COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Bigger, stronger and more handsome My husband

is big...strong and handsome...I am in love!

Really...is he?

Mine is bigger, stronger and more handsome...

Intelligent?...I guess mine is more intelligent than yours...

Because he doesn't like pretty ladies like you!

Yes...and besides he is intelligent

How do you know? How can you be so sure?

Now intelligent gentlemen prefer ugly ladies...Stop the press!

We use the comparative degree for comparing two things and the superlative for comparing three or more things. Take a look at the example below...Then we will introduce you to the rules of formation of comparatives and superlatives

I am a big monkey!!!! Yeah...but I am bigger.I am the biggest...The biggest in the world

Tom Paul Joe

Tom is old. He is 70. But Paul is 83. He is older than Tom...and Joe is 120. He is the oldest

The trumpet is noisy...A single drum is noisier...But a set of drums is the noisiest musical instrument

A pocket camera is expensive... A reflex camera is more expensive than a pocket camera....But a digital camera is the most expensive of the three

Tom is a good student. His marks are always seven or eight. Sue is better than Tom: she gets always eight or nine....But Lisa is the best in the class...She always gets ten

TomSue Lisa

The tiger is big. The elephant is bigger than the tiger. But the whale is the biggest animal in the world.

Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (comparative or superlative).1. My house is(big) than yours. 2. This flower is(beautiful) than that one. 3. This is the(interesting) book I have ever read. 4. Non-smokers usually live(long) than smokers. 5. Which is the(dangerous) animal in the world? 6. A holiday by the sea is(good) than a holiday in

the mountains. 7. It is strange but often a coke is(expensive)

than a beer. 8. Who is the(rich) woman on earth? 9. The weather this summer is even(bad) than

last summer. 10.He was the(clever) thief of all.

Mary's house is _________ than my house

BuffyBob

Buffy has ________________ ears than Bob

Beth is ________________ than Melissa

BethMelissa

read this small text and then compare the people from this happy family: Mark is the father. He is 45 years old. Mel is the mother. She is 39 years old.They have two children: Dan and Liza. Dan is 9 years old and Liza is 12. a. Mark is _________ his wife.b. Mel is _________ her children.c. Dan is __________than his sister.d. Dan's sister is _______ than him.e. The kids are ______their parents.f. Dan is _________than his sister.g. Dan's mother is ______than Liza.

1. Which girl is ________? Dana or Karen? youngthe youngestyoungermore young 2. Tomer is _________ boy in the class. the strongeststronger strong the most strong

3. The China Wall is _____ wall in the world.the longest more longlonger long4. February is ______ than April.short the shortest shortermost short

5. I am ______ at music than my old sister.good bettergoodestthe best6. Ice hockey is __________ sport in Canada.popular the most popular more popular populariest

8. Swimming is ______________ than running.exciting more exciting excited the most exciting

7. Amalia is ___________ girl in the class.the cleverest clever cleverermore clever

HOMEWORK:

Work at the webpage: http://www.english-4u.de/comparison_ex3.htm http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2070and solve the exercises in there. Print the score and fold it in your portfolio.