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1.comparative adjectives indicating more / less

2.comparative adjectives indicating similarity or equality 3.irregular adjectives

comparative adjectives indicating more or less

Adjectives are frequently used to compare things, people, events, ideas etc. Plus ... que conveys the idea of 'more ...

than', moins ... que the idea of 'less than.'

Tex est plus intelligent que Joe-Bob. Tex is more intelligent than Joe-Bob.

Mais Joe-Bob est moins prétentieux que Tex.

But Joe-Bob is less pretentious than Tex.

Bien sûr, il est plus difficile d'être poète que d'être écureuil!

Of course, it is more difficult to be a poet than to be a squirrel.

comparative adjectives indicating similarity or equality Aussi ... que conveys the idea of 'as ... as'.

Fiona est aussi belle que Tammy. Mais elles ne sont pas aussi séduisantes que Bette.

Fiona is as beautiful as Tammy. But they are not as seductive as Bette.

irregular adjectives

The adjectives bon and mauvais have irregular forms of comparison, meilleur and pire. However, the regular form plus mauvais que has become commonly accepted. Note that this irregularity is found in English too with 'better' (not

*gooder) and 'worse' (not *badder).

D'après Tex, Tammy est un bon parti. Mais Bette pense qu'elle serait un meilleur parti que Tammy.

According to Tex, Tammy is a good match.

But Bette thinks she would be a better match than Tammy.

Mais il est évident que le caractère de Bette est plus mauvais que celui de Tammy.

But it is obvious that Bette's personality is worse than Tammy's.

Listen to this dialogue:

Bette: Tex, as-tu jamais vu une fille aussi jolie que moi?

Bette: Tex, have you ever seen a girl as pretty as I am?

Tex philosophe: Euh! La beauté physique est moins importante que la beauté de l'âme. Voyons Bette, je n'ai pas le temps de penser à des choses aussi triviales que celles-ci ...

Tex the philosopher: Ah! Physical beauty is less important than the beauty of the soul.

Look Bette, I do not have time to think about things as trivial as that ...

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Bette: D'accord, d'accord, mais je suis moins bête et plus sexy que Tammy, non?

Bette: Ok, ok, but I am less stupid and more sexy than Tammy, don't you think?

Tex: Être ou ne pas être, là est la question ...

Tex: To be or not to be, that is the question ...

fill in the blanks

Fill in the blank with the appropriate comparative of the adjective in parentheses. '+' is for 'more...than', '-' for 'less...than', and '=' for 'as...as'. Do not forget to make the adjectives agree in number and gender with the nouns they qualify.

1. L'accent américain d'Edouard est ____________ que celui de Tex. (+, mauvais) 2. Tex a un _________ Q.I. ('I.Q.') qu'Edouard. (+, bon)

3. Tammy est __________ que Bette. (=, joli) 4. Fiona est __________ que Bette. (+, gentil)

5. Les Aggies sont __________ que les Longhorns. (-, fort)

6. Les étudiantes de UT sont _____________ que celles de Texas A&M. (+, séduisant) 7. Les Français sont _____________ que les Texans. (+, raffiné)

8. Les Texans sont ____________ que les Français. (+, drôle) 9. La France est ____________ que le Texas. (-, grand) 10. Tex est __________ que Tammy. (+, vieux)

11. Corey et Joe-Bob sont ___________ qu'Edouard. (-, snob)

12. Edouard et Tammy sont ___________ que Joe-Bob et Corey. (+, indépendant)

©2004•department of french & italian •liberal arts ITS•university of texas at austin updated:27 May 04

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