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1 ภาษาอ งก กฤษ ป. 6 Comparison of Adjective & Adverb

2 Comparison of Ad djective & Adverb Grammatical constructions used for comparing adjectives There are three forms of com mparison : positive comparative superlative

3 Positive Form Use the positive form of the adjective if the comparison contains one of the followin ng expressions : as as Example: Jane is as tall as Jo ohn. not as as / not so as Example: John is not as tall as Arnie.

4 Comparative Form and Sup perlative Form (-er/-est) one-syllable adjectives (clean, new, cheap) two-syllable adjectives ending in -y or -er (easy, happy, pretty, dirty, clever) positive form comparativ ve form superlative form clean cleaner (the) cleanest

5 Exceptions in spelling whe en adding -er / -est silent e is dropped Example: late-later-latest final y after a consonant becomes i Example: easy-easier-easie est final consonant after short, stressed vowel is doubled Example: hot-hotter-hotte est

6 Comparative Form and Sup perlative Form (more/most) adjectives of three or mo ore syllables (and two-syllable adjectives not ending in -y/-er) positive form comparative form superlative form difficult more diffi icult most difficult

7 Comparative Form and Superlati ive Form (irregular comparisons) positive form comparative form superlative form good bad / ill little (amount) little (size) much / many far (place + time) bet tter worse les ss smaller more further best worst least smallest most furthest

8 positive form far (place) late (time) late (order) near (place) old (people and things) old (people) compara ative form farther la ater latter ne earer older elder superlative form farthest latest last nearest oldest eldest

9 Fill in the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives. 1. old 2. bad 3. difficult 4. large 5. good 6. big

10 7. Easy 8. much 9. little 10. interesting 11. longer 12. worst 13. modern

11 14. nicest 15. nearest 16. flatte est 17. popular 18. happier 19. many 20. exciting

12 Use either as... as or not as... as in the sentences below. 1. The blue car is the red car. (fast) 2. Peter is Fred. (not/tall) 3. The violin is the cello. (not/low) 4. This copy is the other one. (bad) 5. Oliver is Peter r. (optimistic)

13 6. Today it's yeste erday. (not/windy) 7. The tomato soup was the mushroom soup. (delicious) 8. Grapefruit juice is lemonade. (not/sweet) 9. Nick is Kevin. (b brave) 10. Silver is gold. (not/heavy)

14 Put in the adjective from the first sentences into the second sentence in its correct form (comparative or superlative). 1. My father is heavy. My uncle is much than my father. 2. The test in geography was easy, but the test in biology was.

15 3. Florida is sunny. Do you know the place in the USA? 4. Stan is a successful sports sman, but his sister is than Stan. 5. My mother has a soft voic ce, but my teacher's voice is than my mother's. 6. Amy has a beautiful baby, but my daughter has the baby on earth.

16 7. I live in a large family, bu ut my grandfather lived in a family. 8. We have only little time fo or this exercise, but in the examination we'll have even time. 9. Lucy is clever, but Carol is than Lucy. 10. Have you visited the old castle? It was the castle we visited during our holidays.

17 11. This is a nice cat. It's mu uch than my friend's cat. 12. Here is Emily. She's six years old. Her brother is nine, so he is. 13. This is a difficult exercise. But the exercise with an asterisk is the exercise on the worksheet.

18 14. He has an interesting hob bby, but my sister has the hobby in the world. 15. In the last holidays I read a good book, but father gave me an even one last weekend. 16. School is boring, but homework is than school.

19 17. Skateboarding is a dange erous hobby. Bungee jumping is than skateboarding. 18. This magazine is cheap, but that one is. 19. We live in a small house, but my grandparents house is even 20. Yesterday John told me than ours. a funny joke. This joke was the joke I've ever heard.

20 Fill in the gaps with the com mparative form of the adjectives given. 1. A rock is than a leaf. (heavy) 2. Our house is than yours. (big) 3. The princess is than the witch. (beautiful) 4. Tom is a studentt than Mary. (good) 5. Bicycles are than motorbikes. (safe)

21 6. July is than Ja anuary. (hot) 7. A lion is than a cat. (dangerous) 8. Helen is than Ma ary. (happy) 9. Computers are than telephones. (expensive) 10. I think golf is th han football. (boring)

22 Fill in the gaps with the sup perlative form of the adjectives given. 1. It is the shop in town. (large) 2. Monday is the day of the week. (bad) 3. Ben was the per rson in his family. (noisy) 4. Sam is the in the class. (popular) 5. Which is the sub bject at school? (difficult)

23 6. Jim is the player in the football team. (good) 7. Elephants are the animals. (heavy) 8. Let's pick the apple of the tree. (big) 9. Mary is the girl in the class. (thin) 10. That is the sofa in our house. (comfortable)

24 Fill in the gaps with the com mparative or the superlative form of the adjectives given. 1. This armchair is than the old one. (comfortable) 2. Trains are than aeroplanes. (slow) 3. I bought the sou uvenir I could afford. (expensive) 4. In this classroom there are girls than boys. (many)

25 5. Ann is the child in the family. (young) 6. That TV set is the of all. (cheap) 7. You are here tha an there. (safe) 8. Fifi is than Kate. (pretty) 9. This is the film i have ever seen. (exciting) 10. Tim is than Peter. (talented)