A2 | Grammar | 10 min

Comparatives and Superlatives

Type	Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
Short adjective (1 syllable)	cheap	cheaper	the cheapest
Short, 1 vowel + 1 consonant: double the last consonant	big	bigger	the biggest
Ends in -y: change y to i	heavy	heavier	the heaviest
Long adjective (2 or more syllables)	expensive	more expensive	the most expensive
Irregular	good	better	the best
Irregular	bad	worse	the worst

1. Compare two things: comparative + than. "The blue bag is cheaper than the red bag."

2. Compare one thing with a whole group (three or more things): the + superlative. "This is the most expensive bag in the shop."

3. Do not use more with an adjective that already has -er, and do not use the most with an adjective that already has -est. Wrong: "more cheaper", "the most cheapest". Right: "cheaper", "the cheapest".

4. After a comparative, use than (not that or then). "This shop is bigger than that shop."

Look at the table of three phones, then choose the correct answer.

	Lime	Star	Moon
Price	3,000,000 VND	5,000,000 VND	8,000,000 VND
Battery	20 hours	30 hours	25 hours
Weight	190 g	170 g	210 g
Camera score	6/10	8/10	9/10

1. Lime is ___ than Star.

____ a) cheaper ____ b) more cheap ____ c) the cheapest

2. Moon is ___ phone of the three.

____ a) more expensive ____ b) the expensivest ____ c) the most expensive

3. Moon is ___ than Star.

____ a) heavyer ____ b) heavier ____ c) more heavy

4. Star is ___ phone of the three.

____ a) the lightest ____ b) lighter ____ c) the most light

5. Star's battery life is ___ than Lime's battery life.

____ a) long ____ b) longer ____ c) longest

6. Moon's camera is ___ than Lime's camera.

____ a) gooder ____ b) more good ____ c) better

7. Lime has ___ camera of the three phones.

____ a) the worst ____ b) the baddest ____ c) worse

8. Moon is more expensive ___ Star.

____ a) that ____ b) than ____ c) then

Look at the table of three shops, then write the correct form of the adjective in brackets. One answer needs two words.

	Green Market	City Mart	Corner Shop
Rice, 1 kg	18,000 VND	25,000 VND	22,000 VND
Size	300 m²	900 m²	40 m²
Distance from Lan's home	2 km	0.5 km	1 km
Closes at	6 p.m.	10 p.m.	8 p.m.
Rice score	9/10	8/10	7/10

1. Rice is ____ (cheap) at Green Market than at City Mart.

2. City Mart is ____ (big) than Green Market.

3. Corner Shop is the ____ (small) of the three shops.

4. Rice at City Mart is the ____ (expensive) of the three.

5. City Mart is ____ (close) to Lan's home than Green Market.

6. City Mart closes ____ (late) than Corner Shop.

7. The rice at Green Market is ____ (good) than the rice at Corner Shop.

8. Corner Shop has the ____ (bad) rice of the three shops.

Grammar A2: Comparatives and Superlatives in Shopping

Comparatives and Superlatives

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