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Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs-English Grammar

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The comparison of adjectives and adverbs is used to compare things, people or actions, expressing the equalities or inequalities between them.

The comparison can be formed by using adjectives or adverbs.

When we want to compare one thing with another we use the word than after the adjective or adverb.

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The comparison of adjectives or adverbs is used to compare two or more things, people or actions, expressing the equalities or inequalities between them.

When we make a comparison using adjectives or adverbs, we start with the subject and the verb followed by a comparative adjective or an adverb followed by than and an object.

The form of the comparative adjective or adverb differs according to the number of syllables and the suffix of the adjective.

Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs

Comparison of Adjective and Adverb

Comparison of Adjective and Adverb   (Comparison of Adjective)

  1. (Positive Degree) Long    thin  clever
  2. (Comparative Degree) longer   thinner   cleverer
  3. (Superlative Degree) longest thinnest   cleverest

 

(Positive)

(Positive Degree)

  • (comparison of Equality)
  • (Comparison of Inequality)
    • as…as

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your house is as large as mine

This pencil is as long as that one.

He speaks English as well as his fiend.

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She drives as carefully as her husband.

(As… as Adjective    Adverb)

1.2 as + much (many) + (un) countable noun + as

 

 

 

 

 

 

She has as much money as her friend.

In Paris I have as many friends as you.

1.3 The same  +  noun   +   as

…The same  +  noun  +   as….

 

 

 

 

This bicycle is the same price as the none.

Prathoom is the same age as Ladda.

The Same

My pen the same as yours.

The same

They are the same height.

These shirts are the same size.

To be  +  like

…To be  +  like  +   Noun

 

 

 

 

I am like my father.

Your voice is like Sayan Sanya’s.

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1.5 to be + alike

…..to be + alike

 

 

 

 

Our ideas are alike.

Their opinions are alike.

 

1.6 to be + similar to

…..to be + similar to + noun

 

 

 

 

My pencil is similar to yours.

Your plan is similar to my plan (or “mine”)

Same, Similar, alike

 

The same

Our shoes are               Similar.

Alike.

 

The same

Jim’s rubber and Jane’s are                    Similar

Alike

 

 

2.1  Not so (as) …as

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

His report is not so long as mine.

He doesn’t drive so fast as he did yesterday.

Your house is not so large as my house (mine)

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1.5 to be + alike

…..to be + alike

 

 

 

 

Our ideas are alike.

Their opinions are alike.

 

1.6 to be + similar to

…..to be + similar to + noun

 

 

 

 

My pencil is similar to yours.

Your plan is similar to my plan (or “mine”)

Same, Similar, alike

 

The same

Our shoes are               Similar.

Alike.

 

The same

Jim’s rubber and Jane’s are                    Similar

Alike

 

 

2.1  Not so (as) …as

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

His report is not so long as mine.

He doesn’t drive so fast as he did yesterday.

Your house is not so large as my house (mine)

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She can’t speak English so fluently as her friend.

2.2 Not so  +  much (many) + (un) countable noun + as

            much  +   uncountable noun

….. Not so +                                                                 +          as…..

Many   +   countable noun

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don’t have so much money as you.

Hens don’t have so many legs as buffaloes.

There is not so much water in this glass as in that one.

Not so….as             not as……as        not so…..as

I don’t have as much ink as you.

This chair is not as big as that one.

He doesn’t speak French as well as you.

(Comparative)

Comparative  + Than

 

 

 

 

Taller than, bigger than, more beautiful than, etc.

1)

You are taller than I.

She is shorter than you.

Her house is larger than his.

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2)

More

Pensri is more beautiful than he friend.

Her car is more expensive than yours.

3) a little       much   (very much)

Your home work is a little easier than mine.

He is a little taller than I.

Iron is much cheaper than gold.

Magaret is very much more beautiful than her sister.

4) of the two, between the two,  between Jack and Jim, etc.    “the + “

Of the two, John is the taller.

Between David and Billy, David is the more friendly.

I am the cleverer of the two.

Seri is the more industrious of the two boys.

5)  (comparative Degree)

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More +             plural noun                  +     than

Uncountable noun

 

Fewer   +       plural noun                      +          Than

 

Less     +          Uncountable                 +          Than

 

 

There are more students in this room than in that room.

There is more rain in July than in May.

I ate fewer mangoes than my sister this morning.

There is less traffic at Bangsue than at Yaowarat.

6) (Adjective)    er       than

Junior to                       senior to

Anterior to                    posterior to

Prior to                         superior to

Interior to                     etc.

I am junior to him.

My wife is senior to me.

That event is posterior to this one.

His strength is inferior to yours.

7)

You are two centimetres taller than I.

(You are taller than I two centimetres.)

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She is five years younger than I.

( She is younger than I five years.)

Suchat ran two metres farther than his friend.

( Suchat ran farther than his friend two metres.)

Comparative degree + than any other

8)

 

 

Bangkok is more populous than any other province in Thailand.

Suthep is cleverer than any other student in the class.

9) Comparative + subject + verb, + the + comparative + subject + verb

The more you learn, the wiser you will get.

The longer she waited, the angrier she became.

(Superlative)

1)

The Chao Praya is the longest of all rivers in Thailand.

Samart is the tallest boy in his classroom.

2) The most

She wants to buy the most luxurious car from this company.

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Apasara is the most beautiful lady in the world.

He drove his car the most carefully of all drivers in the town.

3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have the most friends in Chiengmai.

She has the least money on her today.

There are the fewest people coming to the fair.

4)

This diamond ring is the one of the most expensive I have ever seen.

His essay is one of the longest submitted for the competition.

5) Most            (= very)

 

This is a most valuable coin.

Pannai is most helpful.

6) Most   (the majority)   the

Most people want to be rich.

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1) est :-

Tall                taller                tallest

Short             shorter             shortest

Small             smaller             smallest

Young           younger           youngest

Old                older                oldest

Long              longer              longest

Great             greater              greatest

Hard              harder              hardest

Sweet            sweeter            sweetest

Etc.                ect                    ect.

 

2) er                           est:-

 

Positive                     Comparative    Superlative

Fat                             fatter                fattest

Thin                          thinner             thinnest

Hot                            hotter               hottest

Big                            bigger               biggest

Sad                            sadder              saddest

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Wet      wetter               wettest

Ect       ect                    ect

 

3) e             r                       st:-

 

Positive       Comparative                Superlative

Brave          braver                          bravest

Large          larger                           largest

Wise            wiser                            wisest

Fine            finer                             finest

True            truer                             truest

Ripe            riper                             ripest

Ect.             Ect                               ect

 

4)y              y          y          I           er         est :-

Positive       Comparative                Superlative

Happy         happier                        happiest

Merry          merrier                         happiest

Dry             drier                             driest

Sly              slier                              sliest

Shy             shyer                            shyest

 

5) y             y          y          I           er         est        :-

 

Positive       Comparative                Superlative

Gay             gayer                            gayest

Grey           greyer                          greyest

6) er            re         le         ow       er         est :-

Positive       Comparative                Superlative

Clever         cleverer                        cleverest

Bitter           bitterer                         bitterest

Feeble         feebler                         feeblest

Simple        simpler                         simplest

Sincere        sincerer                         sincerest

Narrow       narrower                      narrowest

Shallow       shallower                     shallowest

Noble          nobler                          noblest

Etc              ect                                ect

 

7) more       most:-

 

Positive       Comparative                Superlative

Fertile         more fertile                  most fertile

Honest        more honest                 most honest

Selfish        more selfish                 most selfish

Fluent         more fluent                  most fluent

Useful         more useful                  most useful

Ect              ect                                ect.

 

8) er            est                    more    most     :-

 

Positive       Comparative    Superlative

 

Cruel           crueler                         cruelest

More cruler                  most cruel

Quiet           quieter                         quietest

More quiet                   most quiet

Slender       slenderer                      slenderest

More slender                most slender

Common     commoner                    commonest

More common              most common

Pleasant      pleasanter                    pleasantest

More pleasant              most pleasant  (541)

9) more most :-

Positive       Comparative                Superlative

Difficult      more difficult               most difficult

Diligent       more diligent                most diligent

Beautiful     more beautiful              most beautiful

Dangerous   more dangerous            most dangerous

Familiar      more familiar               most familiar

Important    more important             most important

Intelligent    more intelligent            most intelligent

Suitable       more suitable                most suitable

Wonderful   more wonderful            most wonderful

Valuable     more valuable              most valuable

Etc              etc                                ect.

 

10) more     most     :-

Positive       Comparative                Superlative

Bored          more bored                   most bored

Tiring          more tiring                   most tiring

Tired           more tired                    most tired

Interesting   more interesting            most interesting

Etc.             ect                                ect

 

11) Positive Comparative Superlative e rest more mostn:-

 

Positive       Comparative                Superlative

Good           better                           best

Bad             worse                           worst

Much, many more                           most

Few             fewer                           fewest

Little           less                              least

Far              farther, further              furthest (542)

 

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(Comparison of Adverb)

 

(Comparison of Adverb)

  1. (Equality)
  2. (Comparative)
  3. (Superlative)

1.1

…as + Adverb + as…

 

 

 

He walks as quickly as his friend.

Tony plays tennis as well as Billy.

Mana spoke French as fluently as his sister.

…not so + Adverb + as…

(Inequality)

 

 

Tonight the stars don’t shine so brightly as they did last night.

He doesn’t drive so carefully as I.

This dog doesn’t run so fast as that one.

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Comparative Adverb + than…

 

He writes more beautiful than his friend .

I work harder than you.

The horse runs more quickly than the buffalo

She drives more slowly than I.

 

Superlative Adverb :-

 

Of the three boys, Daeng played the piano fastest.

Narong studies hardest in his class.

Sri speaks clearly, Porn speaks more clearly than Sri. Pin Speaks most clearly.

 

1) er        est    :-

 

Positive            Comparative                Superlative

Hard                harder                          hardest

Fast                  faster                           fastest

Loud                louder                          loudest

Near                 nearer                          nearest

Etc                   etc                                ect.

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2)                    more:

Positive                      Comparative                                       Superlative more slowly

slowly                          more slowly                                                    most slowly

quickly                        more quickly                                                   most quickly

wisely                          more wisely                                                     most wisely

kindly                          more  kindly                                                   most kindly

sweetly                        more sweetly                                                   most sweetly

early Adjective rly early-earlier-earliest:

Positive          Comparative                Superlative

Well                 better                           best

Badly              worse                           worst

Much               more                            most

Little               less                              least

Far                   father, further              furtherest

 

 

 

(Comparative Adverb)

Pronoun) than than (Subjective Case) (Objective Case):

 

He loves you more than I. (subject)

He loves you more than me .(objective)

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Bottom of Form

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(me) (objective) love you He loves you more than he loves me .

She detests you more than I.

(=She detests you more than I detest you.)

You like him more than you like me .

(= You like him more than you like me .)

 

Rewrite these sentence using the words given in brackets

 

 

  1. Her face is similar to her mother’s faces. (alike)
  2. Prayoon is 5 foot tall. Prayong is 5 foot tall . (the same ……….as)
  3. Magaret is …………………(heavy) Elizabeth. (as….as)
  4. This month isn’t…………..(hot) is usually is.(so….as)
  5. You earn 5,000 bath a month. I earn 5,000 bath a month. (as……as)
  6. The furniture in this room is ……………(expensive ) the furniture in that room . (as….as)
  7. The colour of my house is blue . The colour of your house is blue .(like)
  8. Sak hasn’t read…………..(many books ) ladda has .(so…..as)

 

 

1.Her face and her mother’s are alike.

  1. Prayon is the same height as Prayong.

3.Marget is as heavy as Elizabeth.

  1. This month isn’t so hot as it usually is.
  2. You earn a month as much as I.
  3. The furniture in this room is as expensive as the furniture in that room.
  4. The colour of my house is like the colour of yours.

8.Sak hasn’t read so many books as ladda has.

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Write the correct comparative or superlative form of the adjective or adverb in parent

 

1.Malai is (beautiful). ………………girl in this room

  1. Betty is (charming)… ……than Nancy.
  2. He drove his car (slowly). …….than I did.

4.The Englishman is (friendly)… …….than a European.

  1. He is (selfish)…………… person that I have ever seen.

6 Helen writes (quickly)… ……….among her friends.

  1. Your typewriter is (well made). .. …………the one he sold me.
  2. She found nursing (tiring) .working in the office.
  3. That event is (posterior). ……….this one.
  4. The wife is generally (anterior) ………..the husband.

 

  1. Malai is the most beautiful girl in this room.
  2. Betty is more charming than Nancy.
  3. He drove his car more slowly than I did.
  4. The Englishman is more friendly than a European.
  5. He is the most selfish person that I have ever seen.
  6. Helen writes the most quickly among her friends.
  7. Your typewriter is better made than the one he sold me.
  8. She found nursing more tiring than working in the office.

9 That event is posterior to this one. The wife is generally anterior to the husband.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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