Adjective
|
Comparative
|
Superlative
|
happy
|
happier
|
happiest
|
simple
|
simpler
|
simplest
|
busy
|
busier
|
busiest
|
tilted
|
more tilted
|
most tilted
|
tangled
|
more tangled
|
most tangled
|
Three or more syllables
Adjectives with three or more syllables form the comparative by putting more in front of the adjective, and the superlative by putting most in front. (See table 7)
Table 7
Adjective
|
Comparative
|
Superlative
|
important
|
more important
|
most important
|
expensive
|
more expensive
|
most expensive
| Irregular comparatives and superlatives
These very common adjectives have completely irregular comparative and superlative forms.( See Table 8 )
Table 8
Adjective
|
Comparative
|
Superlative
|
good
|
better
|
best
|
bad
|
worse
|
worst
|
little
|
less
|
least
|
much
|
more
|
most
|
far
|
further / farther
|
furthest / farthest
|
Examples
Today is the worst day I've had in a long time.
You play tennis better than I do.
This is the least expensive sweater in the store.
This sweater is less expensive than that one.
I ran pretty far yesterday, but I ran even farther today.
Task 1. Write the appropriate form of the adjective in the brackets
1. The town is just as large as my native one.
2. The road was longer than we had expected.
3. The girl is very intelligent.
4. As soon as they understood that the second book was more boring than the first one, they changed their mind.
5. The shop is farther than the school.
6. Ventspils is the farther town in Latvia I have been to.
7. Tim is more intelligent than Pat.
8. The heat is less harmful than the cold.
9. This song is the most beautiful one in the world!
10. They are as stubborn as donkeys!
11. The weather today is worse than the weather yesterday but not as worse as it was four days ago.
12. The story was the most exciting one I have ever heard.
13. They were less tired than we.
14. George bought a newer car than he could ever imagine.
15. The mark is a better than I expected.
16. They are very upset with the results.
17. She is more polite than me.
18. The boy is the fastest runner of all.
19. It is as pleasant as a greeting card.
20.The movie was more interesting than the book.
Task 2. Identify the degree of comparison.
Read the following sentences and identify the adjectives used in various degrees of comparison.
Raj is taller than Sheldon.
The little girl is quite brave.
This chocolate is sweeter than the other one.
Mr Ambani is one of the wealthiest men.
The weather is getting colder these days.
The boy was the fattest one in the school.
Bring me the largest bag you have.
This is the best gift I’ve received to date.
The cottage is in the farthest corner of the village.
May is the hottest month of the year.
Riya is my elder sister.
Can you point me towards the nearest phone booth?
This is the oldest church in our city.
Most boys were in the playground.
This is my least favorite book.
Task 3. Choose the most appropriate answer for the gaps.
1. He is ………man in his village.
a) the eldest
b) the oldest
c) the older
2. This is ………botanical garden in the country.
a) the large
b) the larger
c) the largest
3. She is ………than you think.
a) more clever
b) cleverer
c) more cleverer
4. A deer is not as ………as a tiger.
a) fast
b) faster
c) fastest
5. She is as ………as you are.
a) intelligent
b) more intelligent
c) intelligenter
6. A crow is ………than a peacock.
a) clever
b) cleverer
c) cleverest
7. Platinum is ………than gold.
a) costly
b) costlier
c) more costly
more costlier
8. She was ………than I thought.
a) young
b) more young
c) younger
9. Iron is ………than copper.
a) usefuller
b) more useful
c) more usefuller
10. Iron is ………………………….. metal.
a) most useful
b) the most useful
c) the usefullest
USED LITERATURE
1. Maja Olejniczak . “English for Information Technology” 1. Vocational English Course Book, 2011.
2. David Hill. “English for Information Technology" 2. Vocational English Course Book, 2012.
3. Esteras Santiago Remacha, Fabre Elena Marco.“Professional English in Use ICT”, 2011.
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Internet resurslari
1. https//english-grammar.biz/english-for-it.html
2. http://ielts.org/
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4. http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Ross-Listening Comprehension.html
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11. https://www.ielts.org/-/media/us-files/ielts-usa-practice-ac-reading
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