Degrees of Comparison
short words: -er, -est |
big – bigger – the biggest thin – thinner – the thinnest short – shorter – the shortest |
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words ending in – y: -ier, -iest |
easy – easier – the easiest happy – happier – the happiest heavy – heavier – the heaviest |
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long words: more, the most |
important – more important – the most important general – more general – the most general |
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both ways for some adjectives (stupid, gentle, friendly, cruel, common, pleasant, quiet, shallow) |
s more simple- the most simple
n more narrow – the most narrow
c more clever – the most clever |
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real right wrong |
real - more real - the most real right - more right - the most right wrong - more wrong - the most wrong |
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a bit/ a littlе + comparative (немного) |
a bit
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bigger older more difficult |
than |
much/ a lot/ far + comparative (намного, гораздо) |
It’s much cheaper. – Это намного дешевле. The film is far better than the book. – Фильм гораздо лучше, чем книга. |
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By far + superlative (гораздо) |
He is by far the best student in the class. – Он гораздо лучше, чем все остальные студенты. |
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simpler
– the simplest
imple
narrower
– the narrowest
arrow
cleverer
– the cleverest
lever
Ex. 1. Analyze these sentences and compare the adjectives given there. Translate them into Russian.
1. He has a difficult test. I have a more difficult test. Her test is the most difficult of all. 2. Your problem is easy. His problem is easier than yours. That student’s problem is the easiest. 3. This definition is too simple. There is a more simple (simpler) definition. That is the most simple (simplest) definition of all. 4. My explanation of this task is wrong. My friend’s explanation of this task is more wrong than mine. I think that his explanation is the most wrong explanation I have ever heard. 5. Jill is 25. Gary is 24 ½ . Jill is a bit older than Gary. 6. France isn’t very big. Canada is much bigger than France. 7. That film is interesting. I consider it is by far the most interesting film I have ever seen. 8. This method is complicated. The new one is much more complicated. It is the most complicated method that I remember.