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COMPAR I S ON S
Adjs or
advs
POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
Short AS + adj + AS
NOT SO / AS + adj
+ AS
Adj - ER + THAN THE + adj - EST
Long
MORE + adj + THAN THE MOST + adj
Ex: 1. He is as tall as his father.
John sings as well as his sister.
His job is not so difficult as mine.
2. Today is hotter than yesterday.
This chair is more comfortable than the other.
3. John is the tallest boy in the family.
These shoes are the most expensive of all.
@ Double comparatives:
FORMS MEANINGS EXAMPLES
1. The + comparative + S + V,
the + comparative + S + V
Caøng … caøng The hotter it is, the more miserable I feel.
2. Short adj - ER and short adj - ER
MORE and MORE + long adj
Caøng ngaøy
caøng
Betty is younger and younger
The food is more and more expensive
@ Notes:
Adj & adv Comparative Superlative
Good/ well

Bad/ badly
Many/ much
Little
Far
better
worse
more
less
farther / further
the best
the worst
the most
the least
the farthest / the furthest
Ex: She studies (well) than her friend.
She studies better than her friend.
• Tính từ ngắn là tính từ có 1 âm tiết hoặc 2 âm tiết nhưng tận cùng là -y, -et,
-er, -le, -ow
Ex: happy, quiet, clever, gentle, narrow
happier quieter cleverer gentler
narrower
• Ta dùng more với các trạng từ tận cùng là –ly (trừ early)
Ex: more slowly, more fluently, more quickly