She runs as fast as her brother.. Short Adjectives/ Adverbs.. _ Short Adv contains one syllable.. _ Short Adj contains one syllable or two syllables with the end of “Y, OW, ER, ET, LE..
Trang 1I Equality in comparison :
E.g: John is as tall as Tom
She runs as fast as her brother
AS + ADJ/ ADV + AS
E.g: He is not so rich as his brother
I can’t cook so well as my mother
NOT + SO/ AS + ADJ/ ADV + AS
II Comparative :
A Short Adjectives/ Adverbs
_ Short Adv contains one syllable
_ Short Adj contains one syllable or two syllables with the end of “Y, OW, ER, ET, LE E.g: Mr Brown is older than my father
He runs faster than she
ADJ/ ADV + ER (THAN)
B Long ADJ/ ADV
_ Long Adj/ Adv contains more than two syllable
E.g : A car is more expensive than a bike
MORE +ADJ/ ADV (THAN)
III Superlative :
A Short Adjectives/ Adverbs
E.g : Grandfather is the oldest in my family
THE + ADJ/ ADV + EST
B Long ADJ/ ADV
E.g : This is the most difficult lesson in the book
THE MOST + ADJ/ ADV
* IRREGULAR ADJ/ ADV :
1 Good/ Well better the best
2 Bad/ Badly worse the worst
3 Many/ Much more the most
4 Little less the least
5 Far farther/ further the farthest/ the furthest
EXERCISE : Give the correct form of the words
1 Gold is (precious) than iron
2 Cigarette paper is (thin) of all paper
3 My bike is (expensive) as yours
4 Yesterday was (warm) than today
5 This film is not (good) as the one we saw last week
6 Holidays are (pleasant) than school-days
7 Which is (high) mountain in your country ?
8 The Pacific is (large) ocean in the world
9 Is he (studious) as his sister
10 Jane is (little) athletic of all the women
11 He is a (tall) boy
12 She studies (well) than she did last year
13 This is an (interesting) book
14 My mother often gets up (early) in the morning
15 He doesn’t work (hard) as his brother