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Do you know the TV series
?
Who are the “friends”?
CHANDLER
• He is funny
• He is shy
JOEY
• He loves food, he’s always hungry
• He thinks he’s smart
MONICA
• She cooks really well
• She is bossy
• She was fat when she
was a child
PHOEBE
• She does massages and plays the piano
• She’s a bit weird
• She’s blond and tall
RACHEL
• She’s spoiled
• She works with fashion
• She’s really elegant
and is really beautiful
ROSS
• He’s a paleonthologist
• He’s intelligent
• He is insecure
Now, let’s compare the characters!
Ross X Joeyintelligent
Ross is more intelligent than Joey
Phoebe X Racheltall
Phoebe is taller than Rachel
Chandler X Rossfunny
Chandler is funnier than Ross
Monica X Rachelfat
Monica was fatter than Rachel
LET’S THINK!
Ross is more intelligent than Joey
Phoebe is taller than Rachel
Chandler is funnier than Ross
Monica was fatter than Rachel
To compare in English, we use...
Ross is more intelligent than Joey
MORE ...... THAN
(long adjectives)
To compare in English, we use...
Phoebe is taller than Rachel
....... +ER THAN
(one-syllable adjectives)
To compare in English, we use...
Chandler is funnier than Ross
-Y ......+ IER THAN
(adjectives ending “y”)
To compare in English, we use...
Monica was fatter than Rachel
CVC (stressed syllable)=
DOUBLE consonant
To sum up ...
• MORE ... THAN = LONG ADJECTIVES
• ...+ER THAN = ONE-SYLLABLE ADJS
• ...+IER THAN = ADJECTIVES END “Y”
• ...+CONSONANT+ER THAN = CVC (STRESSED)
Some irregular comparatives:
• GOOD
• BAD
• FAR
• OLD
• BETTER
• WORSE
• FARTHER / FURTHER
• OLDER / ELDER
Now you do it:• Rachel X Phoebe – elegant;
• Chandler X Joey – shy;
• Joey X Ross – hungry;
• Rachel X Phoebe – beautiful;
• Monica X Rachel – bossy;
• Ross X joey – insecure;
• Phoebe X Ross - weird