English grammar
Comparatives: hotter than, not as... as
Talk about extreme heat using comparatives and intensifiers.
From the scene It's horribly hot
In short
Add -er + than to short adjectives: hotter than. Use not as + adjective + as for the other way round.
Your turn
Which one goes with cooler over there?
Options: more than... · cool → cooler · -er + than (not: more hot)
Show answer
cooler over there → cool → cooler
How it works
Short adjectives add -er + than to compare: hot → hotter than, cool → cooler.
Your turn
Pick the word that fits the line.
For the sun. It's (blank) important.
Options: so much · really · much
Show answer
For the sun. It's really important.
Para el sol. Es importantísimo.
Good to know
Not as + adjective + as compares the other way: not as hot as. With short adjectives, use only -er: hotter, never "more hot" or "more hotter".
hotter than -er + than (not: more hot)
Elena
It's hotter here than in Galicia.
Aquí hace más calor que en Galicia.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
It's hotter here (blank) in Galicia.
Options: than · cool → cooler · more than
Show answer
Elena
It's hotter here than in Galicia.
Aquí hace más calor que en Galicia.
cooler over there cool → cooler
Your turn
What goes with cool → cooler?
Options: more than ever / than you two · cooler over there · hotter than
Show answer
cool → cooler → cooler over there
more than ever / than you two more than...
not as hot as not as + adj + as
Javi
Well, in Medellín it's not as hot as here.
Pues en Medellín hace menos calor que aquí.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
Well, in Medellín it's (blank) hot as here.
Options: cool → cooler · not as · -er + than
Show answer
Javi
Well, in Medellín it's not as hot as here.
Pues en Medellín hace menos calor que aquí.
so / really + adjective so incredibly hot, really important
Nuria
Forty? It's so incredibly hot!
¿Cuarenta? ¡Hace muchísimo calor!
Your turn
What fills the gap?
Forty? It's (blank)!
Options: cool → cooler · so incredibly hot · -er + than
Show answer
Nuria
Forty? It's so incredibly hot!
¿Cuarenta? ¡Hace muchísimo calor!
Common mistake
Not too or very much here. Pure emphasis, not a complaint about excess.
Forty? It's so incredibly hot!
¿Cuarenta? ¡Hace muchísimo calor!
Practise it in the story
Meet this rule inside a short animated scene. Answer as it plays, then say the lines yourself.
Practise free in the appSee all forms
| hotter than | -er + than (not: more hot) |
|---|---|
| cooler over there | cool → cooler |
| more than ever / than you two | more than... |
| not as hot as | not as + adj + as |
| so / really + adjective | so incredibly hot, really important |
More lines from the story
- JaviIt's August. It's forty degrees.Es agosto. Hace cuarenta grados.
- NuriaFor the sun. It's really important.Para el sol. Es importantísimo.
- NuriaOkay. I need sunscreen too.Vale. Necesito crema también.