Comparing Nouns REVIEW Change the adjectives and adverbs

Comparing Nouns

REVIEW

Change the adjectives and adverbs to their comparative and superlative structures. + late interesting useful neatly quickly sadly = - top bottom

Change the adjectives and adverbs to their comparative and superlative structures. + = - top bottom later than as late as less late than the latest the least late interesting more interestin g than as interesting as less interesting than the most interesting the least interesting useful more useful than as useful as less useful than the most useful the least useful

Change the adjectives and adverbs to their comparative and superlative structures. neatly quickly sadly + = top bottom more as neatly less the most the least neatly as neatly than more as less the most the least quickly quickly than as than more as sadly less sadly the most the least sadly as than sadly than

COMPARING NOUNS

Comparing Objects • To compare OBJECTS: • S+V+ • More noun + than • Less + noncount noun + than • Fewer + count noun + than • As much/many + noun + as • I have more money than you (do). • This country has less pollution that country (does). • Our town has more cars than that town (does). • I don’t have as much time as you (do).

Comparing Nouns • Superlative: • S+V+ • • The most + noun The least + noncount noun The fewest + count noun The largest/greatest/biggest /smallest amount of + noun • She has the most pencils of all of us. • I have the least patience. • Tom has the fewest pencils. • San Diego has the largest amount of policemen.

Comparing Subjects • To compare subjects: • More/less + noun + V + than they + HV + PP • There are more noun + PP than PP. • More people speak English here than they do in China. • There are more brown animals in Canada than (there are) in China.

DOUBLE COMPARATIVE

DOUBLE COMPARATIVE • Finally, as you saw yesterday, we can also compare with this structure: • It shows a relationship between two things. • The more/less + S + V, the comparative adj + S + V. • The more/less S + V, the more/less + S + V. • The more you eat, the fatter you get. • The more you study, the better your grade is. • The less you sleep, the worse you feel. • The more I save money, the less I worry about being poor.

Bringing it together: • There are more people who eat rice than (there are) people who eat noodles. • People eat rice more than they eat noodles. • Eating rice is more popular than eating noodles. • Eating rice is the most popular in these countries.

SUMMARY THAN AS THE + - = top bottom adjectives more ____er less as ___ as the _____est the most ____ the least ______ adverbs more ____er less as ___ as the most ____ the least ______ nouns more less fewer as many ___ as as much ___ as the most _____ the least ______ the fewest _____ verbs more (often) less (often) as much/often as the most (often) the least (often)

Describe the chart below using comparison. Use the superlative and comparative. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE TV SHOW GENRE? Drama Horror Comedy 12 10 10 8 5 6 4 2 2 0 Category 1