ENG L IS H IV

COMP A R IS ON S
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 COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
• COMPARISONS INDICATE DEGREES OF DIFFERENCE WITH ADJECTIVES AND
ADVERBS.

• COMPARATIVES ARE THE WORDS THAT INDICATE A COMPARISON BETWEEN

TWO ENTITIES.

• SUPERLATIVES ARE WORDS USED TO DESCRIBE AN OBJECT WHICH IS AT THE

UPPER OR LOWER LIMIT OF A QUALITY.

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 GENERAL RULES FOR COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERELATIVE
One-syllable adjective Small Smaller The smallest
Two-syllable adjectives Useful More/Less useful The most/least useful
Two-syllable adjectives Happy Happier The happiest
ending in –y
Three or more syllable Intelligent More/Less intelligent The most/least
adjectives intelligent
Adverbs ending in –ly Carfully More/Less carefully The most/least
carefully

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 COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
• COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES ARE USED TO COMPARE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
THE TWO OBJECTS THEY MODIFY. WE SHOULD FOLLOW THIS PATTERN:

NOUN (SUBJECT) + VERB + COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVE + THAN + NOUN (OBJECT).

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EXAMPLES:

- MY HOUSE IS NEWER THAN HERS.

- THIS CELLPHONE IS SMALLER
THAN THE ONE I LOST.
- YOUR CAR IS FASTER THAN JAKE´S CAR.

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COMPARISONS OF INFERIORITY
COMPARATIVES ARE NORMALLY USED TO STATE SUPERIORITY, WHEN YOU WANT
TO SAY THAT SOMETHING IS “MORE” THAN ANOTHER THING; HOWEVER, YOU CAN
ALSO USE THEM TO MENTION RELATIONS OF INFERIORITY.
(SUBJECT + VERB BE + LESS + ADJECTIVE + THAN + NOUN (OBJECT)

- ITALY IS LESS BIG THAN CHINA.

- SILVER IS LESS VALUABLE THAN GOLD.
- ANTELOPES ARE LESS FAST THAN CHEETAHS

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COMPARISONS OF EQUALITY
THEY ARE USED WHEN THINGS BEING COMPARED HAVE EQUAL CHARACTERISTICS.
(SUBJECT + VERB BE + AS+ ADJECTIVE + AS + NOUN (OBJECT)

- THE BOOK IS AS GOOD AS THE MOVIE.

- MY BROTHER IS AS TALL AS MY SISTER.
- FORESTS ARE AS IMPORTANT AS BEACHES.

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 SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
WHILE A COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVE DESCRIBES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO
ITEMS, A SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVE COMPARES THREE OR MORE NOUNS.
SUPERLATIVES ARE ADJECTIVES THAT TAKES A COMPARISON TO THE HIGHEST
DEGREE.
(SUBJECT + VERB BE + COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVE + NOUN (OBJECT) COMPLEMENT.

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EXAMPLES:
- SHE IS THE NICEST PERSON IN MY CLASSROOM.
- PAVAROTTI WAS THE MOST FAMOUS
SINGER OF THE PAST CENTURY
- I WAS THE LAST UPSET OF THE TEAM
AFTER WE LOSS.

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 FOR MORE INFORMATION AND PRACTICE

YOU CAN READ IN THE BOOK “BETTER TOGETHER IV:

• GRAMMAR L4: ENGLISH IS NOT AS DIFFICULT AS SPANISH

• SPEAKING L1: I'M OLDER THAN YOU.
• VOCABULARY L3: FAILURE IN FASHION.

• VISIT: HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/_DTDFAWTH2M

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