Comparatives and Superlatives

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Comparatives and Superlatives Let´s practice during the class!!!! Good Luck!

Comparative adjectives Comparative adjectives compare one person or thing with another and enable us to say whether a person or thing has more or less of a particular quality: Josh is taller than his sister. I’m more interested in music than sport. Big cars that use a lot of petrol are less popular now than twenty years ago.

Superlative adjectives Superlative adjectives describe one person or thing as having more of a quality than all other people or things in a group: The ‘Silver Arrow’ will be the fastest train in the world when it is built. The most frightening film I’ve ever seen was Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’. What is the least expensive way of travelling in Japan?

Comparative or Superlative? When there are just two members in a group, traditionally, we use the comparative. However, in informal situations people often use the superlative: Who is younger, Rowan or Tony? (traditional usage) Jan and Barbara are both tall, but Jan’s the tallest. (more informal)

Warning: We do not use more or most together with an -er or -est ending: They emigrate because they are looking for a better life. Not: … a more better life The beach at Marmaris is one of the biggest in Turkey. Not: … the most biggest …

Comparative adjectives: using much, a lot, far, etc. We can strengthen or emphasize a comparative adjective using words such as much, a lot, far, even or rather. This food is much better than the food we had yesterday. The town is a lot more crowded these days because of the new shopping centre. Alex is far less intelligent than the other kids in the class. We’ve been busier than ever at work this last month or so.

Comparative adjectives: using than If the second person mentioned takes the form of a personal pronoun, we normally use the object form of the pronoun (me, you, him, her, us, them): Could you carry this? You’re stronger than me. Not: You’re stronger than I. Why did you choose Robert? Marie is more experienced than him.

Less and not as/not so with comparatives We use less with longer adjectives (interesting, beautiful, complicated), but we don’t normally use less with short adjectives of one syllable (big, good, high, small). Instead we use not as … as …, or not so … as … The second method was less complicated than the first one. This new laptop is not as fast as my old one. I’m sorry I bought it now. (preferred to is less fast than my old one.)

As … as We use as + adjective/adverb + as to make comparisons when the things we are comparing are equal in some way: The world’s biggest bull is as big as a small elephant. The weather this summer is as bad as last year. It hasn’t stopped raining for weeks. You have to unwrap it as carefully as you can. It’s quite fragile.

Let´s practice! It’s not as heavy as ……………… Samy hasn’t grown as tall as…….. She’s not singing as loudly as …….. They didn’t play as well as ………

As … as + possibility We often use expressions of possibility or ability after as … as: Can you come as soon as possible? Go to as many places as you can. We got here as fast as we could. As much as, as many as When we want to make comparisons referring to quantity, we use as much as with uncountable nouns and as many as with plural nouns: Greg makes as much money as Mick but not as much as Neil. They try to give them as much freedom as they can.