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COMPARISON

COMPARATIVES SUPERLATIVES

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Books are cheaper than DVDs Books are the easiest present to buy a friend
Films are more interesting than books The most interesting book I've ever read is Manaos

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Today I feel less tired than yesterday The least interesting film I've seen is Lost Highway
Novels are less interesting than detective stories The celebrity I like the least is Urdangarin

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Superman is (not) as good as Spiderman
New York is (not) as expensive as London

IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES

Good / Well better than the best


Bad / Badly worse than the worst
Little less than the least
Much / Many more than the most
Old older / elder than the oldest / the eldest
Far further / farther than the furthest / the farthest

OTHER STRUCTURES:

 If we want to compare 2 adjectives, we use more...than, no matter if it’s a long or short


adjective:
She is more funny than happy
She is more attractive than intelligent

 “Cada vez más” is translated into English using two comparative forms of the adjective:

He is getting fatter and fatter


The film is becoming more and more interesting

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