1.
COMPARATIVE AND EQUALITY
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(NUMBER 54) NGUYEN VAN HAI LONG – 60136035
(NUMBER 55) CAO VAN HUYEN - 61133763

2.
COMPARATIVE
• Short Adj: S + V + (adj/adv) + “er” + than+ Noun/ Pronoun
Eg: My ruler is longer than yours.
Today is hotter than yesterday.
• Long Adj: S + V + more + Adj/Adv + than + Noun/ Pronoun
Eg: He speaks English more fluently than his friend.
This hat is more expensive than the others.
We use comparative form when talking about two things (not three or
more things).

3.
RULE
Short adjectives: add -er
old → older
young → younger
• Variation: if the adjective ends in -e, just add –r
late → later
• Variation: if the adjective ends in consonant, vowel, consonant,
double the last consonant
big → bigger
• Variation: if the adjective ends in -y, change the y to I
happy → happier

4.
RULE
Long adjectives: use more
modern → more modern
expensive → more expensive
Exception:
• With some 2-syllable adjectives, we can use "-er" OR "more":
quiet → quieter/more quiet
clever → cleverer/more clever
• The following adjectives have irregular forms:
good → better
well (healthy) → better

5.
EXERCISE
1. Mom’s watch is … mine. (expensive)
- Mom’s watch is more expensive than mine.
2. My brother is three years … me. (young)
- My brother is three years younger than me.
3. Lara is … her older sister. (beautiful)
- Lara is more beautiful than her older sister.
4. Mount Everest is … all other mountains. (high)
- Mount Everest is higher than all other mountains.
5. Is French … English? (difficult)
- Is French more difficult than English?
Fill in the blanks with words

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D: more boring
C: more
dangerous
B: more
beautiful
A: heavier
Question 1: The princess is
_____ than the witch.
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D: smaller
B: hotter
C: more
dangerous
A: funnier
Question 2: A lion is ____
than a cat.
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D: more
talented
B: slower
A: heavier
C: safer
Question 3: A rock is ___
than a leaf.
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9.
EQUALITY
• Equal comparison is when we compare one thing to another, one to
the other.
1 . FOR MAGNETISM / WORD STATUS
• S + V + AS + (ADJ/ ADV) + AS
Eg:
1.Her car runs as fast as a race car.
2.This picture is as colorful as the one i have ever seen.

10.
2.NEGATIVE FORM
S + V +(NOT) AS + (ADJ/ ADV) + AS
Eg:
1. peter is not as tall as fred.
2. This copy is not as bad as the other one.
NOTE: In the negative form, we can use "so" replace the word "as" in the original
position.
Eg: I do not drive so carefully as my sister.

11.
In addition, we also use the structure: the same…as when
comparing with nouns:
S + V + THE SAME + (NOUN) + AS
Eg:
1.Andrew is the same age as lily
2.her house is the same height as her.
.

12.
EXERCISE
1. Julia/ tall/ her friend.
Julia is as tall as her friend.
2. A banana/ not sweet/ an apple.
A banana is not as sweet as an apple.
3. A fish/ not big/ a elephant.
A fish is not as big as a elephant.
4. This dress/ pretty/ that one.
This dress is as pretty as that one.
5. the weather/ not hot/ yesterday.
The weather is not as hot as yesterday.

13.
D: not as sweet as
B: as delicious as
A: not as expensive
as
C: as expensive as
Question 1: Silver is _____
gold.
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D: is not as windy
as
C: is not as
sweet as
B: is not as fast
as
A: not as fast as
Question 2: The red car
____ the blue car.
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15.
C: not as sweet as
A: as delicious as
D: is not as big as
B: as carefully as
Question 3: A lion ___ an
elephant.
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