english grammar lesson comparative adjectives when comparing two persons or things, we use a...
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English Grammar Lesson
Comparative Adjectives
When comparing two persons or things, we use a
comparative adjective + than .
Examples:
Andy is shorter than Leon.
Leon is nicer than Andy.
Leon is more popular than Andy.
Exercise 1
Group the following adjectives into three groups:
closer taller nicer more exciting more cheerful thicker more careless larger more serious older poorer safer
Answers:
(i) poorer, taller, thicker, older
(ii) closer, safer, nicer, larger
(iii) more careless, more cheerful, more serious, more exciting
One syllable:
Syllable
safe tall old
More than one syllable:
useful use fulexciting ex cit ingserious se ri ous
Explanation
Formation of Comparative Adjectives
(i) For most adjectives of 1 or 2 syllables,
add ‘er’
Examples: lighter, warmer,
quieter, cleverer
(ii) For adjectives of 1 or 2 syllables ending in ‘e’, add ‘r’
Examples: larger, wider, later, nicer
(iii) For adjectives of more than 2 syllables oradjectives of 2 syllablesending in ‘ful’, ‘less’, ‘ic’, ‘ous’, ‘ive’,add ‘more’
Examples: more beautiful, more expensive, more comfortable, more enthusiastic
more helpful, more useless, more spacious, more active
Exercise 2
List the comparative degree of the following adjectives:
1. young 2. white3. lively4. effective5. cool6. wise 7. large8. warm9. charming
younger whitermore lively
more effective cooler wiser
larger warmer
more charming
Practice Exercise 1
The baby is the pumpkin.
small
smaller than
This T-shirt is that T-shirt.
colourful
more colourful than
The diamond of the ring isthe diamond of the necklace.
large
larger than
Mr ChanMr Wong
richMr Chan is richer than Mr Wong.
sofas chairs
comfortable
Sofas are more comfortable than chairs.
Flat A
bedroom
bedroom
toilet
kitchen
Living room
bedroom
bedroom
toilet
Living room
kitchen
Flat B
The bedrooms of flat A
the bedrooms of flat B.spacious
are more spacious than
Practice Exercise 2
Compare yourself with your neighbour.
Make 5 sentences using comparative adjectives.
You should make comparison in the following areas:
- appearance (maximum 3 sentences)
- personality
- academic results
Mr Tam (Vice-principal) Miss Wong (a Maths teacher)
Examples:
Mr Tam is taller than Miss Wong.
Miss Wong is more humorous than Mr Tam.
Mr Tam’s salary is higher than Miss Wong’s salary.
The office of Mr Tam is larger than the office of Miss Wong.
You may make use of the following adjectives:
- appearance
e.g. tall, short, thin, fat, beautiful, handsome
- personality
e.g. nice, friendly, polite, talkative
- academic results
e.g. hard-working, intelligent
Production
Situation
• You are a Form 2 student and very weak in English. You are looking for a tutorial school.
• You live in Wanchai and have to attend a computer course every Saturday afternoon.
• You have found information about 2 tutorial schools. Compare them and tell which one you will choose.
B1B1
TOP 1
TOP 1
B1
North Point Central
5 mins. walk from MTR station
10 mins. walk from MTR station
1,000 sq. ft. (5 classrooms)
1,300 sq.ft. (5 classrooms)
LOCATION & PREMISES
convenient? near to MTR station? large? small?
TOP 1B1
TUTORIAL CLASSES
Price: $1,500 (10 lessons) Price: $1,800 (10 lessons)Duration: 1.5 hrs.
once a week
(Fri. afternoon)
Duration: 2 hrs.
once a week
(Sat. morning)
Class Size: 55 /class Class Size: 40 /class
expensive?cheap?
convenient?long? short?
TOP 1B1
CLASS ACTIVITIES & NOTES
No games in class Language games in each class
detailed notes with exercises will be provided after each lesson
grammar notes will be provided
interesting?detailed? useful?
TOP 1B1
TUTORS
40 years old 28 years old 10 years’ teaching e
xperience 5 years’ teaching e
xperience
young?
old?
experienced?
handsome?
Which tutorial school will you choose? Try to compare the two schools and decide.
List five reasons why you choose it.
Location North Point (5 mins.walk from MTRstation)
Central (10 mins.walk from MTRstation)
Premises 1,000 sq.ft.(5 classrooms)
1,300 sq.ft. (5 classrooms)
Schoolfee
$1,500 (10 lessons) $1,300 (10 lessons)
Englishclass
1.5 hrs./ lessononce a week
(Fri. afternoon)55 students / classno games in class
2 hrs. / lessononce a week
(Sat. morning)40 students / classlanguage games in
each lessonnotes detailed notes with
exercises will beprovided after eachlesson
grammar notes will beprovided
Tutor 40 years old10 years’ teachingexperience
28 years old5 years’ teachingexperience
convenient? near to the MTR station?
large?small?
expensive? cheap?
long? short?
interesting?
detailed?useful?
young?experienced?
old?
handsome?
HomeworkYou are going to have lunch with your friend. You have to decide where to go.
Try to compare Kentucky and Mc Donald’s. You can talk about the food, price of food, service and environment of these two restaurants.
State your decision and at least five reasons using comparative adjectives. Write about 50 words.