Comparison of adjectives and adverbs

taller
happier
fatter
larger
shorter
tinier
easier
angrier
earlier
bigger

Superlative
the tallest
the happiest
the fattest
the largest
the shortest
the tiniest
the easiest
the angriest
the earliest
the biggest
tall
happy
fat
large
short
tiny
easy
angry
early
big

expensive
more beautiful

Superlative
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, simple

clever-more clever-the most clever;
Cruel-cleverer-the cleverest

- farther/furthest
bad/badly * worse - worst
little - less - least

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.

near, straight ( look like adjectives)
er - comparative
est – superlative
Fast-faster-the fastest

Other adverbs (quickly, slowly, accurately)
more-comparative
the most - superlative
quickly-more quickly -the most quickly

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

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.

more accurately
more slowly
less , more
more , easier
faster

father. 2). The test in Geography was easy, but the test in Biology was______________. 3).Sochi is sunny. Do you know the _____________ place in Russia? 4).Sten is a successful sportsman. His sister is __________ than Sten. 5).My mother has a soft voice. But my sister`s voice is __________ than my mother’s. 6). Amy has a beautiful baby, but my daughter has the __________ baby on earth.

heavier

easier

sunniest

more successful

softer

most beautiful

________________ 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

with extremely , very, fairly, rather, slightly to show that a person or thing has more or less of a particular quality.
extremely cold
very cold
cold
quite cold
fairly cold

Non-gradable adjectives do not have comparative and superlative forms. We can use absolutely, totally and completely with them.
freezing (extremely cold)
absolutely freezing
completely freezing

environmental, freezing, furious, gigantic, huge, immediate, impossible, mortal, perfect , ridiculous, superb, terrible, terrified, unique, unknown, white, whole

Choose non-gradable adjectives
Empty, busy , thrilled, nervous , worried, careful, comfortable, slippery, expensive, sure, cold, famous, certain ,unexpected, patient, irresponsible, impossible

empty

thrilled

certain

irresponsible

impossible

unexpected

… only if I were ____ hungry.
2) The last time I was ____ unhappy was…
3) …makes me ____ furious.
4) I think the film… is ____ terrifying.
5) If I were ____ rich, I…

1,2,5-very
3,4-absolutely
Ex.: I would eat frogs’ legs only if I were very hungry.
Make your own sentences.

extremely expensive.
It was absolutely/ rather late, so Jane to stop playing loud music.
It was fairly/ completely impossible to get the tickets to the opera.
The Bolshoi Theatre is a very /completely famous theatre in Australia.
The concert hall was totally / fairly empty, as they had cancelled the performance.
They were slightly /totally worried when all the lights went out.