Degrees of Comparisons

Degrees of Comparison

Olga Tasenyuk

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DEGREES of COMPARISON

Degrees of Comparison

I

II

Positive

III

Comparative

большой

big

больше

bigger

Superlative

самый большой

the biggest

WAYS of FORMATION

Way I

tall tall + er = tall er tall + est = the tall est

strong strong er the strong est

Adj

Adj

Adj

SPELLING

1. nice + er / est nice – nic e er - the nic e est

e

large - larg er - the larg est

2. happy + er / est

y i i i

happy - happy er - the happy est

heavy – heav i er - the heav i est

3. fat + er / est t + t

fat - fat t er - the fat t est

big – big g er – the big g est

NB! Letters w, x – are not doubled ( не удваиваются ) .

Form the degrees of comparison of the following words:

fine -

short –

pretty –

thin -

clever -

long -

lazy -

mad -

high -

red -

new -

hot -

bright -

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fine - finer – the finest

short – shorter – the shortest

pretty – prettier – the prettiest

thin – thinner – the thinnest

clever – cleverer – the cleverest

long – longer – the longest

lazy – lazier – the laziest

mad – madder – the maddest

high – higher – the highest

red – redder – the reddest

new – newer – the newest

hot – hotter – the hottest

bright – brighter – the brightest

We Use Way 1 with:

• “ Short”, one-syllable adjectives :

new – new er – the new est

• Two-syllable adjectives , ending in e, er, y, ow :

narrow – narrow er – the narrow est

3. Exceptions :

common – common er – the common est

quiet – quiet er – the quiet est

NB !

Adverbs with the ending– l y , form comparatives according to Way 2,

exception –the word early.

WAYS of FORMATION

Way II

1 2 3

beautiful more beautiful the most beautiful

dangerous more dangerous the most dangerous

Adj

Adj

Adj

Form the degrees of comparison of the following words:

famous –

difficult –

comfortable –

interesting –

beautiful -

complicated –

dangerous –

amazing –

amusing –

frightening –

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famous – more famous- the most famous

difficult – more difficult - the most difficult

comfortable – more comfortable – the most comfortable

interesting – more interesting – the most interesting

beautiful - more beautiful – the most beautiful

complicated – more complicated – the most complicated

dangerous – more dangerous – the most dangerous

amazing – more amazing – the most amazing

amusing –more amusing – the most amusing

frightening – more frightening – the most frightening

Exceptions – Way III

good – better – the best

This house is good.

• This house is good.
• This house is good.
• This house is good.
• This house is good.

This house is better

• This house is better
• This house is better
• This house is better
• This house is better

than that.

This house is the best of the three.

bad – worse – the worst

The first house is … .

The second house is … than the first one.

The third house is … of the three.

little – less – the least

There is little light in this room.

There is less light in this room.

There is the least light in this room.

much - more - the most many

There are many apples on the plate.

There are more apples in the basket.

There are the most apples in the box.

far – farther - the farthest further - the furthest

This church is far .

This church is even farther .

This church is the farthest of all.

NB! Read further , please!

old – older – the oldest elder - the eldest (in the family)

This portrait is old .

This is my elder sister.

This portrait is even older .

This portrait is the oldest .

Form the degrees of comparison of the following words:

merry –

bad –

magnificent –

many –

greedy –

wide –

hard –

useful –

good –

little –

small –

fortunate –

common –

slow –

far –

mad –

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merry –merrier – the merriest

bad – worse – the worst

magnificent – more magnificent – the most magnificent

many – more - the most

greedy –greedier - the greediest

wide –wider – the widest

hard –harder - the hardest

useful –more useful – the most useful

good – better – the best

little – less – the least

small –smaller - the smallest

fortunate – more fortunate – the most fortunate

common –commoner - the commonest

slow –slower - the slowest

far –father/further - the farthest/the furthest

mad –madder - the maddest

as as - такой же … как

William Hogarth is as famous as sir Joshua Reynolds.

not so (as) as - не такой … как

Lilla Cabot Perry is not so popular as Pablo Picasso.

Adj

Adj

Fill in the missing words :

1. I am older __________ Tom.

2. This book is ______ most interesting _______ all.

3. New York is not ______ ancient _____ Rome.

4. He is ______ cleverest ______ the class.

5. It was not ______ bad yesterday ______ it is today.

6. Is the Volga longer _______ the Nile?

7. Today’s weather is ______ worst ______ the week.

8. Fred is ______ tallest _______ the three.

9. This hotel is _______ comfortable ______ that.

10. My dog is better _______ yours.

Put the adjectives in brackets into the correct form:

1.The weather is (fine) ____________ today than it was yesterday.

2. London is one of the (big) _______________ city in the world.

3. This sentence is (difficult) ___________________ than the first one.

4. This dictation is not so (easy) ____________ as the last one.

5. Which is the (high) _______________ mountain in the world?

6. His face was getting (red) ____________ and (red) ____________ .

7. This present is the (good) __________________ of all.

8. Your composition was the (bad) ________________ in the class.

9. The cat will be much (happy) _______________ in her new home.

10. I am not so (tall ) _____________ as Jimmy.

11. Athens is (far) ___________ from London than Rome is.

12. This film is as (interesting) _____________ as the one we saw last week.

13. They have (many) _________ hens than we have, but they get (few) ______eggs.

Answer the following questions:

• Tom is taller than Richard. Richard is taller than Fred. Which of the boys is the tallest? Which is the shortest?

2. It is hotter in Athens than it is in London. It is not as hot in Oslo as it is in London. Which of the three cities is the hottest? Which is the coldest?

3. A train goes faster than a ship but not so fast as an airplane. Which is the fastest ? Which is the slowest?

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