Comparative Adjectives

1. We use a comparative adjective + than + the second item to compare two

people, animals, groups or things.

 My father is older than my mother.

 Athens is older than London.
 Giraffes are taller than elephants.

2. Less is the opposite of more and we can use it with an adjective to compare two
people, animals, groups or things.

 The English are less friendly than the Greeks.

 It is less hot in June than in July.

3. We use as + adjective + as to talk about people, animals or things which are equal in
some way.

 Steve is as clever as his brother.

 Horses are as beautiful as swans.

4. We use not as (so) + adjective + as for the negative.

 Steve is not as rich as his brother.

 Steve is not so old as his brother.
 Comparative/Superlative

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

1. old older the oldest

young younger the youngest
short shorter the shortest
tall taller the tallest
cheap cheaper the cheapest
long longer the longest

2. fat fatter the fattest

thin thinner the thinnest
hot hotter the hottest
big bigger the biggest

3. happy happier the happiest

easy easier the easiest
pretty prettier the prettiest
angry angrier the angriest

4. late later the latest

fine finer the finest
nice nicer the nicest
white whiter the whitest

5. interesting more interesting the most interesting

beautiful more beautiful the most beautiful
difficult more difficult the most difficult
expensive more expensive the most expensive

6. good better the best

bad worse the worst
far further/farther the furthest/farthest
 1. What are the comparative and superlative of these adjectives?

ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

1. fast
2. dark
3. long
4. cold
5. near
6. big
7. hungry
8. intelligent
9. sunny
10.sad
11.large
12.good
13.noisy
14.quiet
15.warm
16.important
17.bad
18.dangerous
19.dirty
20.wet

2. Write comparative and superlative adjective in the spaces.

Then write sentences as in the example.

Example:
China: 9,699,550 sq. Km Canada: 9,976,186 sq. Km Australia: 7,686,850 sq. Km
BIGGER........................... THE BIGGEST.................. BIG...............................
China is bigger than Australia but Canada is the biggest.

1. The Mississippi: 5,970 km The Nile: 6,522 km The Yangtze: 5,375 km

................................. ................................ ...............................

2. Copenhagen: -3º C Moscow: -10ºC Berlin: -1ºC

............................... ................................. .................................

3. Cairo: 32ºC Istanbul: 30ºC Athens 29ºC

 .............................. .................................. .................................

3. Write six sentences using these words.

HEAVY/LIGHT/FAMOUS/FAST/SHORTTALL.

The manager of Eastham United is going to buy a new footballer for his team.
He has 800,000 pounds. He is thinking about two players.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

5. Comparison Quiz.
Example:
Which country is bigger? Brazil? China?
China is bigger than Brazil.

1. Which river is longer? The Mississippi? The Amazon?

2. Which mountain is higher? Mont Blanc? Mount Etna?

3. Which animal is faster? A horse? A cheetah?

4. Which country is smaller? Monaco? Andorra?

5. Which ocean is larger? The Indian Ocean? The Atlantic Ocean?

Example:
Which is the biggest country? Canada? Australia? China?
Canada is the biggest country.

1. Which is the longest river? The Nile? The Danube? The Amazon?

2. Which is the highest mountain? Mont Blanc? Mount Kilimanharo? Mount Everest?

3. Which is the fastest animal? The hare? The Cheetah? The antelope?

4. Which is the smallest country? Monaco? San Marino? Vatican City?

5. Which is the largest ocean? The Indian Ocean? The Atlantic Ocean? The Pacific
Ocean?