Comparatives n Superlatives

Comparative and Superlative Mr Jaramillo

Adjectives Strong Heavy light Slow Fast Tall short weak

Beautiful Empty Small Big Funny Boring Ugly Full

Low High Wet Dry Close Far Short Long

Difficult Easy Light Dark New Old Clean Dirty

Adjectives Can you identify the opposite? Tall ____________ Interesting ____________ Fat ____________ Funny ____________ Good ____________ Modern ____________ beautiful ____________ happy ____________ thin ____________ clean ____________ dangerous ____________ lazy ____________ intelligent ____________ boring ____________ easy ____________ difficult ____________ bad ____________ far ____________ Short ____________ ugly ____________

Comparative How the comparative is formed? Short adjectives add the termination –er. (short – short er long – long er ) My hair is long er than yours Adjectives ending in y , prececed by a consonant, change the for i and add er (craz y – craz ier , ugl y – ugl ier ) Those shoes are uglier than the boots Adjectives with more than two syllables write the word more before the adjective (intelligent – more intelligent , beautiful – more beautiful ) Thalia is more attractive than Paulina Irregular adjectives (good – better , bad – worse , far – farther/further ) My school is better than yours Snakes are worse than spiders

Practice Complete the sentences writing the adjective in comparative form. 1.- Mexico City is ______________________________ than Monterrey. Dangerous 2.- Thalia is _______________________________ than Paulina Rubio. Good 3.- My father is ______________________________ than yours. Tall 4.- That house is _____________________________ than this one. Comfortable 5.- Laura is ________________________________ than Karla. Intelligent Write the comparative form of the next adjectives. Tall ________________ interesting __________________ fat ________________ Funny __________________ good ________________ modern __________________ beautiful ________________ happy __________________ thin ________________ clean __________________

Superlative How the superlative is formed? Short adjectives add the termination –est. (short – short est long – long est ) My car is the oldest in the town. Adjectives ending in y , prececed by a consonant, change the for i and add est (craz y – craz iest , ugl y – ugl iest ) My students are the craziest in the school. Adjectives with more than two syllables write the words the most before the adjective (intelligent – the most intelligent , beautiful – the most beautiful ) I am the most intelligent of the class. Irregular adjectives (good – the best , bad – the worst , far – the farthest ) My school is the best of the city Rayados is the worst soccer team

Now, practice the superlative! Write the comparative and superlative form of the next adjectives, as the example. Comparative Superlative Tall ___ taller than ________ ______ the tallest __________ Fat ____________________ _________________________ Good ____________________ _________________________ Beautiful ____________________ _________________________ Happy ____________________ _________________________ Dangerous ____________________ _________________________ Intelligent ____________________ _________________________ Easy ____________________ _________________________ Complete with the superlative form. 1.- Which is the biggest A, B or C? ________________________________________________________ 2.- Which is the heaviest A, B or C? ________________________________________________________ 3.- Which is the smallest A, B, or C? ________________________________________________________ 4.- Who is the most beautiful: La chilindrina, Ninel Conde or Lucero ? ________________________________________________________ 5.- What is the easiest: Mathematics, Biology or Physical Education? ________________________________________________________ a b c

Answer the questions about your classmates.
Who is the tallest in your class? _________________
Who is the funniest? _________________
Who is the shortest? _________________
Who is the most intelligent? _________________
Who is the most serious? _________________
Who is the youngest? _________________
Who is the oldest? _________________
Who is the best at sports? _________________
Who is the worst dancing? _________________

Now you are ready to start in your book!

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