonant at ‎the end Ex: hot, big, fat Double the consonant, ‎and add - ER: hotter, bigger, fatter Double the ‎consonant, and add -‎EST: hottest, biggest, ‎fattest Only one syllable, with ‎more than one vowel or ‎more than one consonant at ‎the end Ex: light, neat, fast Add -ER: lighter, neater, faster Add -EST: lightest, neatest, ‎fastest ‎ Two syllables, ending in Y Ex: happy, silly, lonely Change Y to I, then ‎add -ER: happier, sillier, ‎lonelier Change Y to I, then ‎add -EST: happiest, silliest, ‎loneliest Two syllables or more, not ‎ending in Y Ex: modern, interesting, ‎beautiful ‎ Use MORE: more modern, more ‎interesting, more ‎beautiful Use MOST: most modern, most ‎interesting, most ‎beautiful Forming regular Comparatives and Superlatives

Exceptions goodbetterbest bad / illworseworst little (amount) lessleast little (size) smallersmallest much / manymoremost far (place + time) furtherfurthest far (place) fartherfarthest late (time) laterlatest late (order) latterlast near (place) nearernearest near (order) -next old (people and things) olderoldest old (people) eldereldest

Exercise Index Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Comparison Exercises index page