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Alan is in France. He wants to travel from Paris to Lyon. He has three options:
Train Bus Plane
Journey time 2h 5h45 1h15
Cost/$ 40 28 90
The bus is cheaper than the train, but it is also slower. The train is faster than the bus, but it is more
expensive. Traveling by plane is the fastest option, but it is also the most expensive. Cheaper and
more expensive are comparative forms. Fastest and most expensive are superlative forms.
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Comparative form Superlative form
words with one syllable Add -er Add -est
cheap –> cheaper cheap –> cheapest
hard –> harder hard –> hardest
two-syllable words ending -y –> -ier -y –> -iest
in -y early –> earlier early –> earliest
lucky –> luckier lucky –> luckiest
two or more syllables Use more ... Use most ...
expensive –> more expensive –> most
expensive expensive
boring –> more boring –> most
boring boring
adverbs ending in -ly Use more ... Use most ...
quickly –> more quickly –> most
quickly quickly
simply –> more simply –> most
simply simply
Important points
1) After comparatives, you can use than:
The bus is cheaper than the train.
2) Before comparative forms, you can use much / a lot / far (= a lot) / a bit / a little / slightly:
The plane is much more expensive than the train.
The United States is far bigger than Mexico.
3) With these two-syllable adjectives, you can use -er/-est or more/most:
simple clever gentle friendly quiet narrow Joanna is friendlier / more friendly
than usual.
4) We usually use the before superlative forms:
The plane is the fastest option. He is one of the most interesting people I know. 5) These
adjectives have irregular forms:
good - better - best bad - worse - worst far - further/farther - furthest
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2 Practice 1
Complete each sentence using a comparative form with ‘much’, ‘a lot’, ‘far’, ‘slightly’, ‘a little’, or ‘a bit’.
More than one answer is possible.
Smart car SUV
Price $16,000 $17,000
Maximum speed 50 mph 125 mph
Gas mileage/ miles per gallon 80 mpg 20 mpg
1. The SUV is a lot faster than the Smart car. (fast)
2. The Smart car is slower than the SUV. (slow)
3. The SUV is more expensive than the Smart car. (expensive)
4. The SUV is bigger than the Smart car. (big)
5. The Smart car is more economical than the SUV. (economical)
6. The Smart car is cheaper than the SUV. (cheap)
7. The Smart car is smaller than the SUV. (small)
3 Practice 2
Complete each sentence with a comparative or superlative form of the word in brackets. More than
one answer may be possible.
1. Honey is sweeter than bread. (sweet)
2. This is the worst weather we’ve had in years. (bad)
3. Italian is much easiest to learn than Chinese. (easy)
4. The town square is a lot further than I thought. (far)
5. Claire is much clerever than her sister Charlotte. (clever)
6. This is one of the most delicious dishes I’ve ever eaten! (delicious)
7. It’s raining more heavily than yesterday. (heavily)
8. The sun is nearly 10 times larger than the planet Jupiter. (large)
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9. Joe is the youngest member of his family. (young) His two brothers are much older
than him. (old)
10. He finished his exam a bit more quickly than everybody else. (quickly)
11. Usain Bolt is the fastest man on earth. (fast) No one can run than him. (fast)
12. The boss let us go home a little earlier than usual. (early)
13. The Amazon and the Nile are very long rivers, but the Nile is considered the longest to be . (long)
14. John is funnier than usual today. I didn’t know he had a sense of humor. (funny) 15. Peter is
the luckiest person I know. (lucky) And after winning the lottery, he is also the richest. (rich)
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