Comparatives
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
Spelling of comparative forms
- 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).
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.kaynak:MEB