Monday 2 May 2016

Degrees of Comparison

A. COMPARATIVE

Study the sentences below :

  • Elephants are bigger than tigers.
  • Jakarta is larger than Surabaya.
  • This room is more spacious than the other one.
  • Susan is more beautiful than her sister
  • Walking is easier than playing volleyball
 Note :.
One syllable adjectives - er  + than
More  + two or more syllable adjectives  + than
Sometimes, two syllable adjectives can be followed with -er

Here are some samples of adjectives :

Big                            Clever                                  Beautiful
Long                         Handsome                            Delicious
Tall                            Crowded                              Important
Clean                         Popular                                Difficult
Large                        Modern                                 Expensive
Cheap                       Easy                                      Interesting
Nice                          Dangerous                            Dirty

Note : Remember some irregular adjectives

  • bad/worse/the worst
  • good/better/the best
  • far/farther/the farthest
  • far/further/the furthest
  • little/less/the least
  • many/more/the most
  • much/more/the most


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