8 Top to toe
GRAMMAR
Reed the grammar box below. Write the comparative form
of tee adjectives.
tad 4 happy
2 straight 5 long
3 hot 6 easy
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comparative adjectives
Wo use adjective +-er (4 thon + noun) to compare two
people, groups or things.
Maria's hair's darker and curller than Lucy’.
Ian adjective ends with a vowel (a, ¢.i,0,u) +a
consonant (bc, ec), we double the last lattar.
big- bigger
If an adiective ends with a consonant +-y. we change -v
to-iand then add -e.
curly curlier
Note: Good and bad are irregular adjectives.
good better bad - worse
ENED 2.3 complete the sentences with the comparative
form of the adjectives in brackets. Watch or listen and
check your answers.
tian (Gtr) ian my sisters,
2 Ihavea young) brother but he's
(tail than me.
3 Imstil (heavy) than him
4 Ihave one (old) brother
Ei Mle+ Pronunciation: comparative adjectives. Listen and
repeat
1 molder than my brother.
2 Todays homewort’s easier than yoxterdays
23 My eye are bigger than my ster
Hi complete the sentences withthe comparative form of
the ejectives in rockets
1 think my dancing is, (00d) than my mum's
2 My cousin's garden is (pretty) than our
garden,
3 Valeria hairs shorter tnan mine, rs also a ttle
(rar),
4 People say that my sister is (happy) than me.
5 My brother is (bad) at maths than me,
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Ei kobert is comparing people in is famiy Look at
the pictures and write sx sentences with these
adjectives.
curly dark long old short tail young
timtaller than my dad.
[aT || eh ca
Robert
coir)
{oa | a oc as
Cr)
ao
Speak up
3 Work in pairs. Take turns to compare two of your
friends or two people in your family
Anna is older than Eve