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Comparative adjectives

1 Look at the way we compare things:

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long adjectives (two syllables or more): adjective famous difficult careful expensive

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adjectives ending with -y: happy hungry

The Plaza Hotel is cheaper than the Excelsior. The Excelsior Hotel is bigger than the Plaza. The Excelsior is more expensive than the Plaza. The Plaza Hotel is smaller than the Excelsior.

2 Cheaper and more expensive are comparative adjectives. We form them like this: �

short adjectives (one syllable):

adjective old long nice new slow fat hot big

comparative older longer nicer newer slower fatter hotter bigger

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comparative more famous more difficult more careful more expensive happier hungrier

irregular adjectives: good bad

better worse

(For more information, see Appendix 4, page 245)

3 To compare things, we use a comparative adjective + than: Tom is richer than Paul. Paris is more beautiful than London. My new car is better than my old one.

Practice A Write the comparative form of these adjectives. �

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

cold big careful expensive good fat famous new modern young cheap delicious rich

colder

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long hungry nice happy difficult old beautiful friendly hot wonderful bad small sad

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B Write comparative sentences about the pictures using than and the words in brackets ( ). Use the Present Simple. �

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Tom is taller than Sam.

(be/tall) (be/cold) (be/hungry) (be/small) (be/happy) (be/young) (be/rich) (be/friendly)

C Look at the information about two boats, the Queen Anne and the King John. BOATS

LENGTH

AREA

TOP SPEED

YEAR MADE

PRICE

Queen Anne King John

14 metres 9 metres

40 metres2 23 metres2

35 knots 30 knots

2005 1997

£9,000 £3,500

Now put words from the box in the sentences. King John (x2) Queen Anne (x2) �

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The The The The The The The The The

bigger longer

slower expensive

is more

than

Queen Anne is bigger than the King John. King John is smaller the Queen Anne. Queen Anne is modern than the King John. King John older than the Queen Anne. is faster than the . Queen Anne is more than the King John. King John is than the Queen Anne. is cheaper than the . Queen Anne is than the King John.

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