Comparison in French – Exercises and examples – Adjectives and verbs

You can go directly to the exercises if you are already familiar with the grammar.

Short introduction

Look at the difference between these 4 phrases:

1. Il est plus grand que moi: He is taller than me. – No change – Masculine singular.

2. Elle est plus grande que moi: She is taller than me. – We add an “e” – Feminine singular.

3. Ils sont plus grands que moi: They are taller than me. – We add an “s” – Plural masculine.

4. Elles sont plus grandes que moi: They are taller than me. – Here we need to add an “e” and “s” – Plural feminine.

Exercises

Examples – Adjectives

More than – Plus que

• Il est plus petit que nous: He is shorter than us.
• Elle est plus petite que lui: She is shorter than him.
• Nous sommes plus forts qu’eux: We are stronger than them.
• Elle est plus grande que lui: She is taller than him.
• Vous êtes plus intelligents que nous: You are more intelligent than us.

Less than – Moins que

• Il est moins attentif que nous: He is less attentive than us.
• Nous sommes moins intelligents qu’eux: We are less intelligent than them.
• Ils sont moins créatifs qu’elle: They are less creative than her.
• Elles sont moins créatives que nous: They are less creative than us.

As (as) – Aussi que

• Vous êtes aussi généreux qu’eux: You are as generous as them.
• Tu es aussi doué que lui: You are as gifted as him.
• Ces élèves sont aussi efficaces que les autres: These students are as efficient as the others.

Better  – Meilleur (e)(s)

Please pay attention to the extra “e” and “s” in relation to the number and gender.

• Ce vélo est meilleur que le mien: This bicycle is better than mine. 
• Ma voiture est meilleure que la tienne: My car is better than yours.
• Mes sites web sont meilleurs que ceux de mon frère: My websites are better than the ones of my brother.
• Ces robes sont meilleures que les nôtres: These dresses are better than ours.

Worse – Pire (s)

Please pay attention to the extra “s” for “ils”.

• Il est pire que moi – He is worse than me.
• Elle pire que lui – She is worse than him.
• Ils sont pires que nous – They are worse than us.

We can use “plus mauvais” and “plus mauvaise” instead of “pire”:

• Il est plus mauvais que vous – He is worse than you.
• Elle est plus mauvaise que vous – She is worse than you.

Verbs

”Plus que” and “moins que” will stay the same:

• Il chante plus que toi: He sings more than you.
• Elle écrit plus que nous: She writes more than us.

• Nous dansons moins que lui: We dance less than him.
• Je danse moins qu’elles: I dance less than them.

We will use ”autant que” instead of ”aussi que”:

• Elle parle autant que lui: She talks as much as he does.
• Elle crie autant qu’eux: She screams as much as they do.

We also have to introduce ”mieux”, which means ”better”:

• On nage mieux que lui: We swim better than him.
• Elle joue mieux que nous: She plays better than us.
• Je chante mieux qu’elle: I sing better than her.
• Il nettoie mieux qu’eux: He cleans better than them.

We can also use ”Meilleur” to say that something is “Better”, but not in the examples above. I will write a different article on this topic.

Now let’s look at ”Worse”. We can reuse ”pire”. We can also use ”Plus mal”.

• Il joue pire qu’eux: He plays worse than them.
• Elle joue plus mal que nous: She plays worse than them.

• Ils jouent pires que moi: They play worse than them.
• Je joue plus mal qu’elles: I play worse than them.

Do you have any questions regarding the exercises? Please leave a comment. I enjoy answering questions as they help me to understand the grammar better.