COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
so+adj.+as(-)
Apples are 0.5 TL, bananas are 1.5 TL
Apples aren’t as expensive as bananas.
Ayşe is 15 years old, Seda is 15 years old, too.
Ayşe is as old as Seda.
Arif is as clever as a fox.
His hair is as white as snow.
Bülent Ersoy isn’t so beautiful as Şebnem Ferah
2.comparative form
a)Adj+-er (with one syllable adjectives and with the adjectives which end “y”
| big-bigger | small-smaller | busy-busier |
| hot-hotter | old-older | pretty-prettier |
My father is older than my mother.
My brother is angrier than my sister.
She is clever than me.
b)more+adj.(with two or more syllable adjectives)
| successful-more successful | expensive-more expensive | |
Aybike in Prep. B is more dangerous than Işıl in Prep. A only in football.
Twist is more enjoyable than Grammar.
c)less+adj.
| expensive-less expensive | big-less big |
Denizli is less cold than Afyon in winter.
A BMW is less expensive than a Mercedes.
d)much
a lot | adj.-er
far | more adj.
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a little | less adj.
a bit
slightly
Ali is dangerous student. Mehmet is more dangerous student than Ali. But Berkay is much more dangerous student than both of them.
e)irregular
| good-better |
| bad-worse |
| far-farther/further |
| old-older/elder |
| much/many-more |
| little-less |
English is better than Math.
You are worse than my father.
3.superlative adjectives
When we make a sentence with superlative adjectives, we always use “in, at, of, …” in the sentence
a)the adj.-est
small-the smallest
pretty-the prettiest
They have got the largest house in the village.
The Kızılırmak is the longest river in Turkey.
b)the most adj.
beautiful-the most beautiful
comfortable-the most comfortable
Ayşen Guruda is the most beautiful woman in Turkey.
Didem is the most hardworking student in our class.
c)the least adj.
Antalya is the least cold city in Turkey.
Aybüke is the less calm student in our class
Banu Alkan is the least beautiful woman in Turkey
d)irregular adjectives
good-the best bad-the worst far-the farthest/the furthest
little-the least much/many-the most. old-the oldest/the eldest
Iğdır is the furthest city to Denizli in Turkey.
Müzeyyen Senar is the best singer in Turkey.
4.the+comparative adjective
Mary is the fatter of the twins.
Jane is the lazier of my sisters
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