ESL go.com's free online English grammar class: comparisons with adjectives
Compare my cats!
These are my cats, Richie and Nash. Richie is about 17 years old and has orange and gold tiger stripes. Nash, who is about 5 years old, is the fat black and white cat. Both cats have interesting stories which you can read about on the ESL go.com pets forum. Here we will use adjectives to compare Nash and Richie.
Using the adjective "old":
Richie as subject: Richie is older than Nash.
Nash as subject: Nash is not as old as Richie.
Now you can try it using "young". Do not use contractions (use "is not" rather than "isn't"). Also, make sure that there is only one space between each word. Remember that computers are not as smart as you are. You MUST use the adjective I tell you to use or the computer will tell you you're wrong!
I hope that this is enough to get you started. If you want to practice making comparisons with adjectives, there are many opportunities to do so on the ESL go.com pets forum. For example you could talk about whether cats or dogs make better pets by comparing them. If you don't feel like writing you can read what other people are saying.
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A cattery is a place where cats are kept and bred, while a kennel is a place where dogs are dogs are bred, trained, or boarded. Kennels and catteries are used somewhat differently because of the perception that cats can be left alone when the owners are away, while dogs need to be boarded. For example, when there's no one available to take care of our pets, we'll have a cat sitter come over once or twice a day but we'll put our dog in a kennel.
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