Comparative an superlative adjectives 8º y Iº ppt

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES BY M. LUISA GUZMÁN

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
When we want to compare two things,
or two groups of things, we use a
comparative form + than.
Ex:
I’m taller than my father.
Canada is larger than Brazil.
DVDs are more expensive than CDs.
His watch is better than mine.

With short adjectives (1 syllable), we
normally add “ER”.
Ex:
Cold Cold er.
Long Long er.
Clever Clever er.
If the adjective ends in “E” , we add
only “R”.
Ex:
White White r.
Safe Safe r.

If the adjective ends with consonant
+ y , we change the y into i and add “ER”
Easy Eas ier.
Early Earl ier.
Happy Happ ier.
Heavy Heav ier.
5) If the adjective ends in one vowel +
one consonant , we double the final
consonant and add “ER”.
Big Big ger.
Fat Fat ter.
Slim Slim mer.
For adjectives ending in “W” add “ER”.
Slow Slow er.

With longer adjectives (2 syllables or
more) we DON’T change the adjective –
we put MORE in front of it.
Ex:
Expensive more expensive.
Boring more boring.
Hard-working more hard-working.
Fluent more fluent.
Some adjectives are irregular-they have a different comparative form.
Good Better.
Bad Worse.
Far Further.

We can modify the comparison, by
using:
Much
Far
A lot
A little
A bit
Ex:
This film is much better than the book.
His pronunciation is far worse than mine.
He walked a bit further than last week.

COMPARISON OF ADVERBS
To compare adverbs, we use the same rules
as we do when we compare adjectives.
With short adverbs, we add “ER” or “R”
and than after the adverb.
Late Late r
Hard Hard er
Fast Fast er
2) For adverbs ending in ly, use “more”
Quickly more quickly
Loudly more loudly
Angrily more angrily
Quietly more quietly

Some adverbs are irregular.
Well Better.
Badly Worse.

SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
Use superlative adjectives to compare 3 or
more people or things.
Use superlative adverbs to compare 3 or
more ways of doing something.
For most short adjectives and adverbs
add “the” and –est.
Light the light est.
Fast the fast est.

For short adjectives and adverbs
ending in –e add the and st.
Close the clos est.
Late the lat est.
To make superlative adjectives:
For adjectives ending in –y, take away
the y and add -iest.
Heavy the heaviest.

For adjectives ending in 1 vowel and 1
consonant (except W), double the
consonant , add the and –est.
Hot the hottest.
New the newest.
For adjectives with 2 or more syllables
add the and most.
Exciting the most exciting.
Boring the most boring.

To make superlative adverbs:
6) For adverbs ending in –ly add the and
most.
Quickly the most quickly.
Some adjectives and adverbs are
irregular.
Good better the best
Bad worse the worst
Well better the best
Badly worse the worst

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