ADJECTIVE COMPARISONS

Adjective Compariso ns Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs ** Comparative and Superlative adjectives • Short As: - add – er/est to A-: young - younger / youngest tall – taller / tallest Ex: She is taller than me She is the tallest of all students in my class - As ending in-e: nice – nicer / nicest safe – safer / safest Ex: She is nicer than my sister She is the nicest girl I’ve ever met - As ending a vowel + a consonant, double the consonant and add-er/ est thin - thinner/ thinnest wet - wetter / wettest hot - hotter / hottest big - bigger / biggest fat - fatter / fattest Ex: He is thinner than my brother It’s the biggest box of all we’ve carried - As that have two syllables and end in –y, change into –ier/ iest Friendly –friendlier / friendliest Pretty – prettier / prettiest Noisy – noisier / noisiest Busy – busier/ busiest Ex: He is friendlier than you He is the friendliest person I’ve ever met • Long A: -add – more/ less (than the most / the least (of all sth; in a place) to the As • Dangerous –more dangerous/ the most dangerous Ex: Driving a car is more dangerous than cycling • This stress is the most dangerous of all we’ve ever seen • Experienced – more/ less experienced • She is more (less) experienced than him • She is the most (least) experienced person of all in my office • Powerful - more powerful • People in the Dinka tribe thought that a fat man is more powerful than the others • People in the Dinka tribe thought that a fat man is the most powerful of all the others Irregular AS Good – better / the best Bad – worse / the worst Far – farther / the farthest Much/many- more/ the most Little = less/ the least Near – nearer / the nearest – the next Late – later / the latest – the last She is the best student of all I’ve ever taught He is the worst student of all I’ve ever taught ** Equality As as + A + as This room is as large as this one These lessons are as difficult as those ones ** Inequality As not as + A + as not so + A + as She is not as pretty as my sister This movie was not so interesting as that one Comparison of Adverbs as + ADV + as Ex : I can run as fast as you can • He moves as slowly as a snail [sneil] ốc sên • Her eyes shone as brightly as stars Comparative and superlative forms of ADVs are the same as for As a Add -er or est to short Advs: Adv hard late fast comparative harder later faster superlative the hardest the latest the fastest Ex: Jim works harder than his brother Everyone in the race ran fast, but John ran the fastest of all b With Advs ending in – ‘ly’, use ‘more’ and ‘most’ for the comparative and superlative: Adv comparative superlative quietly more quietly the most quietly slowly more slowly the most slowly seriously more seriously the most seriously Ex: The teacher spoke more slowly to help us to understand You sing the most quietly of all people c Some Advs have irregular comparative/superlative forms: Adv comparative superlative badly worse the worst far farther/ further the farthest/ furthest little less the least Well better the best Ex: The little boy ran further than his friends You drive the worst of all people we’ve ever seen Thanks For Your