Comparison of

Adjectives
 Comparative Form
(Comparing 2 things/people)
• Gold is softer than diamonds
(short adjectives)
• John is taller than James

• Gold is more beautiful than bronze

(long adjectives)
• Dan is more intelligent than Liz
 The superlative
(Comparing 3 or more things/people)
• Gold is the prettiest metal in the world.
• Jack is the tallest boy in the class.
(short adjectives)

• Joanna is the most popular girl in school.

(long adjectives)
• Gold is the most expensive metal.
 Irregular adjectives

• Good - better than – the best

• Bad – worse than – the worst

 To say things are equal or not
• As… adjective… as

• Liz is as sporty as Jan

• This necklace is as expensive as that ring.
• Madrid isn’t as far as Paris.
 Less than, the least
(Negative Comparisons)
• This book is less interesting than that
magazine.
(Comparative form)
• George is less lazy than Sarah.

• Physics is the least interesting.

• Drama is the least boring.
(Superlative form)
 To say something is excessive or
something is insufficient
• Gold is too expensive for me.
• Chemistry is too difficult to understand.
(excessive)

• This bracelet isn’t heavy enough.

• He’s not fast enough. (insufficient)

• *Be careful of word order: enough goes AFTER

the adjective