thin
thinner
You need to work more harder if you want to succeed.
You need to work harder if you want to succeed.
Mathematics is ___________ (difficult) _________ English.
Mathematics is more difficult than English.
Compare summer and winter.
(1 comparison)
Name two irregular comparatives.
- good better
- bad worse
exciting
more exciting
The weather yesterday was badder than today.
The weather yesterday was worse than today.
She was _____________ (fast) __________ you.
She was faster than you.
Compare your country and another country.
(2 comparisons)
What are the comparatives of: beautiful, creative?
beautiful: more beautiful
creative: more creative
true
truer
The countryside is not noisier the city.
The countryside is not noisier than the city.
My writing skills _____________ (good) ___________ yours.
My writing skills are better than yours.
Compare adults and children or teenagers.
(3 comparisons)
make a comparison using the adjective 'noisy'
Our class is noisier than 2A
far
farther / further
Cars are far expensive than bikes.
Cars are more expensive than bikes.
There are _____________ people in the office today _______ yesterday. (many)
There are more people in the office today than yesterday.
Compare two animals.
(4 comparisons)
You can choose different animals to compare each time.
How do we show a difference in a comparison when we have long adjective?
We use more before the adjective.
Good - Bad
better - worse
My brother is most intelligenter than my sister.
My brother is more intelligent than my sister.
I think the earth is ______ ____ jupiter. (big)
I think the earth is bigger than jupiter.
Compare any two things you want.
(5 comparisons)
You can choose different things to compare each time.
What is the difference between comparatives and superlatives?
we use the comparatives to compare two objects/people/etc.
We use the superlatives to highlight something.
Comparatives: er/more
Superlatives: the ...est/ the most ...