COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FRUIT

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FRUIT JUICE? ORANGE, PINEAPPLE OR MAYBE RASPBERRY JUICE?

Click on the bottles with different fruit juice in them! Each bottle has a different story!

If you click on each word in orange you will learn more about it Kelly is ten years old. She is English. She has an older sister and a cat. Her sister is taller and has got a dog. Although dog is bigger than Kelly’s cat, but the cat and the dog are the best friends. Kelly spends her free time watching TV, reading some books or going out with her sister in the local café for a glass of fresh squeezed orange juice. She always orders a small bottle of orange juice. But her sister orders big bottle because she is always thirsty. She says: “When I’m thirsty even the big bottle looks smaller to me”. Thank God she doesn’t take the biggest bottle of orange juice!

The adjective that you clicked on is in positive form. What does that mean? Positive form of the adjective is when the adjective doesn’t have any change in the form or in the meaning. Look on the right for some positive forms of the adjectives. POSITIVE FORM OF THE ADJECTIVES clean dirty tall easy hot late

CAN WE MAKE COMPARISON WITH THE POSITIVE FORM OF THE ADJECTIVES? YES NO

Correct! � Yes, we can. We make comparison with the positive form of the adjective when we like to compare someone or something that it is exactly the same as the thing we compare. John is as tall as Sarah. As you can see the positive form is placed in between as. . . as. NOW TRY TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING COMPARISONS!!!

Janet is (beautiful) ________ Jennifer. You are (crazy) _________ my sister. We can run (fast) _________ they can. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE CORRECT ANSWERS!

YOUR ANSWERS SHOULD BE: Janet is as beautiful as Jennifer. You are as crazy as my sister. We can run as fast as they can. If your answers were incorrect then get back to tutorial to find out why! … or click on the blue button to continue

SORRY! Your answer is incorrect! Get back to the tutorial!

If you click on each word in yellow you’ll learn more about that word! John is thirteen. He lives in NYC with his parents and his younger brother. He loves rollerblading in the park with his friends. Although his friends are older than John he is the tallest one. Gary is John’s best friend but he is fat and he is not that good in rollerblading than John. They love to rollerblade when it’s raining, although the socks and their snickers are dirtier and wetter than when they rollerblade in the sun. But hey, that’s FUN!

The adjective that you clicked on is in comparative form. What does that mean? Comparative form of adjective is when we indicate that someone or something is more or less than someone or something! We make comparative form in two ways: By adding –er: dirty cheap new big dirtier cheaper newer bigger By adding more or less: Beautiful more beautiful less beautiful Difficult more difficult less difficult Comfortable more comfortable less comfortable COMPARATIVE FORM OF ADJECTIVES

My daughter is more beautiful than your daughter. This means that my daughter has more beauty than someone else’s daughter. BUT … The new roads are less dangerous than the old ones. This means that the new roads they made are safer than the previous ones. NOW DO THE FOLLOWING COMPARISON!

My house is (big) ______ than yours. This flower is (beautiful) ______ than that one. Non-smokers usually live (long) _____ than smokers. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE CORRECT ANSWERS!

YOUR ANSWERS SHOULD BE: My house is bigger than yours. This flowers is more beautiful than that one. Non-smokers usually live longer than smokers. If your answers were incorrect then get back to tutorial to find out why! If Yes then click on the blue button to continue

If you click on each word in pink you’ll learn more about that word! Toto is twenty. He is a clown. His best friend is Zaza, a clown as well. He is two years older than Zaza. Toto has bigger shoes than Zaza, but Zaza has long hair and Toto is bold, so he has to wear a funny wig. His big nose is red. Zaza always makes fun of it, but Toto says she has the smallest feet he has ever seen and that’s funny as well. They enjoy being clowns and they are more comfortable with it each time they see smiling faces in the audience.

The adjective that you clicked on is in superlative form. What does that mean? Superlative form of adjective is when we indicate that someone or something is the best or the worst. We make superlative form this way: Adding -est the biggest the tallest the strongest Adding most or least the most beautiful the least powerful SUPERLATIVE FORM OF ADJECTIVES

BE CAREFUL! Always write the definite article THE in the front of superlative form of the adjective! She is the biggest selling female artist in the pop industry. This is the most beautiful gift I have ever got. … and now let’s check your progress

Now try to make superlative sentences: This is (interesting) ______ book I have ever read. Who is (rich) ______ woman in the world? China is (big) ______ country in the world. Click on the blue button to check your answers!

YOUR ANSWERS SHOULD BE: � This is the most interesting book I have ever read. � Who is the richest woman in the world? � China is the biggest country in the world. IF YOUR ANSWERS ARE CORRECT THEN CLICK THE BLUE BUTTON TO CONTINUE IF YOUR ANSWERS ARE INCORRECT THEN CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO GET BACK TO THE TUTORIAL

Oh no!!! BUT AS ALWAYS IN GRAMMAR THERE IS SOMETHING IRREGULAR ABOUT COMPARISON AS WELL!

The adjective that you clicked on is in superlative IRREGULAR form. What does that mean? Some adjectives in English make irregular comparison and they are exceptions of the rules mentioned earlier – THEY HAVE DIFFERENT FORM FOR COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE. On the right side there are few examples: good – better – the best little – less – the least bad – worse – the worst much – more – the most many – more – the most IRREGULAR COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

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