Comparative and superlatives

Adjectives

Comparative Superlative

big bigger biggest

friendly friendlier fliendiest

popular more popular the most popular

Far farther farthest

Y X Y X A BX is slightly higher than Y. X is far, far higher than

Y.X is a little higher than Y.

Y X C

X is much higher than Y. X is a lot higher than Y.

COUNTRY AREA POPULATION

RUSSIA 17 million Km2 150 million

CANADA 10 million Km2 27.5 million

CHINA 9.6 million Km2 1,193 million

In area, Russia is by far the biggest/the biggest country in the world.

Canada is the second biggest/one of the biggest countries in area, but it is one of the least populated countries in the world.

China has by far the biggest/the biggest…of all, and is one of the biggest/the third biggest country in area.

LINE

the same as very like similar to slightly completely different different

from from

Exactly more or very different fromthe less the similarSame as same as to

She had expected everything to be completely different from how it was in communist times.

Most of the buildings are the same as before.

She thinks the stores are much better than before.

These days, Budapest is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe.

Ancient Rome was the first city in the world to have a population of 1 million. At its height, the entire Roman Empire had a population of 100 million!

The world’s oldest city is Jericho, in the Middle East, which dates back to about 8000 BC. It has been destroyec many times in its history (one such story is described in the Bible), but it has alwasys been rebuilt.