COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES Autor: Mgr. Ivana Dvořáková Datum vytvoření: listopad 2012 DUM = Digitální Učební Materiál Gymnázium Dr. Karla Polesného, Znojmo Anglický jazyk

HOW TO COMPARE THEM? SHORT WORDS and LONG WORDS EXCEPTIONS REGULAR ADJECTIVES

 FORM :  COMPARATIVE: [-er]  SUPERLATIVE: [the -est] clean – cleaner – the cleanest (čistý – čistší – nejčistší) nice – nicer – the nicest (hezký/hodný – hezčí/hodnější – nejhezčí/nejhodnější) cheap – cheaper – the cheapest (levný – levnější – nejlevnější)  FORM:  COMPARATIVE: [more - ]  SUPERLATIVE: [the most - ] expensive – more expensive – the most expensive (drahý – dražší - nejdražší) beautiful – more beautiful – the most beautiful (krásný – krásnější – nejkrásnější) difficult – more difficult – the most difficult (obtížný – obtížnější – nejobtížnější) SHORT WORDS + EXCEPTIONS LONG WORDS (more than 1 syllable)

REGULAR ADJECTIVES: exceptions 2 syllables –y 2 syllables –er 2 syllables –le 2 syllables –ow double end consonant  easy – easier– the easiest  clever – cleverer – the cleverest OR more clever – the most clever  simple – simpler – the simplest OR more simple – the most simple  narrow – narrower – the narrowest  big – bigger- the biggest  sad – sadder – the saddest

HOW TO COMPARE THEM? IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES

DOBRÝ ŠPATNÝ MALÝ (MÁLO) DALEKÝ (DALEKO) MNOHÝ (MNOHO)  good – better – the best  bad – worse – the worst  little – smaller – smallest OR little – less – the least  far – farther – the farthest OR far – further – the furthest  much – more – the most many – more – the most

USE AND TYPICAL EXPRESSIONS  COMPARATIVE: than He is so much younger than me. (Je o tolik mladší než já.) the –er, the –er The cheaper, the better. (Čím levnější, tím lepší.)  SUPERLATIVE: in the worldThe worst movie in the world, really. everThis is the best thing ever! of allShe’s the best of all.

TRANSLATE  Tohle je ten nejlepší dárek.  This is the best gift!  Je hezčí než já?  Is she prettier than me?  Koupili si dražší auto.  They have bought a more expensive car.  Je to ta nejjednodušší otázka.  It’s the easiest question.  Je to ten nejhodnější člověk, jakého znám.  He’s the nicest person I know.

EXERCISES WITH REAL-LIFE EXAMPLES READY TO TEST YOURSELVES?

FILL IN THE GAPS! 1. Inflation is the economic problem. 2. Monday morning is the time of the week. 3. It’s for you to take a bus. 4. It’s than in the restaurant. 5. She’s the girl in the world. 6. He wants to be than you. 7. She looks much than you. 8. Life is more than that. 9. It’s the thing you can do! 10. This is the idea I have ever heard.

FILL IN THE GAPS! 1. Inflation is the biggest economic problem. 2. Monday morning is the worst time of the week. 3. It’s easier for you to take a bus. 4. It’s cheaper than in the restaurant. 5. She’s the best girl in the world. 6. He wants to be better than you. 7. She looks much older than you. 8. Life is more complicated than that. 9. It’s the best thing you can do! 10. This is the worst idea I have ever heard.

REFERENCES  Real-life example sentences in the last section have been extracted from the British National Corpus Online service (see  Recommended literature (student workbook): Conrad, S., Biber, D.: Real Grammar. A Corpus-Based Approach to English. NY: Pearson-Longman, 2009.