Comparatives en ingles (more/less/a lot/ a little + noun ) / Comparison nouns

 

Comparatives

(more/less/a lot/ a little + noun )

Clases de Inglés

 EQULITY 02 

😀SUPERIORITY

👉More:

More + NOUN+ than…

Traducción: Mas + adjective/adverb/noun + que

 

v Peru produces more rubbish than Ecuador.

v Singer earn more money than other footballers.

Not: … much money than other sportsmen

v In Lima there are more skyscrapers than in Huanuco.

 

😀INFERIORITY

👉LESS:

We use intensifiers (less) to make comparative adjectives weak.

 

Less+ NOUN+ than...

Traducción: Menos + adjective/adverb/NOUN + que

 

v In Peru there are less parks than in Colombia.

v Peru has less population than Colombia.

 

👉A LOT / MUCH /A BIT

We use intensifiers (a lot / much /a bit) to make comparative adjectives strangers.

 

☺Big differences

A LOT / MUCH /FAR + comparative adjective/adverbs

 

v Lima is noiser than Huanuco

Lima is much noiser than Huanuco

v Bob is much richer than I am.

v He is much more slowly than me

He is much more slowly than me

 

v Rosa is a lot taller than her sister

v That is a far better solution.

 

☺Small differences

A LITTLE (BIT)/ A BIT/ SLIGHTLY + comparative adjective/adverbs

v He is a little more experienced than her

v The laptop is a bit slower than this computer

v The dish is slightly sweeter