Instructional objective
You will be able to use phrases and useful expression in the zoo or animal conservation
Video Animal idioms and expressions in English
Zoo animal comparisons vocabulary & grammar lesson
Comparative and superlative adjectives
Comparative adjectives
We use comparative adjectives to show change or make comparisons:
This car is certainly better, but it’s much more expensive.
I’m feeling happier now.
We need a bigger garden.
We use thanwhen we want to compare one thing with another:
She is two years older than me.
New York is much bigger than Boston.
He is a better player than Ronaldo.
France is a bigger country than Britain.
When we want to describe how something or someone changes we can use two comparatives with and:
The balloon got bigger and bigger.
Everything is getting more and more expensive.
Grandfather is looking older and older.
We often use the with comparative adjectives to show that one thing depends on another:
The faster you drive, the more dangerous it is.
(= When you drive faster, it is more dangerous.)The higher they climbed, the colder it got.
(= When they climbed higher, it got colder.)
Grammar Exercise
- What’s ______ time of year to visit zoo in your city?
a. the best
b. best
c. better
d. good - What are ________ things to see and do in the zoo?
a. more interesting
b. the most interesting
c. most interesting
d. the more interesting - What’s ______ way to travel around? What’s the fastest?
a. easiest
b. the easiest
c. the most easiest
d. more easiest - What do you think is _______ tourism destination in the town?
a. attractive
b. most attractive
c. more attractive
d. the most attractive - What’s ______ zoo? What’s the smallest?
a. big
b. bigger
c. biggest
d. the biggest