Lesson 9: Lost in the Shopping Mall
Yesterday, my sister and I went to a large shopping mall in the city. We wanted to buy a birthday gift for our mother.
The mall was bigger than we expected. There were more shops than in our town, and the building was taller than any other building near our home.
My sister is more patient than me, but I am faster than her. While we were looking for a gift, I stopped to check my phone. When I looked up, she was gone.
The place was more crowded than before, and I felt more nervous than usual.
After a few minutes, I found her near the information desk. She was calmer than me and laughed.
“This mall is more confusing than a maze,” she said.
Vocabulary Summary
mall | gift | birthday | shop | building | patient | faster | crowded | nervous | information desk | confusing | maze | look up | stop | laugh
Grammar: Comparatives
We use comparatives to compare two people or things.
Forms 1:
- Short adjectives → add -er + than
- big → bigger
- tall → taller
- fast → faster
Examples:
- The mall is bigger than our town center.
- The building is taller than our house.
- I am faster than my sister.
Forms 2:
- Long adjectives → use more + adjective + than
- patient → more patient
- crowded → more crowded
- nervous → more nervous
- confusing → more confusing
Examples:
- She is more patient than me.
- The mall is more crowded than before.
- It is more confusing than a maze.
Important:
We use than after comparatives.
✔ bigger than
✔ more nervous than
❌ than bigger