1. Do you know the TV series ?

2. Who are the “friends”?

4. CHANDLER He is funny He is shy

5. JOEY He loves food, he’s always hungry He thinks he’s smart

6. MONICA She cooks really well She is bossy She was fat when she was a child

7. PHOEBE She does massages and plays the piano She’s a bit weird She’s blond and tall

8. RACHEL She’s spoiled She works with fashion She’s really elegant and is really beautiful

9. ROSS He’s a paleonthologist He’s intelligent He is insecure

10. Now, let’s compare the characters!

11. Ross X Joey intelligent Ross is more intelligent than Joey

12. Phoebe X Rachel tall Phoebe is taller than Rachel

13. Chandler X Ross funny Chandler is funnier than Ross

14. Monica X Rachel fat Monica was fatter than Rachel

15. LET’S THINK! Ross is more intelligent than Joey Phoebe is taller than Rachel Chandler is funnier than Ross Monica was fatter than Rachel

16. To compare in English, we use... Ross is more intelligent than Joey MORE...... THAN (long adjectives)

17. To compare in English, we use... Phoebe is taller than Rachel....... +ER THAN (one-syllable adjectives)

18. To compare in English, we use... Chandler is funnier than Ross -Y......+ IER THAN (adjectives ending “y”)

19. To compare in English, we use... Monica was fatter than Rachel CVC (stressed syllable)= DOUBLE consonant

20. To sum up... MORE... THAN = LONG ADJECTIVES...+ER THAN = ONE-SYLLABLE ADJS...+IER THAN = ADJECTIVES END “Y”...+CONSONANT+ER THAN = CVC (STRESSED)

21. Some irregular comparatives: GOOD BAD FAR OLD BETTER WORSE FARTHER / FURTHER OLDER / ELDER

22. Now you do it: Rachel X Phoebe – elegant; Chandler X Joey – shy; Joey X Ross – hungry; Rachel X Phoebe – beautiful; Monica X Rachel – bossy; Ross X joey – insecure; Phoebe X Ross - weird