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Get ready for the Monsters Learn English Show!
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Hello, hello, and welcome to the Monsters Learn English Show.
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Today's topic is Comparatives.
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Before we begin, does anyone have a thermometer?
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The sun and this lava are arguing about which of them is hotter.
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Anyone?
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Anyone?
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Hey, who likes jokes?
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Yeah!
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Knock, knock.
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Wet.
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Wetter.
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The band, everybody.
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Anyway, do you know what an adjective is?
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Yes, an adjective is a word that describes something.
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And a comparative is an adjective that compares.
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For example, let's compare the words glasses and spectacles.
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Glasses is a long word.
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Spectacles is a longer word.
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When comparing, we often add an ER to the end of a word to make a new word.
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Okay, let's compare again.
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The blue mouse is small.
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The red mouse is banana.
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No?
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Are you sure?
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All right, I need to add an er.
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Okay, how about the blue mouse is small.
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The red mouse is banana-er.
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Okay, okay.
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How about the blue mouse is small, the red mouse is smaller.
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One more thing.
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When an adjective has a Y at the end, we change the Y to an I and then add ER.
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For example, the red mouse is happy, the blue mouse is happier.
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Oh great, now the sun and the lava are playing guitars and arguing about which one of them is hotter and louder.
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Does anyone have a thermometer?
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Or some earplugs?
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Anyone?
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The band everybody!
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Now it's time for a word from our sponsor, Irregular Adjectives.
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Irregular adjectives don't follow the rules.
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When comparing something and using an irregular adjective, don't add ER.
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For example, the word good doesn't change to gooder, it changes to better.
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The word bad doesn't change to badder, it changes to worse.
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Irregular adjectives, an important part of making English confusing for everyone.
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Did you know that some other comparatives also don't use er?
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words, especially longer words, use the word more before them instead of adding an er at the end.
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For example, we would not say beautiful-er, we would say more beautiful.
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Another example, we would not say exciting-er, we would say more exciting.
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Okay, it's time for news about me.
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Today I went shopping for some fruit.
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The limes were expensiver than the lemons.
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No, you mean more expensive.
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It's now time for everybody's favorite part of the show.
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It's quiz time.
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Question number one.
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I am gold, but my friend is more cold, banana or colder?
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Okay, that one was easy.
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This one's a little harder.
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Question number two.
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I am silly, but my friend is sillier with a Y,
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sillier with an I, or more silly.
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OK, this one is even harder.
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Question number three.
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I am interesting, but my friend is more interesting, interesting-er, or inter-er-er-er-esting-er-er?
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Good job, everyone!
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It is now time to meet our special guest.
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Everyone, this is a two-headed monster!
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So, two-headed monster, you sure are hairy.
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Which of your heads do you think is hairy-er?
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Oh, there's the music.
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It looks like we are out of time to learn about comparative...
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Oh, great.
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Not you guys again.
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I really don't know which one of you is more annoying.
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And I'm not a single
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 75 sentences and 548 words to shadow. The speech runs for 6:01. The speaker talks slowly, about 91 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 78% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| mouse noun | /maʊs/ | Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail. |
| compare verb | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it… |
| silly adjective | /ˈsɪl.i/ | Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance. |
| comparative adjective | /kəmˈpæɹətɪv/ | Of or relating to comparison. |
| irregular adjective | /ɪˈɹɛɡ.jə.lɚ/ | Nonstandard; not conforming to rules or expectations. |
| banana noun | /bəˈnænə/ | An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin. |
| argue verb | /ˈɑɹ.ɡju/ | To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply. |
| knock verb | /nɑk/ | To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood. |
| hairy adjective | /ˈhɛɹ.i/ | Having a lot of body hair. |
| bind verb | /ˈbaɪ̯nd/ | To tie; to confine by any ligature. |
| lava noun | /ˈlɑvə/ | The molten rock ejected by a volcano from a vent such as a crater or fissure; magma that has breached the surface of the earth. |
| topic noun | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest. |
| guitar noun | /ɡɪˈtɑɹ/ | A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick). |
| inter verb | /ɪnˈtɚ/ | To bury in a grave. |
| lemon noun | /ˈlɛmən/ | A yellowish citrus fruit. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, doesn't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: comparative /kəmˈpæɹətɪv/, irregular /ɪˈɹɛɡ.jə.lɚ/, thermometer /θɚˈmɑ.mɪ.tɚ/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like mouse, compare, silly.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.