WAYS TO COMPARE

COMPARATIVES

They are used to compare two things, people, places, animals, etc.

• One syllable adjectives take -er

Short - shorter big – bigger slim - slimmer tall – taller

Lisa is taller than Jason.

• Two or more syllable adjectives take more

Intelligent - more intelligent interesting - more interesting modern - more modern

My house is more modern than Julia’s.

• One or two syllable adjectives ending in -y, drop the -y and add -ier
Heavy - heavier dry - drier lazy - lazier

An elephant is heavier than a giraffe.

SUPERLATIVES

They are used to compare more than two things, people, places, animals, etc.

• One syllable adjectives take -est

Short - shortest big – biggest fat - fattest tall – tallest

John is the oldest person in my English class.

• Two or more syllable adjectives take most

Intelligent - most intelligent interesting - most interesting luxurious - most luxurious

This hotel is the most luxurious hotel I have ever stayed in.

• One or two syllable adjectives ending in -y, drop the -y and add -iest
Heavy - heaviest dry - driest lazy - laziest

The blue whale is the heaviest animal of all.

Irregular adjectives
Comparative superlative
Good better best
Bad worse worst
Much/many/ a lot of more most
Little less least
Far further / farther furthest / farthest
AS + ADJECTIVE/ ADVERB + AS

This structure is used to compare two things, animals, places, etc.

As + adjective /adverb + as To say that they are the same .

Rachel runs as fast as Camila.

Not + as + adjective/ adverb + as To point out that there is a difference.

James is not as tall as Peter. = Peter is taller than James.

A BIT/ A LITTLE/ SLIGHTLY/MUCH/ A LOT / FAR + COMPARATIVE FORM

This structure is used to say that there is a small/big difference between two things.

A bit

A little + comparative form to say there is a small difference

Slightly

My brother is a little taller than me.

Much

A lot + comparative form to say that there is a big difference.

Far

It’s much hotter today than yesterday.

COMPARATIVE + AND + COMPARATIVE

We use this structure to show that something increases or decreases.

He tried harder and harder until he opened the door.