Spotlight 9 5с степени сравнения имен прилагательных и наречий

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

One-syllabl e adjectives and two--syllable adjectives ending in –y , le , ow

• Comparative
• tall er
• happ i er
• fatt er
• larg er
• short er
• tin i er
• eas i er
• angr i er
• earl i er
• big g er

• Superlative
• the tall est
• the happ i est
• the fat t est
• the larg est
• the short est
• the tin i est
• the eas i est
• the angr i est
• the earl i est
• the big g est

tall

happy

fat

large

short

tiny

easy

angry

early

big

Two--syllable adjectives and adjectives with three or more syllables.

• Comparative

• Superlative

• more sociable
• more talented
• more expensive
• more beautiful

• the most sociable
• the most talented
• the most expensive
• the most beautiful

sociable

talented

expensive

beautiful

Form degrees of comparison in two ways : clever, cruel , friendly, gentle, narrow, quiet, shallow, sim ple

clever- more clever-the most clever;

Cruel-clever er - the clever est

Exceptions

• good/well - better – the best
• Much/many - more – the most
• far - farther/further – the farthest/furthest
• bad/badly * worse – the worst
• little - less – the least

OTHER WAYS OF COMPARISON

• as + прилагательное + as (not as/so ... As)
• much/a lot/far/a little bit/slightly +comparative
• comparative and comparative
• the + comparative the + comparative
• by far + the superlative
• less + прилагательное + than
• the least + прилагательное+ of/in

• The blue shirt is (not) as expensive as the red one.
• Brian is slightly older than Claire.
• The traffic gets worse and worse every day.
• The sooner the better.
• Last year was by far the best the company has ever had.
• Paul is less successful than
• his brother.
• She is the least ambitious person in the company.

Comparison of adverbs

• Other adverbs ( quickly, slowly, accurately )

• more -comparative
• the most - superlative

• quickly- more quickly - the most quickly

• hard, fast, early, late, high, low , deep, long, near, straight ( look like adjectives)

• er - comparative
• est – superlative

• Fast-fast er -the fast est

A mini-test

• Tchaikovsky is by far (talented) composer of the 19th century.
• The Planets is Vivaldi’s (famous) work.
• He has been practicing a lot so his music is getting (good) and (good).
• Vivaldi has (good) musical output .
• This is (bad) song I have ever heard.
• Which of these pictures do you think is (good)?
• I think this painting must have been much (difficult) to paint than that one.

• the most talented
• most famous
• better and better
• the biggest
• the worst
• better
• more difficult

A mini-test

• more accurately
• more slowly
• less , more
• more , easier
• faster

• Ryan draws much……………… (accurately) than I do.
• Could you speak a bit ……………(slowly), please?
• The jewel-like sculptures look ……….(little) like art and……………. (much) like food.
• The ...................... (much) Jane practiced, the ...................... (easy) it became for her to make pots.
• She runs …………..(fast) than Kate.

Use “as…as” or “not as…as” in the sentences below.

• a. Today it’s ________________ yesterday. (not/ windy)
• b. This copy is ____________ the other one. (bad)
• c. Simon is ____________ Fred. (not/ tall)
• d. Grapefruit juice is ________________ lemonade. (not/ sweet)
• e. Silver is _________________ gold. (not/ heavy)
• f. Oliver is ______________ Peter. (optimistic)

not as windy as

as bad as

not as tall as

not as sweet as

not as heavy as

as optimistic as

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets:

• Brad is by far _________________________ (attractive) boy in town.
• 2. My friends arrived _______________________ (early) we expected.
• 3. My dad is _________________________(hard-working) person that I know.
• 4. Who is ______________________ (rich) man in the world?
• 5.Travelling by plane is ___________________ (fast) and __________________(safe) travelling by train.
• 6. Jennifer Aniston is ________________________ (good-looking) Angelina Jolie.
• 7. His mother is much _______________________ (old) I thought.
• 8. Ben is ______________________ (bad) golfer in the world.
• 9. Tom is _____________________ (short) and __________________(fat) his brother.
• 10. His new novel is __________________________ (exciting) his previous one.
• 11. London is _________________ (far) Paris, but Moscow is _______________ (far)
• 12. Do you think that money is ___________________________ (important) love?
• 13. In my opinion, John is one of ____________________ (lucky) men in the world.
• 14. These Maths exercises are ________________________ (difficult) yours.