Comparison of Adjectives

There are three degrees of comparison:

- Positive (the adjective is in its base form)

Peter is tall.

Peter is not as tall as his father.

- Comparative (two nouns or qualities are compared)

Peter is taller than John.

- Superlative (at least 3 nouns or qualities are compared)

Peter is the tallest of all the pupils in his class.

In English, some comparisons are regular and others are irregular.

Most adjectives have regular comparison. Short adjectives get the -er ending in comparative and -est in superlative. With long adjectives, more or the most are added in front.

The adjectives with irregular comparison need to be learnt by heart:
good - better - the best,
bad / ill / evil - worse - the worst,
little - less - the least,
much/many - more - the most,
far - farther/further - the farthest/furthest

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Postoje tri stepena poređenja:

- Pozitiv (pridev je u svom osnovnom obliku)

Peter is tall. (Petar je visok.)

Peter is not as tall as his father.(Petar nije isto tako visok kao njegov otac.)

- Komparativ (dve imenice ili osobine se porede)

Peter is taller than John. (Petar je viši od Džona.)

- Superlativ (najmanje 3 imenice ili osobine se porede)

Peter is the tallest of all the pupils in his class. (Petar je najviši od svih đaka u njegovom odeljenju.)

U engleskom jeziku, neka poređenja su pravilna, a druga su nepravilna.

Većina prideva ima pravilno poređenje. Kratki pridevi dobijaju nastavak -er u komparativu, a -est u superlativu. Kod dugih prideva more (=više) i the most (=najviše) se dodaju ispred prideva.

Pridevi sa nepravilnim poređenjem se moraju učiti napamet:
good (=dobar) - better (=bolji) - the best (=najbolji),
bad (=loš) / ill (=bolestan) / evil (=zao) - worse (=gori) - the worst (=najgori),
little (=malo) - less (=manje) - the least (=najmanje),
much/many (=mnogo) - more (=više) - the most (=najviše),
far (=dalek) - farther/further (=dalji) - the farthest/furthest (=najdalji)

Make sentences:
1 a tiger / fast / a bear
2 London / large / Belgrade
3 a horse / clever / a cow
4 The Thames / short / the Mississippi
5 a bear / strong / a wolf
6 a tortoise / slow / a rabbit

Read the sentences and write the ages:
Wendy is thirteen. Tom is eight years younger than Wendy. Janet is twelve years older than Tom. Simon is seven years younger than Janet. Mitch is ten years older than Simon.

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjective in brackets:
1 This film is _____ that film. (funny)
2 December is _____ October. (cold)
3 This play is _____ that one. (good)
4 Mary is _____ Violet. (pretty)
5 This apple tree is _____ that one. (high)
6 The weather today is _____ yesterday. (bad)

Use the given adjectives in their correct form:
heavy, short, young, big, cold, fast, sunny
1 Is a rabbit _____ than a snail?
2 Our school is _____ than our house.
3 Winter is _____ than summer.
4 John's brother is _____ and _____ than him.
5 Today is _____ than yesterday.
6 Your basket is _____ than my bag.

Think about your family. Compare them with you.

Read the sentences, answer the questions and fill in the blanks.
The green book has 150 pages. The yellow book has 50 pages. The newspaper has only 16 pages.

1 Which is thinner, the green or the yellow book?
2 Which is thinner, the green book or the newspaper?
3 Which is the thinnest/thickest?

1 The green book is _____ the yellow book.
2 The yellow book is _____ the green book.
3 The newspaper is _____.