Comparision
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Contents
How many types of Comparison are there?
Forming regular Comparatives and Superlatives
Exceptions
Exercise Index
... AS ... AS ...
How many types of Comparison are there?
There are 3 types of Comparison:
Equal form
Comparative
Superlative
Usage:
- Equal form is used to compare two things to point out whether they have the same quality of some feature.
- Comparative is used to compare two things‎ to point out the differences between them.
- Superlative is used to compare more than two things‎.
How many types of Comparison are there?
Click on the sentences which are of equal form
CAN YOU RECOGNIZE?
Who sings most beautifully in your class?
My brother is studying harder than ever for his coming test.
She’s not the most intelligent person in her family.
Mary is as tall as Jane.
Is Tokyo bigger or smaller than Ho Chi Minh city?
They run as fast as pigs.
How many types of Comparison are there?
Click on the sentences which use comparatives
CAN YOU RECOGNIZE?
Who sings most beautifully in your class?
My brother is studying harder than ever for his coming test.
She’s not the most intelligent person in her family.
Mary is as tall as Jane.
Is Tokyo bigger or smaller than Ho Chi Minh city?
They run as fast as pigs.
How many types of Comparison are there?
Click on the sentences which use superlatives
CAN YOU RECOGNIZE?
Who sings most beautifully in your class?
My brother is studying harder than ever for his coming test.
She’s not the most intelligent person in her family.
Mary is as tall as Jane.
Is Tokyo bigger or smaller than Ho Chi Minh city?
They run as fast as pigs.
... AS ... AS ...
… as/so + adj/adv + as + …
Notice:
He is as tall as me  correct
He is as tall as I am  correct
He is as tall as I  incorrect
They drive as carefully as us  correct
They drive as carefully as we do  correct
They drive as carefully as we  incorrect
... AS ... AS ...
… number of times + as + adj/adv + as + …
Notice:
We CAN’T use “SO” instead of “AS” in this case
Examples:
Mary’s books are twice as many as mine.
My sister can run five times as fast as a turtle.
Forming regular Comparatives and Superlatives
How would you form comparatives and superlatives from these kinds of adjectives and adverbs?
Forming regular Comparatives and Superlatives
Exceptions
Exercise Index
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Comparison Exercises index page