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THE COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

THE COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES. Let’s learn something new!. The comparison is used. when we compare two people or things. The easiest rule is: add the ending –er to one-syllable words and to two syllable words ending in –y , e.g. Fast – fast er Easy – easi er Big - bigg er. In sentences:.

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THE COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

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  1. THE COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES Let’s learn something new!

  2. The comparison is used • when we compare two people or things. • The easiest rule is: add the ending –er to one-syllable words and to two syllable words ending in –y, e.g. • Fast – faster • Easy – easier • Big - bigger

  3. In sentences: • Comparisons involve at least two people or two things. We use than before the second part of the comparison: • Peter is taller than Jim • This car is faster than that one.

  4. Long adjectives: • Put more (adverb of degree) in front of longer words, e.g. • difficult – more difficult • interesting – more interesting • beautiful – more beautiful • In sentences: • Mary is more beautiful than Sally. • This book is more interesting than that one.

  5. Superlative • The superlative of a word is used to compare three or more things/people and to pick out one thing/person as more “X” than all the others. • Everest is the highest mountain in the world. • It is also the most famous mountain in the world.

  6. Remember: • adjectives are compared like this: • big – bigger – the biggest • easy – easier – the easiest • interesting – more interesting – the most interesting • famous – more famous – the most famous

  7. Without comparative forms • Some adjectives do not normally have comparative and superlative forms: • absent, • equal, • left, • opposite, • right, • single.

  8. Irregularities: • Certain adjectives have separate forms for comparative and superlative, or are in some other way “irregular”: • good – better – the best (the same is used for ‘well’, meaning ‘in good health’) • bad, ill, evil – worse – the worst • many, much – more – the most

  9. Different forms • Some adjectives form their comparative and superlative degrees in two ways: • old – older/elder – the oldest/eldest • far – farther/further – the farthest/furthest • late – later – the latest/last • near – nearer – the nearest/next

  10. Note the difference in meaning: • elder – born first of the two • eldest – born before the other members of the family • farther/further – longer in distance • further – more, extra • latest – newest • last – final • nearest – closest • next – the one after this

  11. Don’t forget: • As…as… • John is as tall as Bob. • Your house is as large as mine. • Not so/as.. as.. • This book is not so interesting as that one. • The tree is not as tall as the building over there.

  12. As good as gold As poor as a church mouse As brave as a lion As black as coal As blind as a bat As pale as a ghost As cool as a cucumber As fierce as a tiger As light as a feather As white as a sheet As white as snow As wise as an owl In idioms

  13. Source • An A-Z of English Grammar and usage by Geoffrey Leech, Edward Arnold, 1989, ISBN 0-7131-8472-8 • English Idioms and how to use them by Seidl/McMordie. Oxford university press, 1978, ISBN 0-19-432764-7 (ENG_203_-_THE_COPMPARISON_OF_ADJECTIVES.ppt)

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