Lesson 7 – Step 3 – Superlatives and Comparatives

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It is time to deepen our knowledge of comparatives and superlatives.

You can watch the video or go straight to the written explanation. You decide! Once you’ve finished, you can move to step 4.

General Notions

We use comparative adjectives to compare two people, places or things. You can check out the rules in level 5 lesson 6 step 4

We use superlative adjectives to compare a person, a thing, or a place with all the others in a group.

We use comparative and superlative adverbs to compare two actions or an action with all the others in a group.

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I am faster than you.	My friend is the fastest in our class.	I run faster than you, but you swim faster than I do.
London is more expensive than Edinburgh.	Paris is one of the most expensive cities in the world.	Sarah dressed more expensively than Martha.
Edinburgh is less expensive than London.	Rice is one of the least expensive products in the supermarket.	Carmen dressed less expensively than Martha, but she looked better.

As …as

We can also use as+ adjective +as to make comparisons:
- This house is as big as mine.

We can also use as+ adverb +as to make comparisons for actions:
- This phone works as slowly as mine.

Ready? Terrific! Let’s move on to step 4 to practise what you’ve learnt in this step.