Comparision of adjectives

• Rio de Janeiro is hot.

• The Sahara desert is usually hotter than Rio.

• Last summer, Rio was as hot as the Sahara desert.

We use comparatives when we talk about two things, places, people,

etc...

• Rio de Janeiro

• The Sahara Desert

The Sahara desert is hotter than Rio de Janeiro

• Rio de Janeiro is old.

but... • Rome is older

than Rio. • Rio de Janeiro

isn’t as old as Rome.

Form of comparative adjectives

• One syllable (short adjectives):

• Old = older• Small = smaller• Hot = hotter • Long = longer

• More than one syllable (long adjectives):

• Expensive = more expensive

• Comfortable = more comfortable

• Intelligent = more intelligent

Try these: Fusca/ Land Rover• Small – A Fusca is ________ than a

Land Rover.• Comfortable – A Land Rover is

__________ than a Fusca. • Expensive – A Land Rover is _________

than a Fusca.

1. Smaller 2. more comfortable 3. more expensive

And these • Rio de Janeiro / Petrópolis 1. Cold – Petrópolis is __________ than

Rio de Janeiro2. Big – Rio de Janeiro is _________ than

Petrópolis. 3. Populous – Rio de Janeiro is

__________ than Petrópolis.

1. Colder 2. bigger 3. more populous

Irregular forms:

• Good – • Bad -• Far -

• Better• Worse • Further / farther

Which is better: English or French?

Adjectives of two syllables ending

in a consonant+ y:• Easy – • Happy – • Friendly -

• easier• happier• friendlier

Which is easier: Maths or Portuguese?

We use as...as to say that two places, people, things, etc...are

the same.

• I think English is as easy as French

• In my opinion, football is not as interesting as volleyball.

• She believes Maths is as difficult as Portuguese.

Try more:History/ Geography:• Difficult – I don’t think History is

as _________ as Geography.• Boring – I think Geography is as

________ as History.• Interesting – Is History __________

than Geography?• Good -Is Geography _______ than

History?

1. Difficult 2. boring 3. more interesting 4. better

And more:• Beyonce / Madonna 1. Beautiful – Is Madonna __________ than

Beyonce? 2. Old – Beyonce isn’t as _______ as

Madonna.3. Good – I think Beyonce’s songs

are______ than Madonna’s.

1. More beautiful 2. old 3. better

Do you remember...

• Which is hotter: Rio de Janeiro or Porto Alegre?

What is the hottest place in the world?

And the hottest place in the world is...

• ( ) The Sahara Desert • ( ) El Azizia (a city in

Lebanon) • ( ) Saudi Arabia

El Azizia, in Lebanon. On September 13th, 1922 the temperature was 58º.

We use superlative to compare three or more

things, places, people, etc...• The world's longest

hair belongs to Xie Qiuping (China) at 5.627 m. She has been growing her hair since 1973 from the age of 13.

Adapted from: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/human_body/extreme_bodies/longest_hair.aspx

• Most valuable guitar 

Price: US$2.7millionWhere:Ritz-Carlton

Hotel, Doha, QatarWhen:November

17, 2005

Adapted from: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com

In your opinion, which is...

• The easiest school subject?• The most difficult school subject?

( ) English ( ) Maths ( ) History ( ) Arts ( ) PE

( ) Geography ( ) Drawing ( ) Portuguese ( ) French

By: Panaro

• Books used:• BEAUMONT,D. Elementary English

Grammar. Oxford:Heinemann,1993.• MURPHY, R.Essential Grammar in

Use.Cambridge:CUP,1990.