8 Modifying with Comparatives
Comparative: Comparison between two things, people or actions, expressing the equalities or inequalities between them. {see Adjectives – Comparative, A1 level}
Adjectives and Adverbs in comparative forms can be modified in order to intesify the degree of certain words and phrases.
We intensify the degree of some words and phrases by using Modifiers:
- Much
- A lot
- A little
- A bit + Comparative form
- Far
- Slightly
- Not much
- His sports shoes are much lighter than mine.
- Her wedding dress was a lot more beautiful than mine.
- This exhibition is a little bigger than the one we saw yesterday.
- This high heels are a bit darker than the others.
- The leaflet has far more colours than the poster.
- This skirt is slightly longer than the pink one.
- Buying on the internet is not much cheaper than buying from the catalogue.
Adjectives and Adverbs in comparative forms can be modified in order to intesify the degree of certain words and phrases. We can modify Comparative Adjectives to show that there is a big or small difference between things.
When we are comparing two things, people or actions, we use adjectives and adverbs in comparative forms in order to intensify the degree of certain words and phrases.
The structure of the Modifiers is as follows:
Much/a lot/a little/a bit/far/slightly/not much + comparative form (e.g. That red long skirt is slightly tighter than the black one.).
For example:
— “That red long skirt is slightly tighter than the black one.” = Slightly is used to indicate that there is a small difference between the two skirts.
— “This emergency exit is much larger than the one at the hospital.” = Much is used to indicate that there is a big difference between the two exits.
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