UNIT 4 GRAMMAR: COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

1.- ADJECTIVES

Definition: an adjective is a word which qualifies nouns. Says something about a person, an object, an animal...

Examples of SHORT adjectives (1 SYLLABE): 

fast, busy, clean, dirty, long, slow,...

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• John is 1m80. He is tall. But Chris is 1m85. He is taller than John.

• America is big. But Russia is bigger.

• I want to have a more powerful computer.

• Is French more difficult than English?

2.- COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

Use of Comparative Adjectives

We use comparative adjectives when talking about 2 things (not 3 or 10 or 1,000,000 things, only 2 things).

Often, the comparative adjective is followed by "than".

Look at these examples:

If we talk about the two planets Earth and Mars, we can compare them as shown in the table below:

	Earth	Mars
Diameter (km)	12,760	6,790	Mars is smaller than Earth.
Distance from Sun (million km)	150	228	Mars is more distant from the Sun.
Length of day (hours)	24	25	A day on Mars is slightly longer than a day on Earth.
Moons	1	2	Mars has more moons than Earth.
Surface temperature (degrees Celcius)	22	-23	Mars is colder than Earth.

3.- SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

We use superlative adjectives when talking about one thing in a bigger group

Often, "the" follows the superlative adjective.

HUGO IS THE TALLEST IN THE CLASSROOM.

LUIS IS THE FASTEST IN THE FOOTBALL TEAM.

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Comparatives grammar animation

Superlatives grammar animation

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dangerous
big
expensive
tall
colourful
fast
smart
intelligent
short
slow
useful

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