A table of

IRREGULAR
COMPARISON
S

POSITIVE
as --- as
good / well
bad / ill
little (amount)
much/many
far
(distance/time/extent)
far (distance)
late (time)
old (people and
things)
old (family)

A table of
IRREGULAR
COMPARISON
S

POSITIVE
as --- as
good / well
bad / ill
little (amount)
much/many
far
(distance/time/extent)
far (distance)
late (time)
old (people and
things)
old (family)

A table of
IRREGULAR
COMPARISON
S

POSITIVE
as --- as
good / well
bad / ill
little (amount)
much/many
far
(distance/time/extent)
far (distance)
late (time)
old (people and
things)
old (family)

A table of
IRREGULAR
COMPARISON
S

COMPARITIVE
--- than

SUPERLATIVE
the ---

better

best

worse
less
more
further

worst
least
most
furthest

farther
later
older

farthest
latest
oldest

elder

eldest

COMPARITIVE
--- than

SUPERLATIVE
the ---

better

best

worse
less
more
further

worst
least
most
furthest

farther
later
older

farthest
latest
oldest

elder

eldest
COMPARITIVE
--- than

SUPERLATIVE
the ---

better

best

worse
less
more
further

worst
least
most
furthest

farther
later
older

farthest
latest
oldest

elder

eldest

POSITIVE
as --- as
good / well

COMPARITIVE
--- than

SUPERLATIVE
the ---

better

best

bad / ill

worse

worst

little (amount)
much/many
far
(distance/time/extent)
far (distance)
late (time)
old (people and
things)
old (family)

less
more
further

least
most
furthest

farther
later
older

farthest
latest
oldest

elder

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Further Exercises:

old (people and things)

older

oldest

old (family)

elder

eldest

Ali is 20 years old. So is Chong Wei. Ali is as _____as Chong Wei.

Nathan is ______than me
Siti is the_____girl in my class.
Mei Ling is my ________daughter.

good / well

better

best

bad / ill

worse

worst

A holiday by the sea is_____than a holiday there. (good)

The weather here is even_____than the weather there. (good)
Of his two songs, I liked the first one
. (well).
Our last song was the ____ of all. (good)
Jill is a ____student than her sister. (good)
No one can write songs ___ than our friend, Matt. (well)
Did you agree that the second one sounded ___ than the first? (bad)
Im a little sad that I did ___ than I had hoped. (badly)
Suddenly the patient became____ than before. (ill)
I did _____of all on Part IV of the test. (badly)

far
(distance/time/extent)

further

furthest

far (distance)

farther

farthest

We are good in Maths. We do not need any ____explanation.

We hiked until we could go no_______ .
If you need any ____ information, please see the leaflet for details.
Please step back a little______, said the photographer

much/many
We sang

more
songs than we had planned. (many)

most

Of all my students, Matt is the ______ creative. (much).

All in all, the show was one of the ______ fun evenings in my life. (much)
The judges liked Briannas dance act _____ of all.

little (amount)

less

I played with ______ energy on the second song. (little)

She ate the ______amount of food of anyone at the party. (little)

least