Six Minute Grammar from the BBC.
Hello and welcome to Six Minute Grammar with me, Rob and me, Sophie.
Hello.
Today we're talking about comparatives and superlatives, what they are and how to use them.
Yes, we use comparatives and superlatives to compare people and things.
Listen carefully, because as usual, there is a quiz at the end of the show.
Okay, we'll start with some examples of the comparative.
So, Sophie, can you stand up, please?
Okay.
Right, look, back to.
Back here.
Okay?
Now look, I'm taller than you, but.
I'm thinner than you.
Good point.
The sentences I'm taller than you and I'm thinner than you both use the comparative form.
We use comparatives to compare two people or things that are different in some way.
Listen again to the examples we've just used.
Where does the word than come?
I'm taller than you.