Unit 3.

1:
COMPARATIVE

Comparatives are used to compare people, places or things.

(Dạng so sánh hơn được dùng để so sánh giữa 2 người, 2 địa điểm hoặc 2 sự
vật)
Example: A dog is bigger than a mouse.
She is more beautiful than her sister.

FORM Adjective Comparative

long longer

One syllable short shorter

(Từ có 1 âm tiết)
=> Add -er (Thêm đuôi -er) green greener

bright brighter

One syllable ending with e cute cuter

(Từ có 1 âm tiết, kết thúc với đuôi -e)
=> Add -r (Thêm đuôi -r) safe safer

fat fatter
One syllable ending with a consonant
thin thinner
(Từ có 1 âm tiết, kết thúc là 1 phụ âm, 1
nguyên âm, 1 phụ âm) <CVC> big bigger
=> Double final consonant and add -er
hot hotter
(Gấp đôi phụ âm cuối rồi thêm đuôi -er)
slim slimmer

Two syllables ending with y lucky luckier

(Từ có 2 âm tiết, kết thúc đuôi -y)
funny funnier
=> Change y to i and add -er
(Đổi y thành i rồi thêm -er) healthy healthier

Two or more syllables

boring more boring
(Từ có 2 âm tiết trở lên)
=> Use "more" in front of the adjective
beautiful more beautiful
(Thêm "more" vào trước tính từ
famous more famous

creative more creative

cleverer/more
clever
clever
Two-syllable adjectives that follow two gentler/more
gentle
rules. These adjectives can be used gentle
with -er or with 'more' friendlier/more
(Một số tính từ có 2 âm tiết tuân theo cả 2 friendly
friendly
quy tắc: thêm đuôi -er hoặc thêm "more"
ở trước) quiet quieter/more quiet

simpler/more
simple
simple

good better

bad worse

Irregular adjectives far farther/further

(Trường hợp bất quy tắc)
little less

few fewer

many/much more

● Cấu trúc
SUBJECT VERB COMPARATIVE THAN OBJECT

Lucy is funnier than any other girl

My car is more expensive than his car

Your English is better than mine

She seems less famous than her husband

* Exercises
Exercise 1: Write the comparative form of the adjectives.
1. fat 7. angry

2. brave 8. beautiful

3. crazy 9. cute

4. good 10. dry

5. calm 11. big

6. difficult 12. far

Exercise 2: Write the opposites using the adjectives in the box:

sunny expensive far dangerous hot ugly wide spicy clean new

1. colder 6. safer

2. thinner 7. cloudier

3. sweeter 8. dirtier

4. closer 9. cheaper

5. older 10. more beautiful

Exercise 3: Use the prompts to write sentences:
1. Bananas/cheap/durian
………………………………………………………...

2. An apple/crunchy/bread
………………………………………………………...

3. Elephants/have/big/ears/rabbits
………………………………………………………...

4. A motorbike/go/fast/bicycle
………………………………………………………...
 5. Monkeys/hairy/turtles
………………………………………………………...

6. Watermelon/juicy/pizza
………………………………………………………...

7. A boy/short/a man
………………………………………………………...

8. Old shoes/smelly/dirty/new shoes

………………………………………………………...

9. Mangos/sweet/juicy/broccoli
………………………………………………………...

10.Coats/warm/thick/shirts
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