Comparatives and Superlatives

A comparative is used to compare two things or people.

With short adjectives, the comparative form is :  adjective-er  than

Trump : 76 years old  Obama : 59 years old
Trump is older than Obama. 

text book : 350 gr  workbook : 200 gr   (heavy)
My text book is heavier than my workbook.  

A horse is bigger than a poney.

With long adjectives, the comparative form is : more adjective than

Skiing is more exciting than jogging.
Hippos are more dangerous than crocodiles.

The Indians are more colourful than the French.

There are three exceptions : good ==> better    bad ==>worse     far ==> further
Julie is good at maths, but Jenny is better.
Your cake is worse than my cake! Yuck!
India is far from England, but Japan is even further.

Lesson and exercice on comparatives

Comparatives video

Watch the video : Which is bigger? ( Street survey in Europe and the USA)

Click here to PLAY GAMES WITH COMPARATIVES

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Can you make ten sentences to compare some of the following animals? Write your sentences in the comments.

You can use the following adjectives :

small, big, tall, short, dangerous, friendly, rare, fast, slow, cute, scary, ferocious, beautiful, ugly, funny, exciting, interesting

The lesson on comparatives and superlatives

SUPERLATIVES

Lesson and exercise, click here

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