1 Equal comparisons: (equal degree) * Form: (+) S1 + be/ V + as + adj / adv + as + S2 E.g: He is as old as my father He drives as carefully as I (do) Mai is as beautiful as her mother Mai looks as beautifully as her mother (-) S1 + be not / trợ động từ verb not + as/so + adj/adv + as + S2 E.g: He is not as/so old as my father He doesn’t drive as/so carefully as I (do) Comparatives: * Short adjectives and adverbs: S1 + be/ V + adj/ adv (short) + er + than + noun/ pronoun E.g: You are thinner than he (is) He runs faster than I (do) Today is hotter than yesterday I am three years older than you are * Long adjectives and adverbs: S1 + V + more + adj/ adv (long) + than + noun/ pronoun E.g: He is more intelligent than I (am) He drives more carefully than I (do) Superlatives: S + be/V + the + adj/ adv (short) + est + in (danh từ số ít) the most + long adjective/ adverb + of (danh từ số nhiều) the least + adjective/ adverb E.g: Nam is the tallest student in my class Cheetah runs the fastest in the world Nga is the most intelligent of all the students Those shoes are the least expensive of all N o bad/badly/ ill good/ well much little far old Comparative Superlative worse worst better more less Farther (khoảng cách) / further (thời gian) Older (về tuổi tác) Elder (về cấp bậc tuổi tác) best most least farthest/ furthest oldest/ eldest Comparions with nouns Danh từ dùng làm sosánh cấu trúc sosánh bằng, + S1 + V + as many/ much + N as noun/ pronoun S1 + not V as/ so few/ little + E.g He earns as much money as I He buys as many books as I He buys more books than I I don’t have as/ so many friends as he does + S1 + V + more/ fewer/ less + N + than noun/ pronoun E.g He has collected more stamps than I have I have collected fewer stamps than he has Sosánh gia bội (so sánh gấp nhiều lần) Là loại sosánh gấp rười, gấp đôi gấp ba Cấu trúc không dùng cho sosánh hơn, mà dùng cho sosánh much noun Subject + verb + bội số + noun + + as + as + pronoun many Bội số bao gồm: half, twice, three times, four times … Thisdictionary costs twice as much as the other one At the clambake last week, Fred ate three times as many oysters as Barney Jerome has half as many records now as I had last year - Ta phải xác định danh từ số hay số nhiều để dùng much hay many ... he has So sánh gia bội (so sánh gấp nhiều lần) Là loại so sánh gấp rười, gấp đôi gấp ba Cấu trúc không dùng cho so sánh hơn, mà dùng cho so sánh much noun Subject + verb + bội số + noun + + as... as/ so many friends as he does + S1 + V + more/ fewer/ less + N + than noun/ pronoun E.g He has collected more stamps than I have I have collected fewer stamps than he has So sánh gia bội (so sánh. .. oldest/ eldest Comparions with nouns Danh từ dùng làm so sánh cấu trúc so sánh bằng, + S1 + V + as many/ much + N as noun/ pronoun S1 + not V as/ so few/ little + E.g He earns as much money as I He