The degrees of comparison (cтупені порівняння якісних прикм.)

Спосіб утворення	Звичайний ступінь	Вищий ступінь (THAN)	Найвищий ступінь
1. Синтетичний (суфіксальний): одно/двосклад.сл. на -y, -er, -le, -ow (-е опускається в кінці).	short clever narrow simple large/nice	shorter cleverer narrower simpler larger/nicer	the shortest the cleverest the narrowest the simplest the largest/nicest
* G + -er/-est→ [g]!	strong	stronger	the strongest
- пригол. + У + -ER/-EST → -IER/-IEST	рretty funny easy	prett + i + er funn + i + er eas + i + er	the prett + i + est the funn + i + est the eas + i + est
- слова з наголосом на 2 складі.	se'vere po'lite	severer politer	the severest the politest
- коротка голос. + кінцева пригол. = подвоєння.	sad big hot	sadder bigger hotter	the saddest the biggest the hottest
2. Аналітичний (за допомогою службових слів): 2/3-складові прикм.	famous pleasant careful important	more famous less pleasant more careful less important	the most famous the least pleasant the most careful the least important
3. ВИЙНЯТКИ:	1. GOOD 2. BAD 3. LITTLE 4. MANY/MUCH 5. ILL	BETTER WORSE LESS MORE WORSE	THE BEST THE WORST THE LEAST THE MOST THE WORST
4. Два варіанти:	OLD LATE FAR NEAR	OLDER ELDER (в сім’ї) LATER (пізніше) LATTER (останній з 2) FARTHER (відстань) FURTHER NEARER	THE OLDEST THE ELDEST THE LATEST THE LAST THE FARTHEST THE FURTHEST THE NEAREST THE NEXT
5. Синтет./аналіт. cпособи:	Often, quiet, clever, narrow, shallow, simple.

Ex. 1. Put the adjectives in brackets into the correct form.

a). 1. The rooms are … (clean) than they used to be. 2. It's … (cold) here than in Kyiv. 3. This is … (expensive) book of them all. 4. His answer was … (bad) than I thought. 5. The Nile is … (long) than Dniepro. 6. She thinks this shop is … (good) than that one. 7. These people are … (polite) than in my town. 8. Who is … (old) student in the class? 9. Is Michael … (intelligent) than Stephan? 10. What is the name of the … (high) mountain in Europe? 11. This is ... (big building) in our сity. 12. She is ... (strange person) we have ever met. 13. The road becomes ... (narrow) after some miles. 14. Peter is ... (tall) of them all. 15. It was ... (bad) time of my life. 16. The weather is much … (good) than yesterday. 17. Ann was a bit ... (cheerful) than she usually is. 18. Going by train takes twice ... (long) going by plane. 19. He thinks English spelling is ... (difficult) than Russian. 20. This test was ... (easy) of all. 21. Ventspils is (far) town in Latvia I have been to. 22. The second book was (boring) than the first one.

b). 1. She works ... (hard) than her sisters. 2. This man is (clever) than that one. 3. Which is the (hot) month of the year? 4. She speaks Italian (good) than English Asia is (large) than Australia. 5. Who is the (attentive) student in your group? 6. The (tall) trees in the world grow in California. 7. The Volga is (short) than the Mississippi. 8. Mary is a (good) student than Lucy. 9. This garden is the (beautiful) in our town. 10. Spanish is (easy) than German Spanish is easier than German. 11. This book is (interesting) of all I have read this year January is (cold) month of the year. 12. My sister speaks English (bad) than I do. 13. A bus is (fast) than a tram. It is autumn. 14. Every day the air becomes (cold), the leaves (yellow). 15. This meal is (delicious) in our restaurant. 16. Your cake is (tasty) than mine. 17. My dog is (angry) than yours. 18. The jeans are (dirty) than the trousers. 19. Planes are (convenient) means of travelling of all. 20. The boy is (fast) runner of all. 21. The shop is (far) than the school. 22. The story was (exciting) one I have ever heard.

Ex. 2. Use the ... the … in the following sentences.

Model: less study - less know (we) ― The less we study the less we know.

1. Harder rains (it) - wetter get (Jason). 2. Higher jumps - better results gets (Paul). 3. More learns - cleverer becomes (Fiona). 4. Harder studies - more learns (any student). 5. Warmer the day - better spend time (we). 6. Better marks gets - quieter becomes (Martin). 7. More talked - more boring became (Liz). 8. More air polluted - more appear (diseases). 9. More go in for sports - stronger are (you). 10. Faster drives - more nervous become (she, I).