Comparison(Comparação)

Comparison(Comparação)

1. -er (Mais)

   • Cheaper
   • Larger
   • Lucky - Luckier
   • Easy - Easier
   • Ex: Let's drive. It's cheaper

2. More (Mais)

   • More Serious
   • More Often
   • More slowly
   • More easily
   • Ex: Going by train is more expensive than driving

3. Good/Well -> Better

4. Bad/Badly -> Worse

5. Far -> Further/Farther

6. Ex: How's your headache? Better? --> No, it's worse

7. Can be used Before Comparatives

   • Much
   • a lot
   • far(= a lot)
   • a bit
   • a little
   • slightly (= a little)
   • Ex: Let's go by car. It's much cheaper
   • Ex: Don't go by train. It's a lot more expensive
   • Any
   • no
   • Ex: How do you feel now? Do you feel any longer.
   • Ex: We expected their apartment to be very big, but it's no bigger than ours.

8. Better and better

9. More and more

10. Ex: Your English is improving. It's getting better and better

11. as...as(Tão/Tanto...Quanto)

    • Not as...as
      • Ex: Jack isn't as old as he looks.
      • Less...Than (Menos....Do que)
        • Ex: I spent less money than you
    • not so...as
      • Ex: It's not warm, but it isn't so cold as yesterday
    • Ex: I'm sorry I'm late. I got here as fast as I could.

12. Than

    • Ex: you're taller than me or You're taller than I am

13. the same as( o mesmo que)

    • Ex: Laura's salary is the same as mine

14. Twice as....as/three times as...as

    • Ex: Petrol is twice as expensive as it was a few years ago