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Adjectives/Comparison with -er

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Adjektive beschreiben die Eigenschaften von Nomen. Man kann mehrere Personen oder Gegenstände anhand ihrer Eigenschaften vergleichen.

"The cat is smaller than the dog."

"My dog is nicer than yours!"

"My dog is the nicest of all pets!"

Kurze Adjektive (einsilbig und auf -y, -er endend) werden mit -er und -est gesteigert. (→ Bildung)


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simple & short adjectives

► Put in the adjectives in the correct form.

Which is the smallest? It's the mouse. The lion is than the elephant, but not as as the mouse.
You can also say: The mouse is not as as the elephant. The lion is than the mouse, but the elephant is the of all the animals.
I think animals are nice. Mice are but not as as ponies. Little pink pigs are than mice.
Ponies are the animals I can think of.

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► Write in the correct adjectives.

This is Herb, the hippo.
Ed, the elephant, is not as as the hippo.
The hippo is of all animals.
An elephant is than a hippo  but it isn’t animal.
It isn’t as as a whale which is animal of the world.

► Put in the correct adjectives. Use also “as … as”, “ … than” or “the … ”.

A whale can stay under the water for than two hours.

The biggest whales eat only fish and plankton.

A man would be too for them to eat.

Orcas aren't whales but they are . They can swim 56 kilometres per hour.

But a swordfish is much orcas with speeds up to 80 kph.

A cheetah can run 120 kilometres per hour. But he can’t run for very . After 500 metres it will be tired whereas (wogegen) a man can run much this cat. The running competitions are 100 km without stopping.


► Compare the boxes.

The right box is than the left box.
The left box is than the right box.
The right box is than the left box.
The left box is than the right box.
The colour of the red box is than the colour of the box on the left.

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