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English Grammar Lesson Comparative Adjectives

English Grammar Lesson Comparative Adjectives. When comparing two persons or things, we use a. comparative adjective + than. Examples:. Andy is shorter than Leon. Leon is nicer than Andy. Leon is more popular than Andy. Exercise 1. Group the following adjectives into three groups:.

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English Grammar Lesson Comparative Adjectives

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  1. English Grammar Lesson Comparative Adjectives

  2. When comparing two persons or things, we use a comparative adjective + than .

  3. Examples: Andy is shorter thanLeon. Leon isnicerthanAndy. Leon ismore popularthanAndy.

  4. Exercise1

  5. Group the following adjectives into three groups: closer taller nicer more exciting more cheerful thicker more careless larger more serious older poorer safer Answers: (i) poorer, taller, thicker, older (ii) closer, safer, nicer, larger (iii) more careless, more cheerful, more serious, more exciting

  6. Syllable One syllable: safe tall old More than one syllable: useful use ful exciting ex cit ing se ri ous serious

  7. Explanation

  8. Formation of Comparative Adjectives (i) For most adjectives of 1 or 2 syllables, add ‘er’ Examples: lighter, warmer, quieter, cleverer

  9. (ii) For adjectives of 1 or 2 syllables ending in ‘e’, add ‘r’ Examples: larger, wider, later, nicer

  10. (iii) For adjectives of more than 2 syllables or adjectives of 2 syllables ending in ‘ful’, ‘less’, ‘ic’, ‘ous’, ‘ive’, add ‘more’ Examples:more beautiful,more expensive, more comfortable,more enthusiastic morehelpful, moreuseless, more spacious, moreactive

  11. Exercise2

  12. List the comparative degree of the following adjectives: • younger 1.young 2.white 3.lively 4.effective 5.cool 6.wise 7.large 8.warm 9.charming whiter more lively more effective cooler wiser larger warmer more charming

  13. PracticeExercise1

  14. small The baby is smaller than the pumpkin.

  15. colourful more colourfulthan that T-shirt. • This T-shirtis

  16. large The diamond of the ring is • largerthan • the diamond of the necklace.

  17. Mr Chan Mr Wong Mr Chan is richerthanMr Wong. rich

  18. sofas chairs • comfortable Sofas are more comfortablethan chairs.

  19. bedroom toilet bedroom Living room Living room bedroom bedroom toilet kitchen kitchen Flat A Flat B The bedrooms of flat A aremore spacious than • the bedrooms of flat B. spacious

  20. Practice Exercise2

  21. Compare yourself with your neighbour. Make 5 sentences using comparative adjectives. You should make comparison in the following areas: - appearance (maximum 3 sentences) - personality - academic results

  22. Examples: Mr Tam istaller than Miss Wong. Miss Wong ismore humorous than Mr Tam. Mr Tam’s salary ishigher than Miss Wong’s salary. The office of Mr Tam islarger than the office of Miss Wong. Mr Tam (Vice-principal) Miss Wong (a Maths teacher)

  23. You may make use of the following adjectives: - appearance e.g. tall, short, thin, fat, beautiful, handsome - personality e.g. nice, friendly, polite, talkative - academic results e.g. hard-working, intelligent

  24. Production

  25. Situation • You are a Form 2 student and very weak in English. You are looking for a tutorial school. • You live in Wanchai and have to attend a computer course every Saturday afternoon. • You have found information about 2 tutorial schools.Compare them and tell which one you will choose.

  26. B1

  27. TOP 1

  28. B1 TOP 1 LOCATION & PREMISES • North Point • Central • 10 mins. walk from MTR station • 5 mins. walk from MTR station • 1,000 sq. ft. (5 classrooms) • 1,300 sq.ft. (5 classrooms) convenient? near to MTR station? small? large?

  29. TOP 1 B1 TUTORIAL CLASSES • Price: $1,500 (10 lessons) • Price: $1,800 (10 lessons) • Duration: 2 hrs. • once a week • (Sat. morning) • Duration: 1.5 hrs. • once a week • (Fri. afternoon) • Class Size: 40 /class • Class Size: 55 /class expensive? convenient? short? long? cheap?

  30. B1 TOP 1 CLASS ACTIVITIES & NOTES • No games in class • Language games in each class • detailed notes with exercises will be provided after each lesson • grammar notes will be provided detailed? useful? interesting?

  31. B1 TOP 1 TUTORS • 40 years old • 28 years old • 5 years’ teaching experience • 10 years’ teaching experience experienced? young? old? handsome?

  32. Which tutorial school will you choose? Try to compare the two schools and decide. List five reasons why you choose it.

  33. convenient? near to the MTR station? large? expensive? cheap? small? detailed? long? short? useful? young? experienced? handsome? interesting? old?

  34. Homework You are going to have lunch with your friend. You have to decide where to go. Try to compare Kentucky and Mc Donald’s. You can talk about the food, price of food, service and environment of these two restaurants. State your decision and at least five reasons using comparative adjectives. Write about 50 words.

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