1. THE COMPARATIVE AND THE SUPERLATIVE

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• • THE COMPARATIVE
  • • ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
    • • • Superiority
      • 3. Equality
    • 4. Inferiority

NOUNS

• Superiority

5. Equality

6. Inferiority 7.

COMPARATIVES SUPERIORITY

We add -ER to:

8. One syllable adjectives 9. cheap cheap er sweet sweet er tall tall er 10. If the adjective ends in consonant +vowel + consonant, the consonant 11. is do ubled. 12. thin thin ner big big ger slim slim mer 13. Two syllable adjectives which end in consonant + y, -ow, -er 14. pretty - pretti erclever - cleverer narrow narrow er 15.

A house is smaller than a skyscraper. A street is narrower than an avenueDubai is drier than Paris

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We use MORE with other two syllable adjectives, adjectives of more

17. than two syllables and adverbs of two or more syllables 18. intelligent moreintelligent dangerously moredangerously 19. Some adjectives have an irregular form 20. good better bad worse far farther / further 21. The city ismore populated than 22. the country 23. The cityis worse thanthe country 24.

EQUALITY We compare things, animals or people at the same level. The structureis alwaysas +ADJ + as

• As intelligent as as brave asas happy as

INFERIORITY We compare things, animals or people at a different level.The structure is always: less +ADJ + than

• Less expensive than less crowded than

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Lalin is less attractive than Madrid The tramway isn't as fast asthe underground Driving is less eco-friendly than cycling.

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SUPERIORITY More + NOUN + than London producesmorerubbish thanLalin

In New York there aremore

27. skyscrapers thanin London 28.

EQUALITY As much + uncountable noun + as As many + countable noun + as In the country there aren'tas many traffic jams asin the city In the country there isn'tas much pollution asin the city

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INFERIORITY Less + NOUN + than In Lalin there are less parks than in A Corua Lalin has less populationthan Santiago

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SUPERLATIVE

We add -EST to:

31. One syllable adjectives 32. cheap cheap est sweet sweet est tall tall est 33. If the adjective ends in consonant +vowel + consonant, the consonant 34. is do ubled. 35. thin thin nest big big gest slim slim mest 36. Two syllable adjectives which end in consonant + y, -ow, -er 37. pretty - pretti estclever - cleverest narrow narrow est 38.

Burj Dubai is the tallest buildingin the world Tokio is the biggest cityin the world Hyde Park is the largest parkin London

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We use THE MOST with other two syllable adjectives, adjectives of

40. more than two syllables and adverbs of two or more syllables 41. intelligent the mostintelligent dangerous the mostdangerous 42. Some adjectives have an irregular form 43. good best bad worst far farthest / furthest 44. Oslo is the most expensive city 45. in the world 46. The Louvre is one of the best museums 47. in the world 48.

Activities

Grammar explanation

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