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Degrees of Comparison

tall +

er = taller tall + est = the tallest
strong stronger the strongest

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+ er

the

+ est

nice – niceer - the niceest
e
large - larger - the largest

2. happy + er / est
y i i i
happy - happyer - the happyest

heavy – heavier - the heaviest

3. fat + er / est t + t



fat - fatter - the fattest

big – bigger – the biggest

NB! Letters w, x – are not doubled (не удваиваются).

words:
fine -
short –
pretty –
thin -
clever -

long -
lazy -
mad -
high -
red -
new -
hot -
bright -

finest
short – shorter – the shortest
pretty – prettier –

the prettiest
thin – thinner – the thinnest
clever – cleverer – the cleverest
long – longer – the longest
lazy – lazier – the laziest
mad – madder – the maddest
high – higher – the highest
red – redder – the reddest
new – newer – the newest
hot – hotter – the hottest
bright – brighter – the brightest

new – newer – the newest
Two-syllable adjectives, ending in e, er, y, ow :
narrow – narrower – the narrowest
3. Exceptions:
common – commoner – the commonest
quiet – quieter – the quietest





NB!
Adverbs with the ending– ly, form comparatives according to Way 2,
exception –the word early.

2 3


beautiful more beautiful the most beautiful
dangerous more dangerous the most dangerous

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more

the most

words:
famous –
difficult –
comfortable –
interesting

–
beautiful -
complicated –
dangerous –
amazing –
amusing –
frightening –

famous
difficult – more difficult - the most difficult
comfortable –

more comfortable – the most comfortable
interesting – more interesting – the most interesting
beautiful - more beautiful – the most beautiful
complicated – more complicated – the most complicated
dangerous – more dangerous – the most dangerous
amazing – more amazing – the most amazing
amusing –more amusing – the most amusing
frightening – more frightening – the most frightening

good

– better – the best

This house is good.


This house is better
than that.









This house is the best of the three.

is … .


The second house is … than the

first one.



The third house is … of the three.

light in this room.



There is less

light in this room.



There is the least light in this room.

many apples on the plate.


There are more apples in

the basket.


There are the most apples in the box.

farther - the farthest

further - the furthest

This church is far.


This church is even farther.


This church is the farthest of all.


NB! Read further, please!

elder - the eldest (in the family)
This

portrait is old.
This is my elder sister.

This portrait is even older.


This portrait is the oldest.

words:
merry –
bad –
magnificent –
many –
greedy –
wide –
hard –
useful –
good

–
little –
small –
fortunate –
common –
slow –
far –
mad –

worse – the worst
magnificent – more magnificent – the

most magnificent
many – more - the most
greedy –greedier - the greediest
wide –wider – the widest
hard –harder - the hardest
useful –more useful – the most useful
good – better – the best
little – less – the least
small –smaller - the smallest
fortunate – more fortunate – the most fortunate
common –commoner - the commonest
slow –slower - the slowest
far –father/further - the farthest/the furthest
mad –madder - the maddest

as -

такой же … как
William Hogarth is as famous as sir Joshua Reynolds.




not so (as) as - не такой … как
Lilla Cabot Perry is not so popular as Pablo Picasso.

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__________ Tom.
2. This book is ______ most interesting _______

all.
3. New York is not ______ ancient _____ Rome.
4. He is ______ cleverest ______ the class.
5. It was not ______ bad yesterday ______ it is today.
6. Is the Volga longer _______ the Nile?
7. Today’s weather is ______ worst ______ the week.
8. Fred is ______ tallest _______ the three.
9. This hotel is _______ comfortable ______ that.
10. My dog is better _______ yours.

form:
1.The weather is (fine) ____________ today than it was

yesterday.
2. London is one of the (big) _______________ city in the world.
3. This sentence is (difficult) ___________________ than the first one.
4. This dictation is not so (easy) ____________ as the last one.
5. Which is the (high) _______________ mountain in the world?
6. His face was getting (red) ____________ and (red) ____________ .
7. This present is the (good) __________________ of all.
8. Your composition was the (bad) ________________ in the class.
9. The cat will be much (happy) _______________ in her new home.
10. I am not so (tall ) _____________ as Jimmy.
11. Athens is (far) ___________ from London than Rome is.
12. This film is as (interesting) _____________ as the one we saw last week.
13. They have (many) _________ hens than we have, but they get (few) ______eggs.

Richard is taller than Fred. Which of the boys

is the tallest? Which is the shortest?
2. It is hotter in Athens than it is in London. It is not as hot in Oslo as it is in London. Which of the three cities is the hottest? Which is the coldest?
3. A train goes faster than a ship but not so fast as an airplane. Which is the fastest ? Which is the slowest?