COMPARISON WITH ADJECTIVES

COMPARISON WITH ADJECTIVES

1. COMPARATIVE ADJETIVES

   • Compare one person or thing with another
     • has more
     • has less
     • Ejemplo: Josh is taller than his sister.

2. COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES: FORM

   • One. syllable adjectives
     • big cold hot long nice old tall
       • we use the -er
         • colder longer older
           • It´s colder today than yesterday
     • most adjectives
       • cheap rich small young
         • add - er
           • cheaper richer smaller younger
     • adjectives ending in -e
       • fine nice rare
         • add - r
           • finer nicer rarer
     • adjetives with ine vowel + one consonant
       • big hot thin
         • double the final consonant and add - er
           • bigger hotter thinner
     • One syllable adjectives which are irregular
       • bad = worse good = better far = farther
         • They emigrate because they are looking for a better life.
   • Two - syllable adjectives
     • ending in -y
       • change y to i
         • and take the - er and - est endings
           • We were busier last week than this week.
   • Longer adjectives
     • three or more syllables
       • + more + less
         • The second lecture was more interesting than the first
         • that way of calculating the figures seems less complicated to me.

3. As ... as

   • as + adjective / adverb + as
     • to make comparisons when the things we are comparing are equal in some way
       • The world´s biggest is as big as a samll elephant.

4. Not as ... as

   • We use not as ... as to make comparisons between things which aren´t equal.
     • It´s not as heavy as I thought it would be, actually.