COMPARATIVE FORMS OF ADJECTIVES

(Sıfatların karşılaştırma formları)

Sıfatların comparative "karşılaştırma" formlarını bir kişiyi ya da bir nesneyi bir diğeri ile karşılaştırırken kullanırız.
  • Ali is 8 years old and 110 cm long.
  • Adnan is 12 years old and 145 cm long.

  • Ali is younger than Adnan............................ Adnan is older than Ali
  • Ali is shorter than Adnan............................. Adnan is longer than Ali.

    ☞ Use comparative adjectives + than to compare things

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  • A cheetah is faster than a lion.
  • A worm is thinner than a snake.
  • Ahmet has got a little money; he has got only 1 million TL.
    Ayla has got a little money too; she has got only 1 million and 5 hundred TL.
    Ahmet’s money is     less than Aylas’s. Ayla’s money is more than Ahmet’s.



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  • The house in picture A is smaller than the house in picture B.
  • The house in picture A is cheaper than the house in picture B.
  • The house in picture B is more beautiful than the house in picture A.
  • The house in picture B is more expensive than the house in picture A.
  • The house in picture B is bigger than the house in picture A.

EXERCISE :

Make sentences as in the example, using the given words in brackets.

  • A car is more expensive than a bicycle. (a car / expensive / a bicycle).
1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (a giraffe / tall / a monkey).

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (the black sea / small / the pacific ocean).

3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (an airplane / fast / a helicopter).

4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (‹stanbul / large / Ankara).



Answer Key:

1. A giraffe is taller than a monkey.
2. The black sea is smaller than the pacific ocean.
3. An airplane is faster than a helicopter.
4. İstanbul is larger than Ankara.







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