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Comparatif de supériorité, d'infériorité, d'égalité
Comparatif de supériorité => +
=> Timothy is richerthan me. ( adjectif court ) => I am more intelligent than Timothy. (adjectif long )
Comparatif d'infériorité => -
=> I am less rich than Timothy. => He is less intelligent than me.
Comparatif d'égalité => = aussi... que ... = as ... as...
=> I am as happy asTimothy. ( forme affirmative = ... aussi heureux que ... ) => He is notasintelligent asme. ( forme négative = ...pas aussi intelligent que ... )
COMPARE
Joe's car
Bob's car
fast
+
-
expensive
=
=
good
-
+
large
+
-
noisy
-
+
attractive
=
=
modern
+
-
recent
+
-
safe
+
-
smart
+
-
comfortable
+
-
old
-
+
Oralement, à partir du tableau, s'exercer à faire les phrases du type :
Joe's car is faster than Bob's car.
Bob's car is less fast than Joe's car.
Joe's car is as expensive as Bob's car.
etc.
Comparative adjectives and adverbs
We usually add-erto one-syllable adjectives and adverbsto make their comparative forms.
Otherwise we use'more + adjectives'
With one-syllable past participle adjectives : bored, creased, pleased, worn.
Ex : You should iron your shirt again it looks more creased than before. ( not : creaseder…)
With fun, real, right, wrong :
Ex : I thought she was honest, I couldn't have been more wrong ! ( not …wronger )
When we compare two qualities:
Ex : He is more mad than brave.
Ex : The door looks more green than blue !
We can sometimes use more as an alternative to the -er form to emphasize the comparison :
Ex : You might think this one is small but the other one is more small. ( or …smaller )
Other adjectives like this include clear, cold, fair, rough, soft, true.
Some adjectives with 2 syllables are most commonly used with more/less :
Participle adjectives ( worried, boring … ).
Adjectives ending in -ful, and -less ( careful, careless…).
Most two-syllable adjectives ending -y, -ow, -er, -ure can take either -er or the 'more +adjectives' form, although the -er form is more frequently used.
Some adjectives ( complete, equal, favourite, ideal, perfect, unique ) have a comparative meaning so they are not often used with -er or more/less.
However, we can use comparative forms for special emphasis or for a particular communicative purpose :
Ex : His cooking today was good, but less perfect than yesterday.
Put the adjectives or adverbs into the right comparative (or superlative) form.
Then press "Check" to check your answers.
Comparative adjectives and adverbs
We usually add-erto one-syllable adjectives and adverbsto make their comparative forms.
Otherwise we use'more + adjectives'
With one-syllable past participle adjectives : bored, creased, pleased, worn.
Ex : You should iron your shirt again it looks more creased than before. ( not : creaseder…)
With fun, real, right, wrong :
Ex : I thought she was honest, I couldn't have been more wrong ! ( not …wronger )
When we compare two qualities:
Ex : He is more mad than brave.
Ex : The door looks more green than blue !
We can sometimes use more as an alternative to the -er form to emphasize the comparison :
Ex : You might think this one is small but the other one is more small. ( or …smaller )
Other adjectives like this include clear, cold, fair, rough, soft, true.
Some adjectives with 2 syllables are most commonly used with more/less :
Participle adjectives ( worried, boring … ).
Adjectives ending in -ful, and -less ( careful, careless…).
Most two-syllable adjectives ending -y, -ow, -er, -ure can take either -er or the 'more +adjectives' form, although the -er form is more frequently used.
Some adjectives ( complete, equal, favourite, ideal, perfect, unique ) have a comparative meaning so they are not often used with -er or more/less.
However, we can use comparative forms for special emphasis or for a particular communicative purpose :
Ex : His cooking today was good, but less perfect than yesterday.
Comparatif de supériorité, d'infériorité, d'égalité
Comparatif de supériorité => +
=> Timothy is richerthan me. ( adjectif court ) => I am more intelligent than Timothy. (adjectif long )
Comparatif d'infériorité => -
=> I am less rich than Timothy. => He is less intelligent than me.
Comparatif d'égalité => = aussi... que ... = as ... as...
=> I am as happy asTimothy. ( forme affirmative = ... aussi heureux que ... ) => He is notasintelligent asme. ( forme négative = ...pas aussi intelligent que ... )
COMPARE
Joe's car
Bob's car
fast
+
-
expensive
=
=
good
-
+
large
+
-
noisy
-
+
attractive
=
=
modern
+
-
recent
+
-
safe
+
-
smart
+
-
comfortable
+
-
old
-
+
Oralement, à partir du tableau, s'exercer à faire les phrases du type :
Joe's car is faster than Bob's car.
Bob's car is less fast than Joe's car.
Joe's car is as expensive as Bob's car.
etc.
Superlatif
The superlative formis-est(oldest)or most...(most expensive)
1- The 'Atlantic bluefin tuna' is the biggest. 2- 'Bigeye tuna' is biggerthan 'Yellowfin tuna'. 3- The 'Atlantic bluefin tuna' is biggerthan all the other tuna.
1- Is oil more expensive than gas ? 2- Is oil more expensive than all the other power supplies? 3- Is oil the mostexpensive of the three ?
Bigger /older / more expensiveetc. are comparative forms. Biggest / oldest / most expensiveetc. are superlative forms.
Short words
(old, cheap, nice, etc. )
the... -est
old => the oldest / cheap => the cheapest / nice => the nicest
but : good => the best / bad => the worst
Spelling : big => the biggest / hot => the hottest
Words ending in-y
(easy, heavy, etc. )
the... -iest
easy => the easiest / heavy => the heaviest / pretty => the prettiest
Long words
(careful, expensive, interesting, etc. )
the most...
careful => the most careful / interesting => the most interesting
Examples :
This church is the oldest building in the town.
What is the longest river in the world ?
Fame isn't the most important thing in life.
Can you tell me the way to the nearest bank ?
Alice is a good pianist but she isn't the best* in the class. ( = * without a noun / = the best pianist)
superlative + I've ever... / you've ever... etc.
The film was very funny. I think it's one of the funniest film I 've ever seen.
What is the most important thing you've ever done?
