COMPAR I S ON S Adjs or advs POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE Short AS + adj + AS NOT SO / AS + adj + AS Adj - ER + THAN THE + adj - EST Long MORE + adj + THAN THE MOST + adj Ex: 1. He is as tall as his father. John sings as well as his sister. His job is not so difficult as mine. 2. Today is hotter than yesterday. This chair is more comfortable than the other. 3. John is the tallest boy in the family. These shoes are the most expensive of all. @ Double comparatives: FORMS MEANINGS EXAMPLES 1. The + comparative + S + V, the + comparative + S + V Caøng … caøng The hotter it is, the more miserable I feel. 2. Short adj - ER and short adj - ER MORE and MORE + long adj Caøng ngaøy caøng Betty is younger and younger The food is more and more expensive @ Notes: Adj & adv Comparative Superlative Good/ well Bad/ badly Many/ much Little Far better worse more less farther / further the best the worst the most the least the farthest / the furthest Ex: She studies (well) than her friend. She studies better than her friend. • Tính từ ngắn là tính từ có 1 âm tiết hoặc 2 âm tiết nhưng tận cùng là -y, -et, -er, -le, -ow Ex: happy, quiet, clever, gentle, narrow happier quieter cleverer gentler narrower • Ta dùng more với các trạng từ tận cùng là –ly (trừ early) Ex: more slowly, more fluently, more quickly