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COMPARATIVES & SUPERLATIVES

English 10th grade

 MAKING COMPARISONS -
COMPARATIVE STRUCTURES

English 10th grade

 WE MAKE COMPARISONS USING A NUMBER OF
STRUCTURES…

• 1. COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVE + THAN – comparative of superiority &

inferiority) review

• Examples:
• Since I’ve done the language course, I have become more confident than
before. (superiority)
• The asteroid impact in Russia was less powerful than the one in Mexico.
(inferiority)
• Today’s temperatures are colder than last week’s. (superiority)
• Yesterday was less cold than today. (inferiority)
 WE MAKE COMPARISONS USING A NUMBER OF
STRUCTURES…

• 2. AS + ADJECTIVE + AS – (comparative of equality) review

• NOT SO / AS ADJECTIVE AS

• Examples:
• Tomorrow is supposed to be as cold as today.
• Today hasn’t been so / as cold as yesterday.
• My new sofa isn’t so/as expensive as the old one, but it’s more
comfortable.
 OTHER COMPARATIVE
STRUCTURES

(New)
THE PRICE OF VIDEO GAMES…

How can we show that

something keeps on
changing, or evolving over
time?

• The costs of game development are getting

higher and higher.

• Developing games is becoming more and more

expensive.
Other examples
Children using electronic devices are getting
.
younger and younger.
Some videos aimed at children are becoming
sillier and sillier.
.
Some computer games are getting
more and more violent.

Video game addiction is becoming

more and more serious amongst teens.
 Adjective Adjective
and
+ -er + -er
funnier and funnier
sillier and sillier
More and more Adjective
more and more difficult
more and more serious

The Double Comparative shows how

things are changing constantly.
 Complete the sentences using a double comparative.

harder and harder(hard) on the plot to make the game

1. They worked _________________
storyline more appealing.

more and more dependent

2. Teens are growing ________________________ (dependent) on
television.

3. The amount of teen obsessed with celebrities is getting

larger and larger
_______________ (large).
4. TV advertising aimed at teens has become
more and more aggressive(aggressive).
_______________________

5. Television shows are becoming

more and more violent (violent).
_____________________

easier and easier

6. It is getting ________________
(easy) to become a reality TV celebrity.
THE PRICE OF VIDEO GAMES…

How can we show that the

change in development costs
affects the price of a game?

• The higher the costs of developing a game,

the higher its price becomes.
• The more expensive it is to create a game,
the more difficult it is to sell it.
 The better computers
are, the faster they
process data.

The more reliable

technology is, the more
interested teens become.

The less teens go out and

talk to friends, the less
sociable they become.
 The +
Subject Verb,
comparative

The better computers are,

The +
Subject Verb.
comparative

the faster they process data.

 The Double Comparative also
expresses cause and effect.

The smarter the contestants are, CAUSE

the better a game show is.

EFFECT
Now Practise!
Choose one of the following adjectives and put it into the
correct form to complete the sentences.

simple innovative naughty high

successful easy up-to-date interesting
educational likeable

1. The ________ a TV show is, the ________ it is to watch.

2. The ________ a TV character is, the ________ it becomes.

 simple innovative naughty high
successful easy up-to-date interesting
educational likeable

3. The ________ a science-fiction film is, the ________ it will

be at the box office.

4. The ________ the teen characters on a TV show are, the

________ the ratings amongst teenagers.

5. The ________ a soap opera is, the ________ it can become.

 Check your answers
1. The simpler a TV show is, the easier it is
to watch.

2. The naughtier a TV character is, the more

likeable it becomes.

3. The more innovative a Science-fiction film

is, the more successful it will be at the box
office.
4. The more interesting the teen characters on
a TV show are, the higher the ratings amongst
teenagers.

5. The more up-to-date a soap opera is, the

more educational it can become.
USE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE SEGMENTS TO
CREATE DOUBLE COMPARATIVES.

1.people / come / party , food / we / need – The more people come to the
party, the more food we will need to buy.
2.difficult / test , students / study
3.nice / customer service representative / happy / customer
4.high-tech / car , expensive / model
5.money / spend , money / save