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Unit 7:
CULTURAL
DIVERSITY
LESSON 2: Grammar
Comparative adjectives

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An adjective that has 4
letters
describes a tree.

TALL

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An adjective that has 5
letters
describes a boy.

SHORT

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An adjective that has 3
letters
describes a fish.

BIG

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Lucky Question 2+
Guess: LESSON TOPIC
(10 LETTERS)

COMPARISON

COMPARITIVE ADJECTIVES
Syllables

①
②

(end in -y)

2+

Form

Example
tall → taller

adjective + -er
adjective + -er
(change -y to -i)

hot → hotter
happy → happier
hungry → hungrier
interesting → more interesting

more + adjective

comfortable → more comfortable

IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES
Adjective

Comparative form

bad

worse

good

better

many/ much

more

little

less

Sentence pattern
S + be + comparative adjective + than +
O

tall
(adjective)



taller
(comparative adjective)

careful
(adjective)

 more careful
(comparative adjective)

noisy
(adjective)



noisier
(comparative adjective)

bad
(adjective)



worse

(comparative adjective)

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
Syllables

①
②

(end in -y)

2+

Form

Example
tall → the tallest

the + adjective + -est
the + adjective + -est
(change -y to -i)

hot → the hottest
happy → the happiest
hungry → the hungriest
interesting → the most interesting

the + most + adjective

comfortable → the most comfortable

IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES
Adjective

Superlative form

bad

worst

good

best

many/ much

most

little

least

NOTE: We tend not to use less and least to form comparatives and
superlatives with one syllable adjectives, for example, bigger/
smaller. We use the opposit instead.

Sentence pattern
S + be + the + superlative adjective + O

tall
(adjective)



the tallest
(superlative adjective)

careful
(adjective)

 the most careful
(superlative adjective)

good
(adjective)



the best
(superlative adjective)

noisy
(adjective)



the noisiest
(superlative adjective)

dangerous
(adjective)



the most dangerous
(superlative adjective)

bad
(adjective)

 the worst
(superlative adjective)

1. Do you agree with the following statements?
1.Living in your country is more interesting than living abroad.
 I agree. There are so many beautiful landscapes for me to discover in my
country.
2.Wedding ceremonies are less complicated now than they used to be
in the past.
 I agree. The time of preparation is shorter and you don't have to prepare
too many things.
3.The biggest expense of a wedding is the reception.
 I agree. The modern wedding usually takes place in restaurants or hotel
which couples too much.
6.It's much better to have a small wedding and save money.
 I don't agree. The wedding is the biggest day of bride and groom. They
can ask in family'support for nice wedding, not very wasteful but not very
small.

2. Write five sentences comparing the two weddings in the table below.
Using the comparative form of the adjectives in the box and than.
good

expensive

1.Number of guests

crowded

old

long

Mr Smith's wedding

Mr Long's wedding

150 people

120 people

2.The cost of the reception VND 50 million

VND 40 million

3.The groom's age

30 years old

28 years old

4.Engagement period

Six months

Two years

5.Service rating

SUGGESTED ANSWERS
1.Guests in Mr Smith's wedding was more crowded
than in Mr Long's (wedding).
3. Mr Smith was older than Mr Long when he got
married.
5. The service rating at Mr Smith's wedding was
better than at Mr Long's wedding.
2. Mr Smith's wedding reception was more expensive
than Mr Long's.
4. Mr Long's engagement period was longer than Mr
Smith's.

Homework
1. Redo the exercises.
2. Prepare for the next lesson.

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