Do you know the TV series

?

Who are the “friends”?

CHANDLER

• He is funny

• He is shy

JOEY

• He loves food, he’s always hungry

• He thinks he’s smart

MONICA

• She cooks really well

• She is bossy

• She was fat when she

was a child

PHOEBE

• She does massages and plays the piano

• She’s a bit weird

• She’s blond and tall

RACHEL

• She’s spoiled

• She works with fashion

• She’s really elegant

and is really beautiful

ROSS

• He’s a paleonthologist

• He’s intelligent

• He is insecure

Now, let’s compare the characters!

Ross X Joeyintelligent

Ross is more intelligent than Joey

Phoebe X Racheltall

Phoebe is taller than Rachel

Chandler X Rossfunny

Chandler is funnier than Ross

Monica X Rachelfat

Monica was fatter than Rachel

LET’S THINK!

Ross is more intelligent than Joey

Phoebe is taller than Rachel

Chandler is funnier than Ross

Monica was fatter than Rachel

To compare in English, we use...

Ross is more intelligent than Joey

MORE ...... THAN

(long adjectives)

To compare in English, we use...

Phoebe is taller than Rachel

....... +ER THAN

(one-syllable adjectives)

To compare in English, we use...

Chandler is funnier than Ross

-Y ......+ IER THAN

(adjectives ending “y”)

To compare in English, we use...

Monica was fatter than Rachel

CVC (stressed syllable)=

DOUBLE consonant

To sum up ...

• MORE ... THAN = LONG ADJECTIVES

• ...+ER THAN = ONE-SYLLABLE ADJS

• ...+IER THAN = ADJECTIVES END “Y”

• ...+CONSONANT+ER THAN = CVC (STRESSED)

Some irregular comparatives:

• GOOD

• BAD

• FAR

• OLD

• BETTER

• WORSE

• FARTHER / FURTHER

• OLDER / ELDER

Now you do it:• Rachel X Phoebe – elegant;

• Chandler X Joey – shy;

• Joey X Ross – hungry;

• Rachel X Phoebe – beautiful;

• Monica X Rachel – bossy;

• Ross X joey – insecure;

• Phoebe X Ross - weird