COMPARISON

We use comparative adjectives to

compare two people, places or things
SHORT ADJECTIVES (regular)
 When the adjective is short, you add the
suffix –er to the base form.

Eg. “Peter is taller than Ben.”

“ Jane is older than Becky.”
SHORT ADJECTIVES (irregular)
 We change the word.
Base form Comparative form
good better
bad worse
far further

Eg. “In my opinion, Ford is better than Renault”

LONG ADJECTIVES
 We add “more”,”less” before the adjective.

Eg: “English is more difficult than Italian”

“ Julia Roberts is more beautiful than
Britney Spears”
“Tennis is less interesting than football”
SPELLING
 Adjectives ending in “e”: base form + “r”
Eg: close (closer)
 Adjectives ending in a vowel and a
consonant: base form, double the consonant
+ “-er”
Eg: big (bigger)
 Adjectives ending in “y”: change “y” by “i”+”er”
Eg: happy (happier)
 EXAMPLES
“Ferrari is faster than Renault 12”
“Tom Cruise is more famous than Tom
Berenger”
“The Aconcagua is shorter than the Everest”
“Fiat 600 is less comfortable than Ford K”
“Susana Gimenez is younger than Mirtha
Legrand”
Compare the following items.
a. Geography is………………..……than Math.
b. Tom Cruise is ………...……than Pablo Echarri.
c. Hawaii is………………………….Trapiche.
d. Ford Focus is ..............................Fiat 125.
e. Nile river is…………………..than Paraná river.

(fast – long – attractive – easy- difficult – fast)

SUPERLATIVE CASE
 Short adjectives: we add the suffix –est
 Long adjectives: we write the most / the least
 ex: The highest mountain in the world is the
Everest.
 The most expensive means of transport is the
airplane
WRITE SENTENCES
 Toyota: 2001- 50.000 $ - 210 Km. Max speed.
 Daihatsu: 2000- 43.000 $- 230.000 km.
 Honda: 2005- 40.000 $ - 195.000 Km Max speed.