COMPARISONS OF ADJ

The weather today isn’t as hot as yesterday.. ADJ x2 final consonant + ER + THAN Summer is hotter than autumn.. THE + ADJ x2 final consonant + EST Summer is the hottest season in Vietnam

COMPARISONS OF ADJECTIVES (ma course)

Grammar

1 Equal comparison( so s¸nh ngang b»ng)

+) BE + AS + ADJ + AS ( OBJECT/ S+ AUX)

Eg I am as tall as Peter

She worked as hard as me.

-)BE + NOT + AS /SO + ADJ + AS ( OBJECT/ S+ AUX)

Eg Tommy wasn’t as hard working as his brother.

The weather today isn’t as hot as yesterday.

*) THE SAME (+NOUN) + AS

Eg Your car is the same as mine.

He is of the same age as me.

2 Comparative and superlative comparisons (so s¸nh h¬n kÐm & so s¸nh cao nhÊt)

2.1 Usage ( cách sử dụng):

- So sánh hơn kém: tính từ so sánh hơn kém dùng để so sánh 2 danh từ ( 2 người, 2 sự vật, hiện tượng)

- So sánh cao nhất: tính từ so sánh cao nhất dùng để so sánh nhiều hơn 2 danh từ ( 2 người, 2 sự vật, hiện tượng)

2.2 Formations ( cách cấu tạo)

SHORT ADJS

1 Hầu hết

TALL/ SHORT/

…

ADJ + ER + THAN

This boy is taller than his brother

THE + ADJ + EST

This boy is the tallest in his family

2 Có tận cùng là E

LARGE/ LATE/

….

ADJ-E + R + THAN

She was later than we had expected.

THE + ADJ-E + ST

This room is the largest in the house.

3 Qui tắc x 2

Hot/ big/ ….

ADJ (x2 final consonant) + ER + THAN

Summer is hotter than autumn.

THE + ADJ (x2 final consonant) + EST

Summer is the hottest season in Vietnam.

4 Các adj 2 âm tiết

có tận cùng là

p/â + Y

HAPPY/ EASY/

…

ADJ ( Y-> I) + ER + THAN

This exercise is easier than that one.

THE + ADJ ( Y-> I) + EST

Today is the happiest day in my life.

5 NARROW, NARROWER, QUIETER, CLEVERER THE NARROWEST, THE QUIETEST, THE

QUIET,

CLEVER Life in the country is quieter than that in

a big city.

CLEVEREST

This is the narrowest street in this area LONG ADJS

Comfortable,

expensive, difficult

MORE/ LESS + ADJ + THAN

This car is more expensive than my car.

THE MOST/ THE LEAST + ADJ

English is the most difficult subject of all

IRREGULAR

GOOD

BAD

LITTLE

MUCH/MANY

FAR

BETTER WORSE LESS MORE FARTHER/ FURTHER

THE BEST THE WORST THE LEAST THE MOST THE FARTHEST/ THE FURTHEST

3 A little/ a bit/ much/ far/ a lot

Thêm vào trước so sánh hơn kém, nhấn mạnh cho so sánh hơn kém

*) a little/ a bit: hơi hơi, hơn 1 chút

Canada is a bit/ a little bigger than the USA ( Canada lớn hon Mỹ 1 chút)

*) much/ far/ a lot: hơn rất nhiều

A car is much/ far/ a lot more expensive than a motorbike

4 By far:

Thêm vào trước so sánh cao nhất, nhấn mạnh cho so sánh cao nhất

As a mother tongue, Chinese has by far the most population.

Exercises on comparisons

EXERCISE 1 Give the COMPARATIVE form of the adjectives given.

1. This chair is than that chair COMFORTABLE

2. Your flat is than mine LARGE

3. Love is than money IMPORTANT

4. Iron is than wood HEAVY

5. My physics course is than your math course DIFFICULT

6. Her English now is it used to be GOOD

7. The Nile is than the Mississippi LONG

8. The dog is than a chicken INTELLIGENT

9. My mother’s cooking is than my father’s BAD

10. This dress is than that one PRETTY

11. A horse is than a man STRONG

12. A rose is than a weed BEAUTIFUL

13. The weather today is than it was yesterday HOT

14. This story is than that one FUNNY

15. This book is than that book INTERESTING

16. A film star is than a worker FAMOUS

17. The Pacific is than the Mediterranean DEEP

18. Reading books is than watching TV GOOD

19. My English lessons are than my history ones EASY

20. I feel today than I did yesterday GOOD

EXERCISE 2 Rewrite the sentences in Ex 1 into Equal comparison.

Eg That chair isn’t as comfortable as this chair.

2. ………

3. ………

4. ………

5. ………

6. ………

7. ………

8. ………

9. ………

10. ………

11. ………

12. ………

13. ………

14. ………

15. ………

16. ………

17. ………

18. ………

19. ………

20. ………

EXERCISE 3 Rewrite these sentences without changing the meaning. 1. This is the most interesting novel I have read I have never ………

2. We have never met a more beautiful girl than her She is the ………

3. He used to be thinner than he is now He isn’t ………

4. Jenny is the best at English in my class No one is ………

5. Good health is more important than money Money

6. This is the most expensive shirt we have had.

We haven’t

7. You are a better cook than I am

I am

8. I have never been to such a beautiful city before

This is

9. These computers are the most modern ones now

No

10. She has never had a more interesting experience than that before

That is

11. She was the fastest runner in the group

No one in the group