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2º ESO Grammar. Can/Could. Comparatives and Superlatives
1. Modal verbs
• Rules
– They are followed by a verb in the base form
• I can run very fast
– They are the same for all the pronouns
• She/they/I/ you could make it better
– They do not need auxiliars. They take direct
negative and qestion forms
• You can’t smoke here / Can you repeat that?
– They never combine with another modal verbs
• You can’t must read**
2. Can and could
Can expresses ability
•I can speak English
•You can’t play the guitar
•Where can you play tennis?
Could expresses ability in the past tense. It is also like CAN but in
a formal way
•I could touch my nose with the tongue when I was six
•She couldn’t speak properly when she was 2 years old
•Could you pass me the salt, please?
STRUCTURE
SUBJECT + CAN/COULD + BASE FORM OF THE VERB without to
SUBJECT + CAN’T /COULDN’T + BASE FORM OF THE VERB
CAN/COULD + SUBJECT + BASE FORM?
4. Questions with HOW
• How far is your house?
– It’s …… kilometres
• How strict is your mother?
– She is ….
• How often do you wash your hair?
– I wash my hair ….
• How many people are there in your class today?
– There are ….
• How much is the cinema today?
– It is…
• How tall is your partner?
– He/She is …
• How funny is your best friend?
– He/ She is …
5. COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE
• What can we find?
• SHORT ADJECTIVES
Short, small, heavy, pretty, big…
• LONG ADJECTIVES
Expensive, intelligent, amazing…
• IRREGULAR FORMS
• Good, bad, far…
8. It’s the fattest giraffe in
COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
the world!!
compare two things
SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
Compare just one thing with the rest
of things
9. SHORT ADJECTIVES
COMPARATIVE
We add ………adjective –er
–
–
–
–
Fast – faster
Wild – wilder
Long – longer
Quiet – quieter
• One syllable words ending with
VOWEL + CONSONANT .
– Big – bigger
– Fat – fatter
SUPERLATIVE
We add the .. adjective -est
Fast – the fastest
Wild – the wildest
Long – the longest
Quiet – the quietest
One syllable words ending with
VOWEL + CONSONANT
Big – the biggest
Fat – the fattest
• One sylable words ending with Y One sylable words ending with Y
– Heavy – heavier
– Pretty – prettier
– Happy - happier
We add ………..-ER THAN
Heavy – the heaviest
Pretty – the prettiest
Happy – the happiest
10. LONG ADJECTIVES
COMPARATIVE
We add……. MORE THAN
– Artistic
• She is more artistic than me
– Intelligent
• Elephants are more intelligent
than dogs
– Interesting
• The film is more interesting
than the book
– Creative
• My brother is more creative
than his girlfriend
– Peaceful
• I’d like to live in a more
peaceful world
We add MORE ………..THAN
SUPERLATIVE
We add……. THE MOST
Artistic
She is the most artistic in the
family
Intelligent
Dolphins are the most
intelligent animals in the world
Interesting
This film is the most interesting
I´ve ever seen
Creative
My brother is the most creative
in the school
Peaceful
Which is the most peaceful
place in the world?
