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Гуманітарний інститут

Розробник: к.п.н., доц. А.В. Міняйлова

Змістовий модуль 1 «Colour Psychology»

Comparison of adjectives and adverbs

Type	Examples	Comparative	Superlative
One-syllable and some two-syllable adjectives	old, nice, happy	+ -er	+ -est
		older, nicer, happier	the oldest, the nicest, the happiest
Longer adjectives and other two- syllable adjectives	famous, expensive	more, less	the most, the least
		more famous, less expensive	the most famous, the least expensive
Irregular adjectives	good, bad, far	better, worse, farther/further	the best, the worst, the farthest/furthest
Adverbs	quickly carefully	more, less	the most, the least
		more quickly, less carefully	the most quickly, the least carefully
Irregular adverbs	well, badly, far	better, worse, farther/further	the best, the worst, the farthest/furthest

• We use than with comparatives: I’m older than my brother. This phone is more expensive than the others. Tom drives more slowly than me/than I do.

• We can use superlatives in these patterns:

• (one of) the + superlative: It’s the best film I’ve seen. He’s one of the best singers of his generation. It’s one of the most interesting books she’s written.

• the second/third + superlative: It’s the second/third most expensive hotel in the world.

1. Look at the table showing the results of a survey of students in a class and complete the sentences. Use the comparative.

	go shopping	interested in clothes	like computer games	concerned with looks	using technology	saving money
Boys	•	•	• •	•	••	•
Girls	• •	• •	•	• •	•	••

1. Girls go shopping..........more often.................... than boys. (often)

2. Boys are.............................. in clothes than girls. (interested)

3. Computer games are.............................. with boys than with girls. (popular)

4. Boys are.............................. with their appearance than girls. (concerned)

5. Boys learn to use technology.............................. than girls. (quickly)

6. Girls are.............................. at saving money than boys. (good)

2. Complete the sentences. Use the superlative.

1. It’s a fantastic book! It’s .............the best................. book I’ve read for ages! (good)

2. Football is the second.............................. sport for young people. Lots of people get injured playing it. (dangerous)

3. Helen, Rachel and I all speak Italian, but Helen speaks it.............................. . She’s very good at it. (fluently)

4. I had a horrible time. It was one of.............................. matches I’ve had this season. (enjoyable)

5. Of the three of us, lack works.............................. . He loves this job. (hard)

6. I knew she wasn’t going to help me. When I asked people for help, she answered .............................. .(enthusiastically)

3. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first, using the word in bold. Use between two and five words.

1. Everyone in my group’s older than me. the

I’m .............................. in my group.

2. Everyone I know is more sporty than Jamie. least

Jamie is.............................. person that I know.

3. She’s a more careful driver than her sister. carefully

She drives.............................. her sister.

4. Jo and Ted are the best at singing in the group, but Jo’s better than Ted. second

Ted’s.............................. singer in the group.

5. Kelly reacts to problems less calmly than the rest of us. the

Kelly reacts to problems.............................. of us all.

6. Kirsty is more cautious than me. less

I’m .............................. Kirsty.

7. Everyone in our class behaves more maturely than Tim. immaturely

Tim behaves .............................. in our class.