COMPARATIVO
degli
AGGETTIVI
Tim
20 years old
1.70 metres tall
55 kilos
a very interesting
man!
Jack
30 years old
1.85 metres tall
85 kilos
a boring man!
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Jack is
OLDER
than Tim.
Tim is
YOUNGER
than Jack.
Tim
20 years old
1.70 metres tall
55 kilos
a very interesting
man!
Jack
30 years old
1.85 metres tall
85 kilos
a boring man!
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Jack is
TALLER
Tim is
SHORTER
than Tim.
than Jack.
Tim
20 years old
1.70 metres tall
55 kilos
a very interesting
man!
Jack
30 years old
1.85 metres tall
85 kilos
a boring man!
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Jack is
HEAVIER
than Tim.
Tim is
LIGHTER
than Jack.
Jack weighs MORE than Jack.
Jack
30 years old
1.85 metres tall
85 kilos
a boring man!
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Tim
20 years old
1.70 metres tall
55 kilos
a very interesting
man!
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Jack is
MORE
BORING than Tim.
Tim is
MORE
INTERESTING than Jack.
COMPARATIVO DI MAGGIORANZA
aggettivi brevi:
aggettivi lunghi:
- di una sillaba
- di due o più sillabe
OLD
OLDER
YOUNG
YOUNGER
BORING
MORE BORING
BIG*
BIGGER*
INTERESTING
SAFE*
SAFER*
MORE INTERESTING
- di 2 sillabe che
finiscono con -Y
HEAVY*
HEAVIER*
FUNNY*
FUNNIER*
COMPARATIVO DI MAGGIORANZA
FORME IRREGOLARI:
GOOD
BETTER
BAD
WORSE
FAR
FURTHER
FARTHER
Soprattutto
nell’inglese
americano
Un po’ di pratica:
Which is better: Spain or France?
Which is worse: doing the dishes or the ironing?
Which is further from here: Trieste or Venice?
COMPARATIVO DI UGUAGLIANZA
aggettivi brevi:
Mark is
aggettivi lunghi:
AS TALL AS
John
Maths is AS INTERESTING AS
Physics
È usato soprattutto in frasi NEGATIVE.
Paris is
NOT AS EXPENSIVE AS
Your teacher is
French is
London
NOT AS GOOD AS
NOT AS DIFFICULT AS
mine
German
COMPARATIVO DI MINORANZA
aggettivi brevi:
Junk food is
Mary is
I am
aggettivi lunghi:
LESS HEALTHY
LESS TALKATIVE
LESS
than organic food
than her sister
GOOD at Maths than my classmates
Petronas Towers, Malaysia
452 m
The Zifeng Tower, China
450 m
Which is higher?
Petronas Towers are
HIGHER
than the Zifeng Tower
Ma se voglio specificare che c’è una piccola
differenza nel confronto:
Petronas Towers are
A BIT
HIGHER
A LITTLE
than the Zifeng Tower
HIGHER
than the Zifeng Tower
SLIGHTLY HIGHER
than the Zifeng Tower
Norway
(1 coffee: 6 €)
Italy
(1 coffee: 1 €)
Which country is more expensive?
Norway is
MORE EXPENSIVE
than Italy
Ma se voglio specificare che c’è una grande
differenza nel confronto:
Norway is
than Italy
A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE than Italy
FAR
MORE EXPENSIVE
than Italy
A GREAT DEAL MORE EXPENSIVE
than Italy
MUCH
MORE EXPENSIVE
The Nile
6,522 km
The Amazon River
6,400 km
Which river is longer?
The Thames
346 km
The Mississippi
5,970 km
Which river is shorter?
China
9,699,550 square km
Canada
9,976,186 square km
Which country is bigger?
Sloth
Giant tortoise
0.15 Kph
0.17 Kph
Which animal is faster?
Italy
301,338 square km
France
674,843 square km
Which country is smaller?
Lisbon
6°C
Berlin
-9°C
Which city is colder?
SPEAKING – PART 2
Some useful expressions:
In the first picture………
WHEREAS in the
second picture……
WHILE in the second
picture………
On the other hand, in the second picture……
On the contrary, in the second picture……
....but, in the second picture……
Besides, ……