GE2A Week 4 day 3AM - Comparative structures
- 1. CRICOS 00111D TOID 3069 Comparisons GE2A week 3 Day 3 AM
- 2. Comparative adjectives Sometimes we want to compare two things. We usually use comparative adjectives. Captain America is stronger than Spiderman (is). Lola is a faster swimmer than Taka (is).
- 3. Sentences using comparative adjectives Look at the sentence patterns. Captain America is stronger than Spiderman (is*). Lola is a faster swimmer than Taka (is*). subject verb Adjective +er= noun + + + than + subject verb article Adjective +er= noun than noun is * is an example of a hidden verb – you don’t need to write or say it.
- 4. big An elephant is bigger than a lion. An elephant is a bigger animal than a lion.
- 5. small cows pigs Pigs are smaller than cows. Pigs are smaller animals than cows.
- 6. fast a cheetah a turtle slow
- 8. Comparative adjectives ending in Y If an adjective ends with –y, drop the –y and add –ier. pretty prettier Lisa is prettier than Miku. heavy heavier Elephants are heavier than hippos.
- 9. heavy a penguin an emu An emu is (much) heavier than a penguin.
- 10. pretty a butterfly a spider A butterfly is (much) prettier than a spider.
- 11. spicy Korean food Japanese food Korean food is spicier than a Japanese food. .
- 12. Comparative adjectives We use more…than for adjectives with two or more syllables. This game is more interesting than the last one. Gold is more expensive than silver.
- 13. Comparative adjectives We can also use less …than I think this game is less interesting than that one. Silver is less expensive than gold.
- 14. delicious sushi pizza Pizza is more delicious than sushi.
- 15. What do you think? sushi pizza
- 16. interesting English maths What do you think?
- 17. Comparative adjectives There are three irregular adjectives good better bad worse far further My teacher is better than your teacher.
- 18. good hot chocolate coffee Hot chocolate is better than coffee.
- 19. good grapes apples What do you think?
- 20. bad potato chips a mouseburger A mouse burger is worse than potato chips.
- 21. far Australia is further from Russia than Japan (is).
- 22. Comparative adjectives We use (just) as …as when the things we compare are the same. Harry is (just) as kind as Jack. Harry is (just) as good a player as Jack.
- 23. tall Jia Lee Jia is as tall as Lee.
- 24. cute Ki Jun Ki is (just) as cute as Jun.
- 25. scary Lu Pam
- 26. Comparative adjectives We use not as…as when we compare things negatively. Cathy is not as good as Mary. English is not as interesting as Japanese.
- 27. small Oscar Nina Nina isn’t as small as Oscar.
- 28. healthy burger salad A burger isn't as healthy as salad.