1. Comparing Nouns

2. REVIEW

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. COMPARING NOUNS

7. 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).

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. DOUBLE COMPARATIVE

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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)

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