COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

THE + SUPERLATIVE Rule

'the' is placed before the superlative:

Examples:
He is the richest man in the world. That is the biggest crocodile I have ever seen. She is the tallest girl in her class.

COMPARATIVE + THAN
To compare the difference between two people, things or events.

Examples
Mt. Everest is higher than Mt. Blanc. Thailand is sunnier than Norway. A car is more expensive than a bicycle. Albert is more intelligent than Arthur.

AS + ADJECTIVE + AS Usage
To compare people, places, events or things, when there is no difference, use as + adjective + as:

Examples
Peter is 24 years old. John is 24 years old. Peter is as old as John. Moscow is as cold as St. Petersburg in the winter. Ramona is as happy as Raphael. Einstein is as famous as Darwin. A tiger is as dangerous as a lion.

NOT AS + ADJECTIVE + AS
Difference can also be shown by using not so/as ...as:

Examples
Mont Blanc is not as high as Mount Everest Norway is not as sunny as Thailand A bicycle is not as expensive as a car Arthur is not as intelligent as Albert

COMPARISONS OF QUANTITY
To show difference: more, less, fewer + than To show no difference: as much as , as many as, as few as, as little as

COMPARISONS OF QUANTITY
To show difference: more, less, fewer + than

Examples:
With countable nouns: more / fewer Eloise has more children than Chantal. Chantal has fewer children than Eloise. There are fewer dogs in Cardiff than in Bristol I have visited fewer countries than my friend has. He has read fewer books than she has. With uncountable nouns: more / less Eloise has more money than Chantal. Chantal has less money than Eloise. I spend less time on homework than you do. Cats drink less water than dogs. This new dictionary gives more information than the old one.

COMPARISONS OF QUANTITY Rules

To show no difference: as much as , as many as, as few as, as little as as many as / as few as + countable nouns as much as / as little as + uncountable nouns

Examples:

With countable nouns: They have as many children as us. We have as many customers as them. Tom has as few books as Jane. There are as few houses in his village as in mine. You know as many people as I do. I have visited the States as many times as he has. With uncountable nouns: John eats as much food as Peter. Jim has as little food as Sam. You've heard as much news as I have. He's had as much success as his brother has. They've got as little water as we have.

Exercises
Fill in the blanks with verb given in brackets in Present Simple. 1)They (study)_____________ 2) He (cook) _____________ 3) I (wash) English on Tuesday. on Tuesday.

______________ the car on Wednesday.

4) We (cook) _______________on Sunday. 5) You (wash) _____________ the car on Friday. 6) She (wash) _____________ the car on Saturday. 7) We (study)______________English on Monday. 8) It (cook) _____________ on Thursday. 9) He (study) _____________ English on Friday. 10) You (wash) _____________ the car on Thursday. 11) They (cook)____________ on Wednesday. 12) She (study) ____________ English on Thursday. Exercise 2 Practice 1: Complete these sentences using the words in brackets (). Remember to use contractions ("don't", not "do not"). 1. They __________ in a city. (not live) 2. I_________ the piano every evening. (play) 3. ___________________ (she smoke?) 4. ____________________ in a bank? (they work?) 5. I __________________ meat. (not eat) 6. My husband ______________ beer. (not drink) 7. My sister____________ Lady Gaga songs. (often sing) 8. We to bed____________ before 10pm. (not go)

Exercise 3

1. Complete the sentences with de correct form of the verb in brackets. 1. Ann 2. They

(like) chocolate. She

(eat) two bars a day.

(go) to Germany every summer. They

(speak) German very well.

3. I always

(buy) popcorn when I

(go) to the cinema.

4. We usually

(have) dinner at half past eight.

5. The museum 6. The film 7. Tom

(close) at six o'clock. (finish) before ten o'clock.

(study) Maths every afternoon.

8. Your friend 9. My parents 10. The shops

(wash) his car on Sundays. (do) the shopping on Saturday morning. (open) at half past nine in the morning.