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Instructions
1- Look at the sentences and try to say that in English 2- Move your mouse over the black button to check your answer. 3- If you were right, click on the green button, if wrong, click on the red.
COMPARISON OF EQUALITY
Affirmative: AS - AS
My son is as tall as me
Negative: NOT SO - AS (also: not as - as)
My son isn’t so tall as me / My son isn’t as tall as me
COMPARISON OF INFERIORITY
LESS - THAN
I’m less fat than last summer
The film was less interesting than what I expected
COMPARISON OF SUPERIORITY AND SUPERLATIVE
When comparing two things we use the comparative:
John is taller than Mark
When comparing more than two things, we use the superlative:
John is the tallest in his family
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world
short words (1 syllable):
Comparatives add -ER and superlatives add -EST
old older oldest
fast faster fastest
Words ending in -e drop it
late later latest
fine finer finest
Words ending in -y change it to -i
shy shier shiest
Words ending in one single syllable followed by one single consonant, double the final consonant when the vowel is stressed: -1V+1C --> -CC
fat fatter fattest
slim slimmer slimmest
long words (3 or more syllables):
They use MORE for the comparative and THE MOST for the superlative.
intelligent more intelligent the most intelligent
2-syllable words:
They can use both forms, but we prefer More/the Most
handsome more handsome the most handsome
cheerful more cheerful the most cheerful
Nevertheless, words ending in -y and some adjectives such as: quiet, clever y narrow usually take -er/-est
easy easier the easiest
happy happier the happiest
clever cleverer the cleverest
But if they end in -ly, they use more/most (except: early)
quickly more quickly the most quickly
slowly more slowly the most slowly
early earlier the earliest
If you find the two-syllable words confusing, it is usually safe to say that when in doubt, you can always use more/most.
PRONOUNS WITH COMPARATIVES
If the second part of the comparison is a personal pronoun, there are three possibilities:
She's older than me (the most common construction in informal English)
She's older than I am (the most common in formal English)
She's older than I (very formal and rarely used, so you can forget about it)
GRADING
- my friend is tall --> my friend is taller than me
- my friend is very tall --> my friend is much taller than me
- my friend is a bit tall --> my friend is a bit taller than me
To express that the quality is increasing, you use more and more
- It's getting darker and darker
- You are becoming more and more stupid
Irregular forms
good/well better best
bad/badly worse worst
far further/farther furthest/farthest
Items
| Item | Match | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Ahora es un poco más fácil | Now it's a bit easier | |
| Ahora tengo mucho menos dinero que ayer | Now I have much less money than yesterday | |
| Ahora uso ropa menos cara | Now I wear less expensive clothes | |
| El examen fue mucho más difícil esta vez | The exam was much more difficult this time | |
| El francés es más fácil que el chino | French is easier than Chinese | |
| El niño no es tan feo como tú | The baby is not as ugly as you | |
| Ellos son más ricos que nosotros | They're richer than us | |
| Estás cada vez más alto | You're growing taller and taller | |
| Esto es mucho mejor | This is much better | |
| Estoy menos gordo que este verano | I'm less fat than last summer | |
| Él es mayor que yo (tamaño) | He's bigger than me | |
| Él es más alto que yo | He's taller than me | |
| Él es mucho mayor que ella (edad) | He's much older than her | |
| Él está cada día más imbécil | He's more and more stupid | |
| Hoy hace mucho más calor | It's much hotter today | |
| Hoy hace tanto sol como ayer | Today is as sunny as yesterday | |
| La historia se está poniendo más y más interesante | The story is getting more and more interesting | |
| La película fue menos interesante que el libro | The movie was less interesting than the book | |
| Mary es más alta que sus tres hermanas | Mary is taller than her three sisters | |
| Me levanté más temprano que ayer | I got up earlier than yesterday | |
| Mi casa no es tan grande como la tuya | My house is not so big as yours | |
| Mi coche es igual de nuevo que el tuyo | My car is as new as yours | |
| Mi coche es más rápido que el tuyo | My car is faster than yours | |
| Mi hijo es tan alto como yo | My son is as tall as me | |
| Mi hijo no es tan alto como yo | My son isn't so tall as me | |
| Mi ordenador es un poco más grande que ese | My computer is a bit bigger than that | |
| Mis manos estaban frías como el hielo | My hands were as cold as ice | |
| Se está poniendo más y más nublado | It's getting more and more cloudy | |
| Se hizo cada vez más oscuro | It got darker and darker | |
| Soy más joven que él | I'm younger than him | |
| Sus libros son ahora mucho peor que cuando empezó | His books are now much worse than when he started | |
| Tienes que ir más despacio | You have to go more slowly | |
| Tienes que tener más cuidado | You have to be more careful | |
| Vamos cada vez más despacio | We're going more and more slowly | |
| ¿Puedes venir antes? | Can you come earlier? |