COMPARISON I. Equality in comparison : E.g: John is as tall as Tom. She runs as fast as her brother. AS + ADJ/ ADV + AS E.g: He is not so rich as his brother. I can’t cook so well as my mother. NOT + SO/ AS + ADJ/ ADV + AS II. Comparative : A. Short Adjectives/ Adverbs. _ Short Adv contains one syllable. _ Short Adj contains one syllable or two syllables with the end of “Y, OW, ER, ET, LE. E.g: Mr. Brown is older than my father. He runs faster than she. ADJ/ ADV + ER (THAN) B. Long ADJ/ ADV. _ Long Adj/ Adv contains more than two syllable. E.g : A car is more expensive than a bike. MORE +ADJ/ ADV (THAN) III. Superlative : A. Short Adjectives/ Adverbs. E.g : Grandfather is the oldest in my family. THE + ADJ/ ADV + EST B. Long ADJ/ ADV. E.g : This is the most difficult lesson in the book. THE MOST + ADJ/ ADV * IRREGULAR ADJ/ ADV : 1. Good/ Well better the best 2. Bad/ Badly worse the worst 3. Many/ Much more the most 4. Little less the least 5. Far farther/ further the farthest/ the furthest EXERCISE : Give the correct form of the words 1. Gold is (precious) than iron. 2. Cigarette paper is (thin) of all paper. 3. My bike is (expensive) as yours. 4. Yesterday was (warm) than today. 5. This film is not (good) as the one we saw last week. 6. Holidays are (pleasant) than school-days. 7. Which is (high) mountain in your country ? 8. The Pacific is (large) ocean in the world. 9. Is he (studious) as his sister. 10. Jane is (little) athletic of all the women. 11. He is a (tall) boy. 12. She studies (well) than she did last year. 13. This is an (interesting) book. 14. My mother often gets up (early) in the morning. 15. He doesn’t work (hard) as his brother. . COMPARISON I. Equality in comparison : E.g: John is as tall as Tom. She runs as fast as her brother. AS + ADJ/ ADV + AS E.g: He is not so rich as his. ADV + AS E.g: He is not so rich as his brother. I can’t cook so well as my mother. NOT + SO/ AS + ADJ/ ADV + AS II. Comparative : A. Short Adjectives/