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English Grammar Lesson Comparative Adjectives When comparing two persons or things, we use a comparative adjective + than . Examples: Andy is shorter than Leon. Leon is nicer than Andy. Leon is more popular than Andy. Exercise 1 Group the following adjectives into three groups: closer taller nicer more exciting more cheerful thicker more careless larger more serious older poorer safer Answers: (i) poorer, taller, thicker, older (ii) closer, safer, nicer, larger (iii) more careless, more cheerful, more serious, more exciting Syllable One syllable: safe tall old More than one syllable: useful exciting serious use ful ex cit ing se ri ous Explanation Formation of Comparative Adjectives (i) For most adjectives of 1 or 2 syllables, add ‘er’ Examples: lighter, warmer, quieter, cleverer (ii) For adjectives of 1 or 2 syllables ending in ‘e’, add ‘r’ Examples: larger, wider, later, nicer (iii) For adjectives of more than 2 syllables or adjectives of 2 syllables ending in ‘ful’, ‘less’, ‘ic’, ‘ous’, ‘ive’, add ‘more’ Examples: more beautiful, more expensive, more comfortable, more enthusiastic more helpful, more useless, more spacious, more active Exercise 2 List the comparative degree of the following adjectives: 1. young 2. white 3. lively 4. effective 5. cool 6. wise 7. large 8. warm 9. charming younger whiter more lively more effective cooler wiser larger warmer more charming Practice Exercise 1 small The baby is smaller than the pumpkin. colourful This T-shirt is more colourful than that T-shirt. large The diamond of the ring is larger than the diamond of the necklace. Mr Chan Mr Wong Mr Chan is richer than Mr Wong. rich comfortable sofas chairs Sofas are more comfortable than chairs. bedroom toilet bedroom Living room bedroom Living room kitchen toilet Flat A kitchen bedroom Flat B The bedrooms of flat A are more spacious than the bedrooms of flat B. spacious Practice Exercise 2 Compare yourself with your neighbour. Make 5 sentences using comparative adjectives. You should make comparison in the following areas: - appearance (maximum 3 sentences) - personality - academic results Examples: Mr Tam is taller than Miss Wong. Miss Wong is more humorous than Mr Tam. Mr Tam’s salary is higher than Miss Wong’s salary. The office of Mr Tam is larger than the office of Miss Wong. Mr Tam (Vice-principal) Miss Wong (a Maths teacher) You may make use of the following adjectives: - appearance e.g. tall, short, thin, fat, beautiful, handsome - personality e.g. nice, friendly, polite, talkative - academic results e.g. hard-working, intelligent Production Situation • You are a Form 2 student and very weak in English. You are looking for a tutorial school. • You live in Wanchai and have to attend a computer course every Saturday afternoon. • You have found information about 2 tutorial schools. Compare them and tell which one you will choose. B1 TOP 1 LOCATION & PREMISES TOP 1 B1 North 5 Point mins. walk from MTR station 1,000 sq. ft. (5 classrooms) Central 10 mins. walk from MTR station 1,300 sq.ft. (5 classrooms) convenient? near to MTR station? large? small? TUTORIAL CLASSES TOP 1 B1 Price: $1,500 (10 lessons) Price: $1,800 (10 lessons) Duration: 2 hrs. Duration: 1.5 hrs. once a week once a week (Fri. afternoon) (Sat. morning) Class Size: 55 /class expensive? Class Size: 40 /class convenient? cheap? long? short? CLASS ACTIVITIES & NOTES TOP 1 B1 No games in class detailed notes with exercises will be provided after each lesson interesting? Language each class games in grammar notes will be provided detailed? useful? TUTORS TOP 1 B1 40 years old 10 years’ teaching experience young? old? 28 years old 5 years’ teaching experience experienced? handsome? Which tutorial school will you choose? Try to compare the two schools and decide. List five reasons why you choose it. L o c a tio n P re m ise s School fe e E n g lish c la ss n o te s T u to r N o rth P o in t (5 m in s. w a lk fro m M TR sta tio n ) 1 ,0 0 0 sq .ft. (5 c la ssro o m s) $ 1 ,5 0 0 (1 0 le sso n s) 1 .5 h rs./ le sso n once a w eek (F ri. a fte rn o o n ) 5 5 stu d e n ts / c la ss n o g a m e s in c la ss C e n tra l (1 0 m in s. w a lk fro m M TR sta tio n ) 1 ,3 0 0 sq .ft. (5 c la ssro o m s) $ 1 ,3 0 0 (1 0 le sso n s) 2 h rs. / le sso n once a w eek (S a t. m o rn in g ) 4 0 stu d e n ts / c la ss la n g u a g e g a m e s in e a c h le sso n d e ta ile d n o te s w ith g ra m m a r n o te s w ill b e e x e rc ise s w ill b e p ro v id e d p ro v id e d a fte r e a c h le sso n 4 0 y e a rs o ld 2 8 y e a rs o ld 1 0 y e a rs’ te a c h in g 5 y e a rs’ te a c h in g e x p e rie n c e e x p e rie n c e convenient? near to the MTR station? expensive? cheap? large? small? detailed? long? short? experienced? useful? young? interesting? handsome? old? Homework You are going to have lunch with your friend. You have to decide where to go. Try to compare Kentucky and Mc Donald’s. You can talk about the food, price of food, service and environment of these two restaurants. State your decision and at least five reasons using comparative adjectives. Write about 50 words.