Grammar reference
Comparative adjectives
We use comparative adjectives when we compare two people, places, animals or objects.
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Elephants are taller than horses.
Giraffes are taller than elephants.
Adjectives change to comparative adjectives like this.
Short adjectives: + er/+ r | |
Adjective | Comparative adjective |
tall big* nice | taller bigger nicer |
*Double the final consonant in adjectives that end in vowel + consonant: big → bigger |
Adjectives ending in — y | |
Adjective | Comparative adjective |
hungry friendly | hungrier friendlier |
Long adjectives (two or more syllables) | |
Adjective | Comparative adjective |
difficult intelligent | more difficult more intelligent |
Irregular adjectives | |
Adjective | Comparative adjective |
good bad | better worse |
We can use comparative adjectives after be, look, get and feel.
We usually use «than» after comparative adjectives.
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They’re more expensive than apples.
We can sometimes use a comparative adjective on its own to describe a change.
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The weather’s getting colder.(= colder than it was before)
I feel better now.(= better than I felt yesterday)
Superlative adjectives
We use superlative adjectives when we compare a person, animal, place or thing with all of the group they are in.
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That giraffe is the tallest animal in the zoo.
Giraffes are the tallest animals in the world.
Adjectives change to superlative adjectives like this.
Short adjectives | |
Adjective | Superlative adjective |
young rich sad | the youngest the richest the saddest* |
* Double the final consonant in adjectives that end in vowel + consonant: | |
⇒ sad → the saddest, wet → the wettest |
Adjectives ending in -y | |
Adjective | Superlative adjective |
funny happy | the funniest the happiest |
Long adjectives (two or more syllables) | |
Adjective | Superlative adjective |
comfortable delicious | the most comfortable the most delicious |
Irregular adjectives | |
Adjective | Superlative adjective |
good bad | the best the worst |
We always use the before superlative adjectives.
⇒ Ronny’s the funniest person in the class.
After superlative adjectives we usually use in or on before the name of a place.
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It’s the biggest lake in Europe.
It’s the most dangerous place on Earth.
As busy as a bee
Match the parts of the idioms
We use as … as to say that there isn’t a difference between people and things.
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It’s as big as a house!
We use not as … as to say that there is a difference between people and things.
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Cats aren’t as big as lions.
Look at the pictures and compare the animals
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A tiger is not as big as an elephant.
Cats aren’t as friendly as dogs.
beautiful, dangerous, intelligent, friendly, nice, rare, big, small
Write a postcard
Write 8-10 sentences about your last journey to an interesting place
Write about:
- where you were
- what were the most interesting things there
- what were the best/worst things there
- the place where you stayed
- the activities you did
- the weather and the nature there
- what you liked the most/the least about the trip
Wordlist
1. lake | 8. field | 15. cold |
2. seaside | 9. desert | 16. wet |
3. ocean | 10. beautiful | 17. dry |
4. mountain | 11. incredible | 18. green |
5. countryside | 12. unusual | 19. snowy |
6. island | 13. amazing | 20. windy |
7. beach | 14. boring | 21. sunny |