COMPARATIVE & SUPERLATIVE

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1 COMPARATIVE & SUPERLATIVE UNIT 5 Lesson 3 Comparing People and Things In English we usually use adjectives to compare things or people. Adjectives are three kinds Short adjectives hot cold high long tall short Long adjectives beautiful expensive important correct difficult popular Irregular adjectives good bad

2 UNIT 5 Lesson 3 In English we usually compare people or things in two ways : Between two More than two 1. Short Adjectives : S 1 + ( am / is / are ) + [ short adj + er ] + than + S 2 e.g. - Ahmed is bigger than Ibraheem. - I am faster than my brother. 2. Long Adjectives : S 1 + ( am / is / are ) + more + adjective + than + S 2 e.g. - Ali s car is more expensive than Khalid s car. - Jeddah is more beautiful than Taif.

3 More than two 1. Short adjectives: S + ( am / is / are ) + the + [ short adj + est ] +. e.g. - Ahmed is the tallest in the class. - I am the fastest in the team. 2. Long adjectives: S + ( am / is / are ) + the + most + adjective +. e.g. - Ali s car is the most expensive in the city. - Jeddah is the most beautiful city in Saudi Arabia.

4 UNIT 5 Lesson 3 Irregular adjectives ( good & bad ) 1. Between two : S 1 + ( am / is / are ) + [ better / worse ] + than + S 2 e.g. - Ahmed is better than Ali. - I am worse than my brother. 2. More than two: S + ( am / is / are ) + the + [ best / worst ] +. e.g. - Ali s car is the best in the city. - She is the worst student in the class.

5 easier than the best clearer than slower than the worst simpler hotter than the coldest

6 UNIT 5 Lesson 3 Exercises: ( A ) Use the words in brackets to complete the sentences : the tallest 1. Khalid is student in the class. ( tall ) safer than 2. That is the other one. ( safe ) 3. This exercise is the last one. ( easy ) the best 4. Which is football team in Saudi Arabia? ( good ) 5. One English script is the others. ( clear) 6. A propeller plane is normally than a jet plane. ( slow ) the worst easier than clearer than slower 7. This is winter weather for ten years. ( bad ) 8. Many people say that English is than Arabic to learn. ( simple ) hotter than simpler 9. This summer is the last. ( hot ) the coldest 10.That shop sells soft drinks in town. ( cold )

7 Exercise ( B ): Use the words in brackets to complete the sentences : older than the most beautiful the largest more fluent than more warm-hearted than the kindest the best more difficult than more popular than more important than 1. KFUPM is Umm Al Qura. ( old ) 2. Which English script is of all? ( beautiful ) 3. KSU is in Saudi Arabia. ( large ) 4. My father s English is mine. ( fluent ) 5. Joe was Pip s sister. ( warm hearted ) 6. Who is person you know? ( kind ) 7. That restaurant makes kapsa in town. ( good ) 8. People say that Arabic is English. ( difficult ) 9. In the world in general, tea is coffee. ( popular ) 10.Is learning grammar learning new words? ( important ) 63

8 comparing with less and least : UNIT 5 Lesson 3 1. Between two: S 1 + ( am / is / are ) + less + adjective + than + S 2 e.g. - Ahmed is less tall than Ali. - Question ( A ) is less important than question ( B ) 2. More than two: S + ( am / is / are ) + the + least + adjective +. e.g. - My sister is the least tall in our family. - Question ( C ) is the least important.

9 comparing two similar things : When you want to compare two things or persons that are similar, you can t use the pervious rules because they are SIMILAR. We can use the following rule instead: S 1 + ( am / is / are ) + as + adjective + as + S 2 e.g. - Ahmed is as tall as Ali. - Jeddah is as beautiful as Riyadh. UNIT 5 Lesson 3 * Negative comparing S 1 + ( am / is / are ) + not + as + adjective + as + S 2 e.g. - Ahmed is not as tall as Ali. - Jeddah is not as beautiful as Riyadh.

10 Exercise ( C ): Use the words in brackets to complete the sentences : more common than 1. Roman script is Gothic script. ( common ) the easiest 2. Roman script is of the three English script to read. ( easy ) the most popular younger than 3. Which is soft drink in Saudi Arabia? ( popular ) 4. Youssef is Khalid. ( young ) Exercise ( D ): Use the words in brackets to complete the sentences. Decide if you should use more than, less than, the most or the least : 1. Mr. Al- Ahmed is his brother. He gives lots of money to the poor but his brother gives less. ( generous ) the most careful more generous than 2. He is man in the world. ( careful ) Exercise ( E ): Use the as as or not as as to complete the sentences. 1. Bahrain is Saudi Arabia. ( big ) as tall as not as big as 2. He is his older brother. They are both 1 metre 75. ( tall )

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