MAKING COMPARISON

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MAKINGCOMPARISON

• FOR FORM THREE

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Content

• 1. Forms of adjectives

2. .... (bigger) than ....
3. .... the (biggest) ....
4. .... as . as .
5. .... not as . as ....
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1.Forms of adjectives (1)

• small
• smaller
• smallest

• big
• bigger
• biggest

• old
• older
• oldest

• fast
• faster
• fastest

• young
• younger
• youngest

• funny
• funnier
• funniest

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1.Forms of adjectives (2)

• beautiful
• more beautiful
• most beautiful

• hardworking
• more hardworking
• most hardworking

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1.Forms of adjectives (3)

• good
• better
• best

• many / much
• more
• most

• bad
• worse
• worst

• little
• less
• least

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2 .... (bigger) than ...

• When do we use the comparative form (e.g.
  bigger)?
• Ans

when we are comparing two things.
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BIG Animals
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BIGGER THAN

• Look at these big animals. We can say
• The elephant is bigger than the cow.
• or,
• The dinosaur is bigger than the lion.

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SMALL animals
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SMALLER THAN

• Look at these small animals. We can say
• The butterfly is smaller than the rabbit.
• or,
• The bird is smaller than the cat.

Now, can you complete the following sentences? 1.
The goldfish is _____________ the cat.
smaller than
The butterfly
2. _____________ is smaller than the bird.
The goldfish
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Who is older? Who is younger?

• Uncle Bob is ________ me.

older than
I am ___________ Uncle Bob.
younger than
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Which picture of a house is more beautiful?
House A House B

• Ans House B
• Can you complete the following sentence?
• House B is _________________ House A.

more beautiful than
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GOOD BETTER

• Picture A
  Picture B

Both picture A and picture B are good
pictures. Which one do you think is
better? ____________ is better than ___________.
Picture A Picture B
Picture B Picture A
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MANY MORE

• Both Jane and Tom have many books.
• But, who has more books?
• Ans Tom
• Can you complete the following sentence?
• Tom has __________________________.

more books than Mary
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3 . the (biggest) ....

• When do we use the superlative form (e.g.
  biggest)?
• Ans
• when we are comparing three things or more.

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Which animal runs the fastest?
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The mouse runs fast.The cat runs faster.

• But the horse runs __________!

the fastest
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Which house is the most beautiful?

• House A House B
  House C

Do you remember House A and House B? We
said House B is more beautiful than House
A. Now, we have three houses. Which one is the
most beautiful?
House C
Can you complete the following sentence? Of these
three houses, ___________________________.
House C is the most beautiful.
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Who is the best student in this class?
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Of all the students in the class,
the best

• Kitty is ________.

because she is ___________________________________
____.
the most hardworking student
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4 .... as .... as ....

• Both Uncle Ray and Uncle Bob are 60 years old.
  So, we can say ...
• Uncle Ray is as old as Uncle Bob.
• and...
• Uncle Bob is also as old as Uncle Ray.

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Both of them are small.

• The cat is small. The rabbit is small.
• So, the cat is __________ the rabbit.

as small as
And the rabbit is __________________.
as small as the cat
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Both bags are heavy.

• Both Janes and Bobs bags are 30kg.
• Can you complete the following sentence?
• Janes bag is __________ Bobs bag.

as heavy as
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5 . not as as ...

• Daddy is as tall as Mummy.
• But...
• Calvin is not as tall as Daddy.
• And...
• He is not as short as May.

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... not as strong as ...

• Giant King Kong wants to fight with Little Tom.
• Little Tom is so scared. Why?
• Because_________________________________________.

Poor Tom is not as strong as Giant
King Kong
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Ken has three books.

• Complete the following sentences.
• 1. The Atlas is ____________ the Dictionary.

not as thick as
2. The Dictionary is _____________ the Atlas.
not as thin as
3. ___________ is not as thick as the Art book.
The Atlas
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Related web sites

• www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/search/search.htm
• www.edunet.com/english/grammar/fram-gr.html
• cctc2.commnet.edu/grammar/adjectives.htm