Comparing Nouns

REVIEW

Change the adjectives and adverbs to their comparative and superlative structures. + = - top bottom late interesting useful neatly quickly sadly

Change the adjectives and adverbs to their comparative and superlative structures. + = - top bottom late later than as late as less late than the latest the least late interesting more interesting than as interesting as less interesting than the most interesting the least interesting useful more useful than as useful as less useful than the most useful the least useful

Change the adjectives and adverbs to their comparative and superlative structures. + = - top bottom neatly more neatly than as neatly as less neatly than the most neatly the least neatly quickly more quickly than as quickly as less quickly than the most quickly the least quickly sadly more sadly than as sadly as less sadly than the most sadly the least sadly

COMPARING NOUNS

Comparing Objects To compare OBJECTS: S + V + More noun + than Less + noncount noun + than Fewer + count noun + than As much/many + noun + as I have more money than you (do). This country has less pollution than that country (does). Our town has more cars than that town (does). I don’t have as much time as you (do).

Comparing Nouns Superlative: S + V + The most + noun The least + noncount noun The fewest + count noun The largest/greatest/biggest /smallest amount of + noun She has the most pencils of all of us. I have the least patience. Tom has the fewest pencils. San Diego has the largest amount of policemen.

Comparing Subjects To compare subjects: More/less + noun + V + than they + HV + PP There are more noun + PP than PP. More people speak English here than they do in China. There are more brown animals in Canada than (there are) in China.

DOUBLE COMPARATIVE

DOUBLE COMPARATIVE Finally, as you saw yesterday, we can also compare with this structure: It shows a relationship between two things. The more/less + S + V, the comparative adj + S + V. The more/less S + V, the more/less + S + V. The more you eat, the fatter you get. The more you study, the better your grade is. The less you sleep, the worse you feel. The more I save money, the less I worry about being poor.

Bringing it together: There are more people who eat rice than (there are) people who eat noodles. People eat rice more than they eat noodles. Eating rice is more popular than eating noodles. Eating rice is the most popular in these countries.

SUMMARY THAN AS THE + - = top bottom adjectives more ____er less as ___ as the _____est the most ____ the least ______ adverbs nouns fewer as many ___ as as much ___ as the most _____ the fewest _____ verbs more (often) less (often) as much/often as the most (often) the least (often)

Describe the chart below using comparison Describe the chart below using comparison. Use the superlative and comparative.