Comparing things

Examples:
1. Trains are faster than buses.
2. Plane tickets are more expensive than bus tickets.
3. Planes are as uncomfortable as buses.
4. My flight to Indonesia was the longest I’ve ever been on.
5. I think TAM is the most expensive airline in Brazil.

Meaning
1. Identify the sentences above that are examples of the descriptions below.
a) There is a comparison between two things.
b) There is a comparison of equality.
c) There is a comparison between one thing and all others of the same
category.

Form
2. Match the sentences to create rules for comparatives and superlatives adjectives:
a) When the adjective has i) we add -er to the
one syllable adjective/adverb
b) When the adjective has ii) we replace -y for -i and add -
two syllables and ends in - er or -est to the adjective
y iii) we add more before the
c) When the adjective has adjective/adverb
two or more syllables iv) we add the most before the
adjective/adverb
v) we add -er to the
adjective/adverb

3. Circle the correct option:

After comparative adjectives/adverbs we use then / than.

4. To form comparisons of equality we

a) add as before adjective.
b) add as after the adjective.
c) add as before and after the adjective.

5. To form superlatives we _______ add the before the adjective/adverb.

a) always
b) never
c) sometimes