Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives and adverbs

(Ступені порівняння прикметників та прислівників)

1. Formation of Degrees of Comparison

Positive Degree	Comparative Degree	Superlative Degree
adjective	adjective + er	the + adjective + est
(одно-складові)
long big small	longer bigger smaller	the longest the biggest the smallest
(дво-складові)
easy narrow clever simple	easier narrower cleverer simpler	the easiest the narrowest the cleverest the simplest
adjective	more + adjective	the most + adjective
(багато-складові)
beautiful handsome	more beautiful more handsome	the most beautiful the most handsome

2. Irregular Comparison of Adjectives (and Adverbs)

Positive Degree	Comparative Degree	Superlative Degree
good well	better (than)	the best
bad badly	worse (than)	the worst
much many	more (than)	the most
little	less (than)	the least

Adjectives which have two Forms of Comparison

Positive Degree	Comparative Degree	Superlative Degree
old	older elder	the oldest the eldest
late	later latter	the latest the last
near	nearer	the nearest the next
far	farther further	the farthest the furthest

4. as... as, (такий … як)

This room	is	as large as	that one.
These flowers	are	as beautiful as	mine.

5. not so... as (не такий … як)

Odessa

is

not so big as

Kyiv.

6. the more…, the better… чим …, тим …

The longer he studied, the more he liked his future speciality.

NUMERAL

(Числівник)

	cardinal	ordinal		cardinal	ordinal		cardinal	ordinal
	one	first		eleven	eleventh		ten	tenth
	two	second		twelve	twel f th		twenty	twentieth
	three	third		thirteen	thirteenth		thirty	thirtieth
	four	fourth		fourteen	fourteenth		forty	fortieth
	five	fi f th		fi f teen	fi f teenth		fi f ty	fi f tieth
	six	sixth		sixteen	sixteenth		sixty	sixtieth
	seven	seventh		seventeen	seventeenth		seventy	seventieth
	eight	eighth		eighteen	eighteenth		eighty	eightieth
	nine	ni nt h		nineteen	nineteenth		ninety	ninetieth

	hundred		two hundred_	but: hundreds of students
1,000	thousand	2,000	two thousand_	but: thousands of fighters
1,000,000	million	2000,000	two million_	but: millions of protesters
1,000,000,000	billion

	three hundred and twenty five
	five hundred andseven
225,000	two hundred and twenty five thousand

Fractional Numerals

(Дроби)

1/2	a half
1/3	a third, one third
1/4	a quarter, one quarter; a fourth, one fourth
1/10	a tenth, one tenth
1/100	a (one) hundredth
3/4	three quarters, three fourths
1/1234	a (one) thousand two hundred and thirty fourth

	o[ou], nought [no:t], zero [ziərou]
0.1	o point one, zero point one, point one, nought point one
0.01	o point o one, zero point zero one, point zero one
0.25	point two five, nought point two five,
2.35	two point three five
0.001	o point o o one, zero point zero zero one,

VERB

(Дієслово)

TENSES (Часи)

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