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Making Comparisons with Adjectives

Making Comparisons with Adjectives. 1. T hings that are similar in some ways  as + adjective + as 2. Things that are different in some ways  not as + adjective + as  different from 3. To compare two things using –er form of

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Making Comparisons with Adjectives

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  1. Making Comparisons with Adjectives • 1. Things that are similar in some ways  as + adjective + as • 2. Things that are different in some ways  not as + adjective + as  different from • 3. To compare two things using –erform of adjective + than

  2. 1: Things that are similar in some waysas+adjective+as Example: This cat is as clean as that one.

  3. 2: Things that are different notas + adjective +as Example: The Mona Lisaisnot as old asSunflowers. (The Mona Lisa was painted in the 15th century; Sunflowers was painted in the 19th century.)

  4. Things that are different different from Example: The colour of Alan’s swimming trunks is different from George’s.

  5. 3:To compare two things using the –er form of adjective + than Example: Aerobics is fasterthan tai-chi.

  6. Karen is 1.5 metres tall. Mary is 1.5 metres tall.  Give me a sentence to compare Karen and Mary. ? Exercise: Things that are similaras + adjective + as

  7. Check your answer. • Karen is astallas Mary. OR Mary is astallas Karen.

  8. Make a sentence to compare: a hill a mountain ? Exercise: Things that are different: not as+ adj. +as

  9. Check your answer. • A hill is not as big as a mountain. OR • A hill is not as high as a mountain.

  10. Think of two things that are different. Make a sentence. You may think about your looks and the things around you. ? Exercise: Things that are different  different from

  11. These are some examples: • My handwriting is different from yours. • Miss Chrissie’s colour of hair is different from ours. • My voice is different from yours. • Sam’s marks are different from John’s. • My E.R.S. storybook is different from Sam’s.

  12. Make sentences using summer, hot, spring sending a parcel by air, fast, sending a parcel bysea. ? Exercise: To compare two things using -er than

  13. Check your answers. • Summer is hotterthan spring. • Sending a parcel by air is faster than sending a parcel by sea.

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