buns 96/—=— Grammar Comparatives and superlatives ;ratives ns Use Example To compare things/people/actions that ‘My new job is more enjoyable than my old one, are different {ke you to get to the office earlier tomorrow. ective - comparative am. one syllable hard +r harder ‘one sylable ending in-e Tate +7 later + one syllable ending in vowel + consonant big double last letter +-er bigger {wo syllables ending iy prety = er prettier ‘wo or more sylables interesting ___more/less + adjective _more/less interesting irregular adjectives / quantifiers 00d = better Title = less many = more bad worse far farther/further much = more advert _ comparative regulr adverbs carefully more/less + adverb __more/less carefully irregular adverbs well= better near nearer fast = faster badly worse late = later far = farther/further early = earlier bcc a The comparative form is often followed by than. My working day is longer than it used to be. Use Example To compare one member of a group of Out of all the jobs in the company, John’s is the hardest. things/people/actions with the whole group The person who does best will get a pay rise. F - superlative one syllable hard + est hardest one syllable ending in- late +t latest ‘one syllable ending in vowel + consonant big double lastletter +-est_ biggest two syllables ending in-y pretty y= est prettiest ‘two or more syllables interesting most/least + adjective most/least interesting irregular adjectives / quantifiers good = best little = least many = most bad = worst fare farthest/furthest much = most adverb - superlative regular adverbs carefully, most/ least + adverb most/least carefully irregular adverbs well= best near = nearest Tast = fastest badly= worst late = latest far = farthest/furthest early = earliest ha ‘We usually use the before the superlative form. v Today was the worst day since | started working there. 109no Grammar 1 Wait! Your bicycle is woonnenns (fast) than mine! 2 Phew! It's MUCH .....nsnnee (hot) than it was yesterday, isn’t it? 3 I think you look (pretty) when you wear your hair up. 4 The price of batteries has gone up. They're a lot oun (expensive) than last time. 5 Angus hasn't been practising the piano and he's got a lt om ssn (Dad), 6 His new film is much ow (entertaining) than his last one. | loved that one! 7 Tell us another joke - but a (short) one this time! That one took forever! 8 | didn't win the lottery. Maybe I'll be .. _— (lucky) next time. 9 The Russian athlete threw the discus (far) than all the others and won gold. 0 | think these biscuits are even - (nice) than the last ones you made! We lost the match because we played badly than the other team did. It rains a lot in England, so the countryside is a lot green than in Greece. You gave Sarah a really small piece of cake — and you've given me even little! | must have lost weight. These jeans seem large than they were before. | got to the party early than everyone else, so | had to wait. hear her new CD is good than her last one. What do you think? Our cat seems to be getting fat every day ~ maybe she should go on a diet! \'m disappointed. | think you could have done a lot well on this test. DYDD RONY bad = beautiful » confident » fat » happy + nearto) short + young | 1. Joshua is much taller than Alex. 5 Bill is thinner than Simon. Alex is _ vs Simon is .... 2. Theresa is more confident than Amy. 6 Terry is older than Sarah-Jane. Amy is a lot = Sarab-Jane is : 3. Your house is further from the school than 7 Patricia is better than her sister on the clarinet. mine. Patricia's sister is My house is ae 4 Jude is less happy than Andy about the 8 The houses here are uglier than in my decision, grandparents’ village. Andy is a . The houses in my grandparents’Comparatives and superlatives (Jy D] Complete using the correct form of the words in the bad + big + far » funny » hard « kind » scary » tasty | 1 This really is the song I've ever heard! Its terrible! 2 bwisthe 4 woman | know. Shell do anything for anybody. 3 Listen! | promise you, this is the joke ever! Well, a man goes into a shop ... 4. Mmm! This is the -nonnsnnunn SOUP yOUVE Made So far, 5 What's the... thing about English grammar for you? 6 Ben appeared and he was carrying the coon present Id ever seen. It was huge! 7 We had a competition to see who could swim the esc 8 Sandra told us the .. w» ghost story she could, and it was really frightening! mplete using the correct form of is in brackets. | think this is the (2) (bad) job I've ever had. My last job was much (2) (good) than this one. | had a lot (3) (little) work there and my boss was really nice. My boss here is the (4) : (strict) in the whole firm, and the working day is (5) (long) than in my last job, too. The (6) sonsensnannsenee (G04) thing about it is that the office is (7)... (close) to my house than the old one. At least now | get home (8) (early) than | used to. F | Complete using the correct form of “clean « dirty » fast » old » slowly » ‘Lwalk (2) ‘Lan (6) than him." of all.’ ‘Lwalk the (2) ‘Lan (7) =. of all.” ‘than everyone except him.’ ‘They both ran (8) ‘than me." ‘I'm the (3) ‘tm the (9) .. pigeon.” in the family” HM) css ‘And tm the (10) Z than they are.’ ‘1m the (5) pigeon.” 111