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Comparative |
Superlative |
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one syllable large (1 vowel + consonant) big
2 syllables ending in -y (y-> i) easy |
-er larger
bigger
easier |
the -est the largest
the biggest
the easiest |
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two syllables and more beautiful |
more more beautiful |
the most the most beautiful |
Exceptions
good – better – the best
bad – worse – the worst
far – further – the furthest
little – less – the least
much – more – the most
Both forms possible
Clever, friendly, gentle, narrow, quiet, simple
Adverbs
more + -ly
more easily, more slowly
But:
hard – harder
fast – faster
well – better
bad – worse
Exercises
1. Make comparatives.
- Moscow is (big) than Madrid.
- July is (warm) than May.
- The cheetah is (fast) than the fox.
- Russian is (difficult) than English.
- The Nile is (long) than the Volga.
- Los Angeles (sunny) than London.
- Dogs are (intelligent) than cats.
- Jim Carrey is (funny) than Steve Martin.
- Mount Everest is (high) than K2.
- China is (populated) than Thailand.
2. Make superlatives.
a) (the world)
- Hotan, China, is (polluted) city in the world.
- The Sahara is (hot) desert in the world.
- Switzerland is one of (rich) countries in the world.
- Burj Khalifa is (high) building.
- Yakutsk is (cold) city.
- Baikal is (deep) lake.
- Niger is one of (poor) countries.
- Mercury is (small) planet.
- Las Vegas is one of (sunny) cities.
- France is (visited) country.
b) (art)
- Gustav Klimt is (famous) Austrian painter.
- ‘Mgzavrebi’ is (well-known) Georgian band.
- ‘Three Men in a Boat’ is (funny) book I’ve ever read.
- ‘Gone with the Wind’ is one of (long) films (3 hrs, 58 mins).
- The Hermitage is (big) museum.
- ‘Psycho’ is (scary) movie.
- ‘The Master-Singers of Nuremberg’ by R. Wagner is (long) opera.
- ‘In Search of Lost Time’ by M. Proust is one of (large) novels.
- ‘Avatar’ is (high-grossing) film.
- ‘The Moonlight Sonata’ is one of (popular) pieces of classical music.
3. Use comparatives or superlatives.
- This is (good) film I’ve ever seen.
- The rose is (pretty) of all the flowers.
- This novel is (boring) than that one.
- The Red Sea is (beautiful) sea in the world.
- Which language is (easy) – Chinese or Japanese?
- Planes are (safe) than cars.
- BTS is (popular) Korean band.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky is (great) Russian writer.
- The elephant is (heavy) land animal.
- Burj Khalifa is (high) than Shanghai Tower.
- Answer the questions
What’s
- the highest mountain
- the longest river
- the most populated country
- the most populated city
- the deepest ocean
- the fastest animal
- the biggest land animal
- the biggest sea animal
- the biggest country
- the biggest planet (in the Solar system)
in the world?
keys 1. Mount Everest (8848 m), 2. The Nile (6670 m), 3. China (~1,4 bln people – 2020*, 4. Tokyo (34,5 mln people), 5. the Pacific Ocean (the average depth ~4 km), 6. the cheetah, 7. the African elephant (maximum weight – ~6 tons), 8. the blue whale (maximum weight – ~150 tons), 9. Russia, 10. Jupiter
5. Compare:
- Biology – Physics
- Coffee – tea
- Pizza – sushi
- Horror films – comedies
- Summer – winter
- Jogging – swimming
- Travelling by train – travelling by plane
- Dogs – cats
- Cinema – theatre
- Pop music – hip-hop
6. Open the brackets and complete the sentences about yourself (superlative + Present Perfect)
E.g.
The (tasty) dish I ever (try) is…
The tastiest dish I’ve ever tried is lasagna.
1) The (funny) film I (see) is…
2) The (pretty) woman I (meet) is…
3) The (kind) person I (talk) to is …
4) The (beautiful) flower I (see) is …
5) The (surprising) present I (get) is …
6) The (long) book I (read) is …
7) The (picturesque) view I (see) is …
8) The (windy) place I (be) to is …
9) The (dangerous) sport you (do) is …
10) The (exciting) game you (play) is …
Homework
1. Make comparatives.
1) Tara is (ambitious) than her sister.
2) This sofa is (comfortable) than that one.
3) This dress is (beautiful) than that one.
4) New York is (noisy) than Seattle.
5) Pete is (tall) than his classmates.
6) Pasta is (tasty) than broccoli.
7) Tom is (old) than Jack.
8) BMW cars are (expensive) than Renault cars.
9) The service here is (good) than in that restaurant.
10) This film is (bad) than ‘The Mask’.
2. Make superlatives.
1) Giraffes are (tall) animals.
2) Diamond is (expensive) precious stone.
3) Elon Musk is one of (rich) people on Earth.
4) The Danish flag is (old) one in the world.
5) The peregrine is (fast) bird.
6) ‘The Rise and Fall of Bossanova’ is (long) song (13 hours).
7) The pumpkin is (heavy) vegetable.
8) Finland is one of (cold) countries.
9) Hindi is one of (difficult) languages.
10) Spanish is one of (easy) languages.