Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Study Notes

Comparing things: using comparative and superlative forms of adjectives
- Examples: Hassan is older than me, Yousif is the oldest boy in the class
Saying things are equal: using a positive statement with "as"
- Examples: My sister is as tall as me, My friends are as interested in football as I am
Saying things are not equal: using a negative statement with "as" and "not"
- Examples: My car is not as fast as yours, My friends are not as interested in football as I am
Showing equality: using "same" with a noun, not an adjective
- Examples: My sister is the same height as me, My cousin is not the same age as me
Making comparisons: using "like" and "unlike"
- Examples: Like my father, I am interested in sports, Unlike my father, I am not interested in football

Using "however" and "although" to contrast unexpected relationships between two actions or events
- Examples: Although he worked hard, he didn’t pass his exam, He worked hard. However, he didn't pass his exam
Using "whereas" to contrast opposites
- Example: Whereas Ahmed worked hard, his brother didn't

Using the "-ing" form to join sentences
- Examples: The children ran out of school, laughing and shouting happily, The children ran out of school. They were laughing and shouting happily

Newspaper headlines: using shortened, simplified sentences
- Examples: The worst hurricane in living memory has caused terrible damage
Using the Past simple tense to describe an event at a known time
- Example: The storm hit the area late on Tuesday evening
Using relative clauses with prepositions
- Examples: The house I used to live in is very old, Sana’a Secondary School, to which I went when I was younger, is one of the biggest schools in the country
Using adverbs and adverbial phrases to describe actions
- Examples: (How) People stood around silently, (Where) In the countryside whole villages have disappeared, (When) The storm hit the area late on Tuesday evening